Macedonian Pizza and the Cumberland Pike Road

Macedonian Entree PASTRMAJLIJA (Macedonian Pizza) INGREDIENTS 1¼ pounds pork chops, center cut or lamb ½ tablespoon cayenne pepper ¼ teaspoon pepper 1½ cups flour (4 tablespoons more later) ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon sugar ½ […]

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Dessert Coffee and Italian Democracy

Italian Dessert AFFOGATO INGREDIENTS 2 cups hot espresso or hot and very strong coffee* 2 scoops vanilla ice cream* * = There’s only two ingredients here. Higher quality ingredients will show up more than in […]

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Bad Advice Friday + 1, May 20, 2017

Oh my gosh, I was sick and missed Friday. Whatever healthy time I was spent making macaroni and cheese and watch Number Two Son get a second degree black belt. Anyway, yesterday was Friday. And […]

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Piri Piri Chicken and the Chicago Cubs

Mozambican Entree PIRI PIRI CHICKEN INGREDIENTS 6 garlic cloves 6 piri piri chiles (or Thai chiles) 2 bay leaves 2 teaspoons paprika 2 teaspoons salt 3 tablespoons lemon juice 7 tablespoons olive oil 3½ pounds […]

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Bad Advice Friday, 5-12-17

Oh my gosh. It’s Friday already. Did you know there’s one every week? So, I shall once more be dispensing bad advice As usual, the advice will stupendously bad. ************************ JW asks: Should I really […]

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Quinoa Salad and the Rubberband Empire

Peruvian Appetizer QUINOA SALAD INGREDIENTS 1 cup quinoa ½ cucumber ¼ cup fresh cilantro 2 Roma tomatoes 1 red bell pepper ¼ pound queso fresco or feta cheese 1¼ teaspoons aji amarillo, aji panca, or […]

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Spelt Bread and Spelling Bees

Swedish Appetizer SPELT BREAD INGREDIENTS 2¼ teaspoons (1 package) yeast 1½ cups lukewarm water 1 tablespoon butter (2 more tablespoons later) 2 tablespoons honey ½ tablespoon salt 4 cups spelt flour 1 tablespoon butter (1 […]

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