Recipes Archive

Updated Chili Recipe

December 21, 2008  ·  Category: Recipes
I just updated my recipe for black-eyed pea chipotle chili. I had occasion to make fresh batch this morning, for the first time in a year or so, and it was heavenly. The ...
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Delicious Blue Cheese Dressing

April 5, 2007  ·  Category: Recipes
Blue cheese dressing at its best -- which is hard to find in grocery stores -- has a remarkable cleanness about it. It wipes the palate anew with every fork-full of salad. Hungry for this effect, ...
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Insider’s Guide to Trader Joe’s

April 15, 2006  ·  Category: Health, Personal, Recipes, Reviews
Kathy and I just got our very own Trader Joe's -- well, other than the 300 other people who are always in the store -- about 20 minutes away, in Albuquerque. Anybody who understands that the ...
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Homemade Pizza, Here I Come

April 2, 2006  ·  Category: Recipes, Reviews
Last week, on the recommendation of a particularly glowing review, I purchased Peter Reinhart's American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza. The book includes not only his engaging stories of visiting dozens of the best ...
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Recipe: Lime Guacamole

July 18, 2004  ·  Category: Recipes
The name "guacamole" is a concatenation of the second syllable of the Spanish word for "avocado" (aguacate) with the word for "sauce" (mole). The secret to terrific guacamole is using lime in lieu of ...
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Recipe: Black-Eyed Pea Chipotle Chili

July 18, 2004  ·  Category: Recipes
I enjoy making this on a weekend morning, as it fills the air with the sweet, smokey smell of chipotle. Takes about an hour of preparation and at least one hour of simmering. ...
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Chilaca Bowl Recipe

June 8, 2004  ·  Category: Recipes
We have a new restaurant down the street, named Chilacas (a word that means "chili" in New Mexico slang). They serve a dish Kathy and I have come to love, called a "Chilaca Bowl." Tired of ...
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