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Book Excerpt: Noodles Every Day

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An Excerpt From: Noodles Every Day Delicious Asian Recipes from Ramen to Rice Sticks by Corinne TrangPhotographs by Maura McEvoyChronicle Books, San FranciscoCopyright 2009168 Pages$22.95ISBN 978-0-8118-6143-4Available on Amazon.com here.Excerpt by permission of the publisher. Here I explore the idea that these small Asian snack dishes can be the foundations for quick, healthful, and wondrously varied meals, which can be prepared …

Rick Browne, Ph.B.

Rick Browne’s HOLY GRAIL of Barbecue

Sara Bergthold Rubs, Sauces, and Marinades Leave a Comment

By Rick Browne, Ph.B. “It’s the sauce, man, it’s the sauce!” Recipes: Dracula’s Blood Orange Sauce Key West Citrus Sauce Beer Butte Ranch Sauce Horsey Sauce With a Bite Catfish BBQ Sauce (Marinade) Ah, the essence of barbecue. The glorious thickened liquid (sometimes not-so-thickened) that we gleefully baste, mop and slop with. The delicious mixture we dip, dab and dribble …

A Brief History of U.S. Commercial Hot Sauces

Dave DeWitt Chile History, Making Salsa and Hot Sauce Leave a Comment

by Dave DeWitt and Chuck Evans  Much of what we know about now-extinct brands of hot sauces comes from bottle collectors. There is not a great body of material on the subject of collectible hot sauce bottles, but we are indebted to Betty Zumwalt, author of Ketchup, Pickles, Sauces: 19th Century Food in Glass, who dutifully catalogued obscure hot sauce …

In Hawaii, Barbecue Means a Luau

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Story and Photos by Mike Stines, Ph.B.   Recipes:   Huli-Huli Chicken   Hawaiin Teriyaki Chicken   Luau Pork Teriyaki   Teriyaki Beef   Kalua Pork   Hawaiian-Style Macaroni Salad   Lomi-Lomi Salmon   Hawaiian Coconut Pudding On the mainland, when there is talk of barbecue, we think of the Lone Star State where brisket is king of the ‘Q …

The Chilehead’s Paradise of Peru

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By Scott Rose Machu Picchu Recipes: Stuffed RocotosSalsa CriollaAjí de GallinaRed Snapper Ceviche Peru is a chilehead’s paradise. The country has over 300 different known types of chile peppers, and the nation’s regional cuisines, all chile-centric, try to outdo each other in firepower. A North American who cultivates a love for chiles might well be looked on by his sissy-tongued, …