By the end of August most of us are sick of cucumbers – and some…
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We have a new addition to the “tastes-too-good-to-be-this-easy” pantheon of recipes in the SMEs household. Behold,…
Swiss chard is not the sexiest of greens. In the right hands it can be…
This is one of our favorite soups, and one we don’t just relegate to January…
Southern food – the fried chicken, the gravy, the biscuits – can be rather involved.…
Inspired by some killer posole at Sycamore last week, I decided to take a seat-of-the-pants…
A sure harbinger of high winds, rain or snow (all three?) is the opening of…
Think of bucatini as slightly fatter than spaghetti, but with a tunnel through the center. I…
For some reason corned beef has always seemed intimidating. No good reason, I just didn’t…
Sometimes Mrs. SMEs likes to throw me a curveball. Such was the case the other…
We have this salad a lot during the week. It’s quick, tasty and involves little…
I bookmarked Mark Bittman’s “Minimalist” post featuring chickpeas, chorizo and spinach a while back. It…
Wait, Bon Appetit wants me to throw $40 worth of steaks on there? As in,…
After a light dinner last night I found myself in need of a late-night snack.…
I went all-out this year planting tomatoes. 8 plants should keep us plenty busy. And Sunday,…
I know I’m going to break out the smoker this weekend (ribs and chicken thighs…
My column today spreads the kofta love to the Tribune’s readership. And if you don’t want…
Crawdad in a Can* 1 campfire 1 hand-caught and pissed off crawdad/crawfish/mudbug Water 2 cans Tecate…
We’ll be floating (and gloating) in the 85-degree/0% chance-of-precip weather tomorrow as we canoe the…
We decided to take a break from the CSA this year, knowing we were going…
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