When I was in high school, my friends and I sometimes ate lunch at a hot dog stand called Pluto’s Dog House. Pluto’s offered up a bounty of different dogs, from Chicago style to chili, but the thing that really set the place apart were their French fries. One, the fries were free, complimentary with [...]
Author Archives: Greg Turner
Perfect steak and French fries
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Get your kids into the kitchen (recipe: Mexican casserole)
Two nights ago my son helped out in the kitchen. He’s two and a half, and I’ve been including him in kitchen stuff forever. He first noticed, I think, at about three months. We cooked frittata together, and he was fascinated by the eggs. Before last night, he’d done a few things here and there [...]
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Simple, delicious roasted chicken
Can you do me a favor? I want you to cook this weekend. Cook for yourself, or cook for your family. It doesn’t matter. Just get in the kitchen. It won’t take up much of your time, and the results will be amazing. Are you with me? Good. You’re roasting a chicken. Roast chicken with [...]
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Cooking methods: boil, steam, sauté
Here’s a dialogue I keep having with myself: You haven’t given them any recipes Who needs recipes? Your readers might like one or two. You know, that’s why people come to a cooking blog. For recipes. They shouldn’t. No? No. Besides, I’m not very good with recipes. Mine are always slap-dash and imprecise. Then why [...]
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Kitchen gear primer: get only what what you need
And be careful what you spend on As a nerd, I tend to place a great importance on things. It comes from spending my formative years with +1 swords of slaying and 1-up mushrooms. That being said, I don’t place a lot of importance on prefect kitchen gear. I use what what works for me, and [...]
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