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A Trip Through Time and Space

• 02.06.09
  TNS: Once there was a nerdy boy and a nerdy girl… smackdown | (50)

  The captions will make everything clear, because I know that grilled cheese with mashed potatoes does not look like a romantic cliche. Also, do you know how hard it is to find a cookbook with recipes for plain grilled cheese and mashed potatoes? ...who went to high school together in central New Jersey in the early nineties, a time of unfortunate amounts of flannel and hair that was just beginning to make its slow descent from The Great Bang Upheaval of 1986-91. NB: I am aware that it is not yet Valentine's Day, but (1) I couldn't give a dead donkey's shit ...

  Tagged: comfort, cooking, food, potatoes, sandwiches
  
• 01.20.09
  Cheap Ass Monday: I love the smell of pot pie in the morning. cheap ass, chicken | (22)

  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: A chance to celebrate the amazing accomplishments of the Civil Rights movement, a chance to cook during the day and take photos in natural light.  Note that I am NOT EQUATING THOSE THINGS AT ALL.  It's just a happy coincidence.  Like the light, fluffy snow that just started coming down, obscuring the city's grit; the Barack Obama memorial only-legal-tender-in-Liberia coins that arrived today, just in time for the inauguration*; and the 10 pounds I just lost using only the power of positive thinking.  The alignment of these stars could only mean one thing: individual chicken ...

  Tagged: baking, canon, chicken, comfort, cooking, food, not, pie, powershot, recipe, vegetables
  
• 06.07.08
  In which people get the animal fats they want and deserve. beer, cheese, dairy, pasta, re-creations, sauces, sweets | (43)

  All cow fat, all the time. Let everyone's collective panties be unbunched: tofu doesn't live here any more. I'm not giving up on integrating more vegetarian or vegan meals into my repertoire, but I am giving up on frankenfoods like tofu. It's still not in the same category as truly unearthly "foods" like quorn, but my kitchen doesn't need it. Healthy vegetarian foods are easily assembled using whole, fresh ingredients. That's not what this is about, though. Well, at least the "healthy" part: this is real deal mac and cheese, the kind made with a classic butter-and-flour roux, milk that ...

  Tagged: baking, canon, casserole, cheese, comfort, cooking, dinner, food, pasta, powershot, sauce
  

...as of late

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• Liveblogging Top Chef DC: Episode 7
• ‘Tis the Season
• Awesome Shit That I Want Monday
• Wordless Weekend: Brownies
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