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UPDATE!!! This is really big/important/fun news. Our judge for the occasion has decided to award real fun prizes, has broken the event into five categories with lots of fun side dishes/categories and all in all…
Ingredient nominations close at the end of the day on Thursday. So far the list is: Parsnips, sweetcorn, apples, red peppers, seaweed, rice, carrots, a root vegetable, basil, fish sauce, butternut squash, scallions, little fishes,…
Thanksgiving Day is one of my favorite holidays. I truly enjoy cooking the meal. It’s basic ceremonies and premise are non-sectarian and uplifting and mostly we have friends over who would otherwise be on their…
This is a tale of two dressings. You have heard about the turkey and you will hear about the side dishes. But in my mind, the dressing is what makes the Thanksgiving meal. So I…
Continuing onward with our epic (well actually reasonable and created in order to be manageable and worthwhile) meal, we come to all the other side dishes. First, Jan made the truly amazing and unforgettable lemon…
Since the Paper Chef will be kicking off on Friday, we only have 3 more days to get nominations in. The current ingredient list is pretty impressive already though: Parsnips, sweetcorn, apples, red peppers, seaweed,…
Actually it’s pretty simple. It is time to nominate new ingredients. Rules are simple – anyone can nominate one ingredient – any ingredient as long as it is not objectionable. A few ingredients are banned…
Wow! I just ran across a great food blog resource in my never-ending search for more and better food blogs. Just go check My Dhaba out. First of all it is a great Indian food…
Mrs Deedop and Chopper Dave have done us proud (especially Mrs D what with writing a novel while running the Paper Chef!) and their roundup and adjudged choice are up at Belly Timber along with…
This was a challenge. Oddly enough I had more trouble integrating basil into the mix than anything else – partly because I couldn’t get Thai Basil on short notice so I had to make do…