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Food related memories, memoirs, and stories.

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Food Books I Don’t Want to Live Without

Posted on December 15, 2010 by DonDecember 15, 2010
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These are neither the best cookbooks nor the most trendy. They are simply my personal favorites, books I’ve re-read over and over and dip into again and again. Often, a sentence I’ve written will jump back and remind me of … Continue reading →

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Bastruma – The Intrepid Traveller Explores the Roots of Pastrami

Posted on October 24, 2010 by DonOctober 24, 2010
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According to the research I’ve done, pastrami, my favorite cured meat in the world, developed from the Turkish pastirma or the Armenian basturma. Story goes that Jewish merchants supplied the spiced, air-dried meat to the Ottoman Empire, liked the idea, … Continue reading →

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Festival of Chili Peppers – Homemade Hot Sauce, Pickled Jalapenos, and Sriracha

Posted on September 11, 2010 by DonSeptember 11, 2010
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Emboldened by last year’s success turning a couple of pounds of ripe peppers into homemade hot sauce, this year I told my farmer I wanted about 50 pounds. Took delivery of about 15 pounds last weekend and took some time … Continue reading →

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Chicken Parm

Posted on September 6, 2010 by DonSeptember 7, 2010
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Sometimes it’s all about memory. After a weekend of seemingly endless stacking of wood, cooking various hot sauces, and cooking out of our out-of-control refrigerator, Monday night I wanted something comforting. Preferably nothing that looked like anything in our refrigerator. … Continue reading →

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Local Pork

Posted on August 9, 2010 by DonAugust 9, 2010
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My first encounter with homegrown meat was in my first year in grad school. I was living in Belchertown, about 15 miles from Amherst, in a sprawling old faramhouse in the center of town. Only one of my housemates was … Continue reading →

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Making Jimmy’s Chili con Carne

Posted on May 19, 2010 by DonMay 19, 2010
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 A couple of months ago, my friend Julian Olf, a playwright, actor, director and former head of the Theater dept at UMass Amherst, stopped by to read me a monologue he was planning to act. An old man gives the … Continue reading →

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Sabrett’s Onion Sauce – An Update

Posted on February 15, 2010 by DonFebruary 15, 2010
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In New York this past weekend, I had a chance to try the Sabrett’s onion sauce on a dirty water dog. It was more tomato-y than I remembered, tasting like there was a shot of ketchup in it. The onions … Continue reading →

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