Cook Without Fear
Kitchen Notes
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Barbecue Doesn’t Care About Your Plan
Learning barbecue also meant getting to know my smoker.
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Chuck Roast with French Onion Soup
Out of beef broth. Into the freezer. A substitution worth keeping.
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Cinco de Mayo on a Tuesday
A slow cooker, crispy pork, and a different kind of Taco Tuesday.
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Close Enough for Dinner
Make dinner, take notes, and enjoy it.
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Dinner Doesn’t Have to Start at Dinnertime
Move one useful job earlier and make the evening easier.
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One Pork Loin, Six Dinners
One sale-sized pork loin, several decisions, and a stocked freezer.
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Pork Chops, Cider Sauce, and Two Experiments
A first try at cider pan sauce, a frozen risotto shortcut, and a few useful notes for the next dinner.
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Potato Chowder, More or Less
A pot of potato chowder, some leftover ham, and the corn that stayed in the freezer.
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Refrigerator Triage
What needs using is a starting point, not a requirement to combine everything.
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Thanksgiving Stuffing in August
The calendar moved on. The stuffing still had work to do.
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The Best Two Dollars I Ever Spent
A garage-sale skillet, a few camping trips, and an unexpectedly useful second life.
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The Dan Method: The Simple Steak I Didn’t Believe In
Years of complicated steak experiments, one patient friend, and a lesson in keeping it simple.
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