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    We realize many of you do not make your own bread. So, this is a great recipe for those non-bread-makers at home. Olive Garden may have unlimited breadsticks, but with this recipe you'll have a big batch of Bone-Sticks, which is way cooler for Halloween. With...

  Rebecca Beyer forages through the lenses of folk magic and plant lore. By Jean Trinh  October 19, 2020 On a cool summer morning a few years ago, I joined a group of strangers and followed Rebecca Beyer, a witch and forager, through a lush green forest...

    1. Wipe down an 8 pound/3.6 kilo pumpkin with a wet paper towel. Evenly slice off the top quarter. 2. Scoop out innards. 3. Replace the pumpkin top and bake on a foil-lined pan for about one hour at 375F/190C/Gas 5. 4. Once your pumpkin is slightly...

  This Strawberry Cream Pie. Full of fresh strawberries and cream cheese, it gets an additional boost of flavor from instant pudding mix! Serve this at your next get-together, and watch it disappear! Strawberry Cream Pie 1 (9-inch) graham cracker pie crust (pre...

    Cerveza Patagonia plants a tree for every case of beer they sell. By Andrea Romano  September 24, 2020       Hurricane season can wreak havoc on your home, your car, and even your trees. Many people along the east coast have trees in their yard,...

      Afternoon tea tasty bite recipe. Who doesn't love chocolate. Being the evil ones that we are, we are using celsius instead of fahrenheit. Ingredients 300g dark chocolate, chopped 150g butter, chopped 1 1/2 cups (315g) caster sugar 4 eggs, lightly whisked 1...

  Apparently the stout beer makes a hearty fertilizer. By Mike Pomranz June 29, 2020 When bars began to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the big questions became what is going to happen to all that extra draft beer? Unfortunately, yes, some of it would...

  My first experience with this dish was in Key West. I was lucky to be “adopted” by wonderful Abuela. To her I will be forever grateful. She also made the best black beans I’ve ever tasted.  Serves 4 ¼ cup/60ml Achiote Oil (sub with olive oil colored with tumeric) 2...

Recipe provided by: Lucas Cappel   Description: If you like pastries, sometimes you bake muffins and biscuits. But what about those who don’t like sweet ones or follow the keto diet? Of course, bake the keto biscuits! We will tell you how to make bacon and cheese...

There is a tapas restaurant in Santa Fe New Mexico called El Farol. It was here I experienced my first Spanish frittata and fell in love with the simplicity of it. It can be eaten hot, cold or room temperature. Great to take on the road or when hiking, even if you are...

  Serves 4 1 clove of garlic, minced ¼ cup capers ¼ cup gherkins, drained and finely chopped 6 anchovy fillets in oil, finely chopped 2 bunches of fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 1 bunch of fresh basil, finely chopped a bunch of fresh mint, finely chopped...

  Just because you can doesn't mean you should. By Patricia S York April 24, 2020 We don’t always take direction well, do we? A can of sweetened condensed milk carries the warning “do not heat in can” but we did it anyway. A few years ago, it was all the rage to boil...

  Serves 4 1 pound/450g fusilli (spiral pasta) 4 slices  turkey bacon, cut into thin strips ½ teaspoon/2ml sea salt ¼ teaspoon/1ml black pepper 4 medium yellow squash , quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced ½ cup/125ml heavy...

  Serves 4 1½ pounds/675g boneless bottom-round rump roast or thin sliced sirloin strips 1 teaspoon/5ml/5g kosher salt ¼ teaspoon/2ml/.6g black pepper 2 tablespoons/30ml/28g German style mustard 2 large stalks celery, cut into thin slices 3-4 inches/7.5j-10cm...

  A classic Cuban dish, and one of the most popular. In spanish, the translation is means "old clothes", because the chuck roast is shredded until it resembles old rags of clothes. It is traditionally served with white rice. Serves 6 3 pound/1.35kg chuck roast 1 small...

Serve this hot or let it cool and serve it at room temperature. A great year round dish to take the chill out of you in winter or as a cool summer time meal. Serves 4 3 tablespoon/45ml 1pound/450g italian turkey sausage, cut into bite size pieces or crumbled 3 cloves...