Tag: kdweeks
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July 19, 2007 07:39 PM EDT --
Oh, alright: As much as she loved receiving affection, showing it wasn't one of her strong points, and so, this is my favorite photograph of SweetThing.
Got a Smoke? For 14 years . . . more
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November 13, 2007 11:48 PM EST --
Sonny Purdue, Govenor of Georgia: Please, Lord, we need rain.
Lord: Oh My Self, I had no idea you needed water! I was so busy playing with my WII that I just plain lost track. Tell you what, . . . more
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March 10, 2007 10:44 PM EST --
"Accede gracefully to the inevitable." This is my motto. It is expressed at greater length in the Serenity Prayer:
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage . . . more
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June 08, 2007 05:33 PM EDT --
In January of 2005 I made a decision that's had unexpected, and sometimes unwelcome, consequences: I decided I would include a photograph of every recipe I posted on my blog, Seriously Good. It seemed . . . more
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December 01, 2007 12:35 PM EST --
A lthough garlic as a ward against evil is most closely associated with vampires, thanks to Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula , it has in fact a long and near-universal reputation as a form of protection . . . more
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March 17, 2007 04:41 PM EDT --
Geeks come in all sizes, shapes, religions, colors, and areas of geekdom. I have a good friend who's a financial geek -- she really gets off on things like estate planning and income averaging. Go . . . more
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July 21, 2007 06:28 PM EDT --
Chicken is one of my favorite foods, its flavor infinitely adaptable to mood, style, and cuisine. A simple roast chicken with herbs can speak to you of a French bistro or an Italian trattoria. Braise it . . . more
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September 15, 2007 10:51 AM EDT --
A friend of mine, who loves crab cakes as much as I do, taught me the secret to great crab cakes -- don't skimp on the filler.
I know. It sounds counter-intuitive. And you'll certainly never see . . . more
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October 06, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
The Sand Wich is There
C reeping like a cat chasing a dust bunny, the odor of baking bread slips up on me and then pounces. Wrapping my senses in paws at once softly padded and clawed, . . . more
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October 24, 2007 04:19 PM EDT --
"W eeks! You got fired!" (It was Paisano on the phone.)
"No. I didn't get fired. We had to discontinue the magazine and lay everyone off."
"Right! So you got fired! . . . more
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November 09, 2007 11:04 AM EST --
T he British do love meat pies. There are Cornish Pasties, Steak and Kidney Pies, Pork Pies, Pot Pies, and Shepherd’s Pie. My theory for their popularity is the atrocious British weather. A good . . . more
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November 25, 2007 02:14 PM EST --
D uring my long absence from East Tennessee there were three things I missed most, in fact they're the only three things I can specifically recall missing. Not surprisingly, they're all food. . . . more
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January 27, 2008 01:16 PM EST --
L ast week my father asked me to spend a day with him in the mountains. I'm not sure what prompted the invitation, but he rented a cabin and we drove up around noon on a warm, bright winter's . . . more
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March 26, 2008 11:42 AM EDT --
O nce upon a time I was the lead singer in an Indonesian rock band in Cairo, Egypt. Bear with me, it's a bit complicated.
At the time my parents were teaching at the American University in Cairo . . . more
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July 29, 2007 12:14 PM EDT --
Obsession -- a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling
Yes. The small container above contains lamb juices -- Perhaps 2 ounces? -- that escaped from a grilled leg . . . more
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August 25, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
My career as a TV chef continues unabated -- last week I did a second five-minute segment on the local Style Show. With all modesty, this puts me in the same category as the lady who writes restaurant . . . more
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September 19, 2007 02:09 PM EDT --
Casseroles get a bad rap, and many of them deserve it. But I happen to love them. You mix up a bunch of stuff (avoiding any canned soup mixes, which are the single greatest reason for the bad rap) dump . . . more
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October 17, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
A few weeks ago I turned 54. I never thought I would live this long. In fact, as a child I expected a nuclear war to kill me before I became an adult. That's what comes of living within 10 miles of . . . more
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November 02, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
" S pice is the variety of life," read a slogan used by Spice Islands some 30 years ago. Back in those days Spice Islands offered not only the best spices and herbs you could find outside . . . more
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November 19, 2007 10:26 AM EST --
H ere are two words you don't often see together: turkey and extraordinary. Nevertheless, about six Thanksgivings ago I enjoyed one of the best turkeys I've ever eaten. It was at my brother's . . . more
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