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Some rye baking, by way of the Danube.

Susan of wild yeast just posted a story about how her longtime dislike for rye changed after a class demo at SFBI,  where she gave in to its flavor palette of earthy chewiness. Along with Nils from Inversecook, whose rye loaves - whether plain, or with hemp, seeded,...

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Pâté, a meat loaf a primer.

Trying to get a recipe for pâte, my friend Brad shared a terrific primer on rural French hunting traditions, as seen here in tips on wild boar pâté. But while fun to read and imagine, Brad's instructions were better set in a country forest than the jungles of New York...

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Hot tamales

Tamales with pulled brisket and chilies, not your average summer meal...but if you have a bit of braised brisket leftover from Passover in the freezer, why not make use of it? That is what I did today, with some easy masa dough, some dried chilies, onions, garlic and...

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Sweet potato tortillas

Being summer and we are winding down towards our august vacation and it is  sort of slow around work, I decided to make some pork carnitas with refried beans for staff meal. But I had no tortillas. Not to to be dissuaded from my menu plan I decided on some flour...

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Clafoutis

When it's cherry-harvest season it makes me mad I am not eating the lovely red fruit from my sister's Swiss orchard. I hope she has a moment to give this classic of the Limousin region in France a try. One of my first cooking books was Paul Bocuse In your kitchen, a...

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