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  • 19Jun

    Using Ingredients in Unusual Ways

    Hi, gang. I’ve been a cooking fool lately. I am determined to finish the testing of the recipes for my cookbook-in-progress within the next few months. I don’t have a full-time job, so if not now, when?

    Part of this testing is about stepping outside of my comfort zone and cooking with ingredients and methods that I am not accustomed to (i.e., that I grew up with). And since I’ve been working on this book since 2002, I’ve been doing that for quite some time. So, I really think nothing of taking an ingredient and using it in an usual way.

    Let me explain…

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    Filed under: Cooking Tips, Culinary Experiments, Ethnic food, New Food, Recipe Tests, Uncategorized, cooking
    Tags: bunuelos, cheese patties, pear soda, skulls and crossbones, unusual products
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