A Hungry Bear

cedar plank salmon

I love the flavor that a cedar plank imparts on a piece of salmon when it’s grilled, but I had always assumed it was difficult to make so I only enjoyed this at restaurants. A couple of weeks ago, I was on a flight perusing one of those airline magazines (Delta’s Sky magazine actually) [...]

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animal style burger

Anyone who has ever traveled with me to the West coast knows that I’m obsessed with In-n-out Burger. When I was a vegetarian years ago, a co-worker of mine raved about “a burger that needs its own diaper”: the double-double animal style. I was on a business trip in Vegas shortly after coming [...]

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mustard and mayo glazed asparagus

I’ve always been wary of heating or cooking mayonnaise. I avoid recipes that call for mixing it in and then baking (like a lot of spinach artichoke dips, for example), presumably holding on to some superstition from my youth that hot mayo will make you sick. Well, it was a huge surprise for [...]

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