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Italian sausage paprikash over egg noodles

Italian sausage paprikash

December 15, 2014by Mike Bierschenk 2 Comments

Sometimes the food I cook has really great pedigrees, backed up with thorough research and/or rich cultural tradition and/or a well-known chef’s recommendation. But equally often I cook by feel, scrambling […]

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Main Dishes
Compromise hummus, plated

Compromise hummus

December 11, 2014by Mike Bierschenk 2 Comments

Folks, I’m sorry it’s been so long: over a week, which is like seven weeks in blog years. In addition to a long weekend of performances and some recipe testing […]

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Appetizers/Snacks, Veg*n or veg*n-possible

Chicken-quinoa soup with lime and ginger

December 2, 2014by Mike Bierschenk 1 Comment

When I was first pondering how to write about this soup, before I even got to the actual writing part I spent a long, long time dithering about its name. […]

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Soups
Banana-saltine pudding with pecan meringue

Banana-saltine pudding with pecan meringue

November 25, 2014by Mike Bierschenk Leave a comment

[When I went to take some additional plated photos, I realized a sad truth: I’d been using manual focus for some of the pumpkin-turkey taco images, and never set the camera […]

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Desserts/Sweet Things
Pumpkin-turkey tacos on a plate with bottles of hot sauce in the background

Pumpkin-turkey tacos

November 23, 2014by Mike Bierschenk Leave a comment

One of the reasons I started this blog was to track my own cooking. I have trouble keeping track of the things I cook, because my cooking is a mix […]

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Main Dishes
Chinese omelet over rice

Chinese omelet over rice

November 16, 2014by Mike Bierschenk Leave a comment

During my senior year of college, there was a term when I had two classes in the same building, 45 minutes apart, right at midday. It wasn’t quite enough time […]

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Stuff on Rice, Veg*n or veg*n-possible
Quick break to eat amid prep work for another recipe

Smoky Lentil Soup with Spinach & Kalamata Olives

November 12, 2014by Mike Bierschenk 3 Comments

When I show up at a potluck, you can almost guarantee that I’m bringing something vegetarian, if not vegan. This is a little strange, since I have a deep and abiding […]

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Soups, Veg*n or veg*n-possible

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