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I had a nightmare the other night. I was making fried eggs, over medium. The slightly runny kind that leave a little yolk sauce behind, perfect for soaking up with buttered bread. In my dream I was eating the delicious eggs, enjoying them. All of the sudden, I became deathly ill. In the dream it...
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Coca-cola-hiccups- bridge-of-sighs. Spaghetti-Coca-cola-gondola….perfect recipe for hiccups. I have a long-standing animosity for the hiccups and I am pretty sure I am not alone on this. There are some of us in this world who are diaphragm-challenged. The little spasms come and can last an hour, a day, or maybe even continue on and off...
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The toque blanche was once a status symbol in the kitchen. It is said that the number of folds in a chefs hat represents how many ways a chef can prepare an egg, the maximum being a hat with 100 pleats. The toque was a way to distinguish who in the kitchen was head...
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1 shot of any micro-brew beer 1 pint of any beer made by a larger company (preferably similar style) Preparation: Drop the shot of micro-brew beer into the pint of the other beer. Watch as the beer made by the larger company completely engulfs the micro-brew beer. It is suggested that this metaphor be...
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Bridges bring places together. Food brings people together. Food is a bridge. Strangers or friends, from near or far, each and every day or for special occasions, food is a bridge that connects us. Everyone has time to eat, and why not eat with someone. Grab a quick bite with a friend or sit down...
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Cooks have a reputation for being superstitious to the point of paranoia. Reveal any recipe at your own risk: you could end up at a dinner party 3 months later eating the dish prepared with that same recipe. It might even taste better than you ever made it, all of the guests would be...
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Hello dear readers (even if you are hypothetical), I am a bad scholar. I am a slacker…Wait…maybe I’m  a forward thinking hemi-visionary? NO!! A SLACKER! But perhaps…(shifty eyes direct shifty hands to type in the web page for Dragon Age: Origins) *link not provided because, dammit, they have enough publicity, and i’m not being...
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It’s no secret that I’m online all the time. Of course I am. I’ve been involved in some form of web publishing for the last three years, and my current editorial duties here at theavantguardian.org require me to be in touch with a staff spread out from Seoul to Tel Aviv, not to mention...
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I'm sure there aren't many who know the sounds of summer quite like Thoreau. But when it comes to food, forgive me, get out the way.“I did not use tea, nor coffee, nor butter, nor milk, nor fresh meat, and so did not have to work to get them; again, as I did not...
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