March 2012
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The Mad World Of 'Mad Men' Food →
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As AMC’s Mad Men returns from a 17-month break tonight for season five, fans can likely bet on one constant — there will be drinking.
And though it has always been overshadowed by the booze that flows so freely through every episode, there will also be eating. And lovers of food history can appreciate that the show’s obsessive attention to period detail is just as accurate when it comes to...
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Cedar Plank Salmon
It was fun to experiment with some different seasonings on the Salmon. Both pieces had shallots & cracked black pepper, but one was covered with additionally with sambal and brown sugar. An Alaskan fishing guide told me years ago after his rookie season that red pepper flakes and apricot jam worked really well and this is my homage to him. The other piece was with thin slices of lemon,...
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Homemade Pasta & Cheese Night
After taking a cheese making class earlier in the week I figured I better try my new skills in the home test kitchen. I heated the milk, added the enzymes, strained, drained, salted, and spread! My brand new pasta machine was rattling in it’s cardboard box so I hucked the instruction book and tried my hand at making some wide noodles for an attempt at an impromptu lasagna. I wanted to...
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