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Pick This: Radishes

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You don't like radishes, do you? Until recently, I didn't care much for them either, as my first memorable experience with them didn't make a great impression. I was a kid; my dad picked a radish from the garden, wiped the dirt off on the leg of his blue jeans, and handed it over. Its bite burned my mouth and bits of dirt gritted in my teeth. I didn't like radishes.

Years later, I gave radishes a second chance. Young ones, planted in the spring, that grew quickly and were harvested early, tasted crisp and juicy, with just a bit of heat. In The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper, I found what I think is the best way to eat them:

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Posted by Rachel Hutton at June 30, 2008 9:13 AM | Comments (5)

 

Aloo Gobi: Definitely not a Star Wars character

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Aloo gobi is a classic Indian dish. It's incredibly tasty, spicy, super impressive to dinner guests, and incredibly easy to make. Here's how.

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Posted by Jessica Armbruster at June 14, 2008 1:18 PM | Comments (0)

 

Reporter's Notebook: Hmong Cooking

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In researching Hmong cooking, I found written recipes were hard to come by since information is traditionally passed orally (in fact, the Hmong didn't have a written language until the 1950s). The Minneapolis public library and the Hmong Cultural Center both had just two publications on Hmong cooking in their collections: "Let's Eat Rice," a 54-page, spiral-bound booklet produced by a class at Metropolitan State University, and "Hmong American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays," which is basically a short report put out by the American Diatetic Association in response to the rise in diabetes in the Hmong-American population.

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Posted by Rachel Hutton at May 27, 2008 6:08 PM | Comments (0)

 

Hey guys, I've cracked the recipe for restaurant-style Thai lemongrass soup

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When you eat at a restaurant, do you ever contemplate how you would go about making your favorite dish? Does this overwhelm and make your mind boggle?

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Posted by Jessica Armbruster at May 9, 2008 7:14 PM | Comments (0)

 

Don't be afraid, it's just Thai green curry

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I know, homemade curry sounds really complicated, but I promise you, if you can throw ingredients in a food processor/blender then transfer those ingredients to a pot on the stove, then you can make this dish.

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Posted by Jessica Armbruster at April 26, 2008 12:09 PM | Comments (0)

 

School bake sale? How about some beer cupcakes?

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I know what you’re thinking: “Beer cupcakes? That’s crazy talk.” At least, that’s what the old man said to me when I told him I was buying Guinness for baking purposes. It isn’t really that crazy though, is it? After all, how many people use Coca Cola when baking ham? Or pour a little red wine into their tomato sauce? So when someone sent me a recipe for Guinness cupcakes, I had to admit I was intrigued.

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Posted by Jessica Armbruster at April 11, 2008 2:12 PM | Comments (0)