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In Defense of the Bacon-in-the-Chocolate Trend

I’m seeing a backlash these days against the bacon-in-the-chocolate trend, but I think maybe it’s more of a backlash against food fads in general. Most fads are annoying and entirely disposable. They barely make a blip on the radar screen … Continue reading

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Week #24 Oaxacan (Mexican)

Lately this “52 Cuisines” project has been heavily weighted toward Asian food–obviously the blog itself has been!–so it’s time to visit a different hemisphere for awhile and explore another of Mexico’s many cuisines. The cuisine of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, … Continue reading

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Everything’s better with chocolate . . . and heat!

It isn’t often that you sit down to a meal with a variety of Tabasco sauces on your table, but that was my good fortune during the annual conference of the International Association of Culinary Professionals in New Orleans last … Continue reading

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