I’m heading out of town, so no posting for five days or so.  I made a Christmas feast though, so I’ll leave you with a few pictures of what’s to come:
Butternut Squash Soup

Braised Red Cabbage

Sticky Buns

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Here are three techniques that can enhance or change the flavor of your chicken, beef, fish, veal, or vegetable stocks.

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Here is a novel way to cool soups or stock.

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I was in the grocery store a couple weeks ago with my girlfriend when a lady asked us if we could help her find Swiss chard.  Unfortunately, I’ve never cooked with it and had no idea what it looked like besides being something leafy and green.  And staring at the supermarket shelves, there are quite [...]

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This is a simple, delicious vegetable soup recipe that I made a couple weeks ago.  As a meal by itself it probably serves four to six.
You need a couple tablespoons of oil, an onion, two celery ribs, two carrots, two cloves of garlic, five cups of chicken stock/broth or vegetable broth, two medium russet potatoes [...]

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