Welcome to gadget Thursday.  Or equipment Thursday.  Or stuff Thursday.  Or maybe I should just give up the attempt at a theme name and explain.  Once a week I want to talk about something I use a lot in my kitchen and why.  It might be a gadget, it might be a pot or a [...]

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Boiled peanuts are another uniquely Southern treat. Every time I road trip in the South, and especially if I’m traveling off the freeway and on the back roads, I keep my eyes out for the hand-lettered signs that say “Boiled P-NUTS!” The more rural the location, the better the boiled peanuts. The [...]

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Enchilada Casserole Recipe
Did you doubt I’d have a Tex-Mex influenced dish for Cinco de Mayo? Since the 5th is Tuesday and everyone knows that Tuesdays are reserved for Tuesdays with Dorie postings, I’m posting my Cinco de Mayo recipe today … and maybe to give anyone who wants to a chance to make it [...]

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After yesterday’s pantry cleaning extravaganza, I realized that I have tons of lentils, so I went searching for a recipe that was something different from the lentils/onions/tomato/carrot soupish-sort-of-thing that I’ve done to death.  I found a yummy looking lentil and mushroom soup online, which I tweaked (quite a lot actually).  What I came up with [...]

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