From the monthly archives: September 2011

These Babies Drink Hot Sauce With Their Milk

On September 26, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Life

It’s true.  New Mexican mothers add hot sauce to warm milk to help their babies sleep at night.  How else would you explain a New Mexican’s tolerance of spiciness in their dishes? Eh, it’s a theory… Mister and I only have two things in common.  One of them is that we like to watch food [...]

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Melt in Your Mouth Tri-Tip Pot Roast

On September 23, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Beef/Lamb, Recipes

We have this local butcher shop where I love to go and browse their case of fresh cut meat.  If you’re a carnivore, this place is irresistible.  I typically go there with every intention of browsing and find myself shoveling out my week’s allowance to buy beautifully marbled steaks or loins of lamb. I may [...]

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Birthday Things

On September 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Life
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Glorious Garlic-Infused Olive Oil

On September 9, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Recipes, Sauces, Techniques

Please read this document regarding garlic-in-oil mixture safety before continuing.  Who needs a stake to ward off evil vampires when you can dump garlic-infused olive oil all over them instead? If only Buffy had been more domesticated. Other reasons why you should roast garlic cloves in an entire bottle of extra-virgin olive oil: Garlic makes just about [...]

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