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What's for Dinner? v10.40: Asparagus!
This is from the archives, originally published on March 1st, 2014.The local stuff isn't here yet, it's still a bit early, but I am seeing the price go down on what they are getting at my local store....
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v10.41: A Tasty Summer Salad
Good evening WFD guests! It’s a bit early for such a summer-y salad but we’re having a lovely 80° sunny day and it got me thinking about this salad that I made last fall. I found the recipe over at...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v 10.42 - Mushrooms
I don’t often plan mushrooms for dinner. I usually go to the store with a different plan and then see the marked-down package and grab it. Mushrooms are just one of the things that might get marked...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v10.43: Call for Contributions! Open Thread
We are a group of some pretty savvy cooks here and I know from what I read in the comments that many of you have mad skillz when it comes to certain techniques and cuisines. So I want to hear from you...
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What's For Dinner? v10.44 - Picnic
For most of us nice weather is here, and for the next several months we’ll have opportunities to eat outdoors. Maybe a family reunion, or a class reunion. Churches and community bands and other social...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v10.46: Tacos!
Always popular, especially on Tuesdays, Tacos are one of those easy meals that don’t require a lot of cooking. Unless you choose to of course! You can fill them with all kinds of different things...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v10.47 - Pork Tenderloin
Pork tenderloin is a nice size for quick cooking on the grill, and you can vary the flavor as much as you like with different marinades. This one is from Steven Raichlen’s BBQ USA. I usually see them...
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What's for Dinner? v10.48: Tomato Potahto, Potato Tomahto
If you had to guess what I’m eating for dinner and you said “tomato sauce and starch,” you’d probably be right about 75 percent of the time. Most of the time, that starch is in the form of pasta. But...
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What's for Dinner? v10.49: Asia Trip Photos
What's For Dinner? is a community forum published every Saturday at 4:30pm PacificUS. Conversation is about food & cooking. Join us around the table!I was fortunate to visit Asia this Spring....
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v10.50: Linguine alla Carbonara
This simple and now well-known pasta dish has a bit of interesting history. Carbonara can be made with any long pasta but spaghetti is probably the most familiar to us. It takes few ingredients, cooks...
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What's For Dinner? v10.50a - Corn Muffins
I guess this doesn’t really constitute a dinner, but I love cornbread and corn muffins, which are great alongside all kinds of foods or by themselves.A lot of people think cornbread is required with...
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What's for Dinner? v10.51 Gnocchi, Gnocchi, Gnocchi!
In the summertime, we like to make easy, quick meals. Gnocchi fits the bill for stove top cooking with great results. First off, I thought I wanted to make my own gnocchi from scratch, but after...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v10.52: What is WFD?
Long-time readers here know WFD well. We’ve been around now for 10 years after all! But I have seen some new folks pop in lately and I thought maybe we’d talk about what WFD is all about and perhaps...
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What's for Dinner? v11.01: Cooking with Apps
I, like many of you out there, have a smartphone. Mine happens to be an iPhone but regardless there are a lot of useful apps out there for those of us who are culinary-inclined;) I thought I would...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v.11.02: Sammies On The Grill
Good Evening kossacks! It’s been a long time since I’ve written a WFD diary. I’m still navigating dkos5 (grrrrr, arrrrgh) Is it cooling down where you are, yet? Portland, Oregon has had a weird, cool...
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What's For Dinner? v11.03 - Moroccan Chicken
In a previous episode, I made two big jars of preserved lemons, and it’s way past time to do something with them. This is pretty much the canonical preserved lemon recipe. It’s often called chicken...
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What's For Dinner? v11.04: New Friends, Old Friends and Chickpeas!
First off, it is hot here, but not as hot as where my Sweetie is in Oregon! Now at 109!!! EEK!So here I sit 20 degrees cooler and it will get hotter later and I won’t cook. I have my aces in the...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v11.05: Leeks
Leeks are new to me. I’d heard of them, seen chefs use them on tv shows, watched Alton Brown as he shared his tips on how to easily clean them, but I’d never actually used them. Well I decided to try...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v11.6 "Everybody Come...And Bring Your Food"
(hat tip to pixxer for the title)Open restaurants. I’m paraphrasing our own pixxer to make a point about how integral immigrants have been to America. It’s been running thru my mind since "the...
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What's For Dinner? v11.07 - Thai Green Curry
I wrote about Thai Basil Chicken in an earlier WFD, now here’s my very favorite Thai dish, green curry. The above picture is one of the many images you find easily and doesn’t match the recipe, which...
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