July 2008 - Posts

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:26 AM

Recipe ideas for fresh corn?

"Nothing says excess like excess” is a favorite saying of a friend of mine, and I live by those words when it comes to corn. There are few things better


Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:12 AM

Cork vs. screw-cap wines?

Is there a difference between wines with corks and screw caps? Ten or 15 years ago, the answer would’ve been yes; bottles with screw caps back then were

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:31 PM

How do I lay out a formal table setting?

If you’ve spent most of the summer eating barbecue with your bare hands off of paper plates like I have, it’s easy to get rusty on place setting basics.

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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:13 AM

Homemade mac and cheese grainy or dry?

When the cheese sauce for homemade mac and cheese breaks, curdles or turns grainy, there are a few potential causes. 1. The sauce was too hot when the

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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:10 PM

Recipe for pulled pork?

Just don't call it "barbecue". Call it oven-roasted. Call it baked. Call it pulled pork. Because technically, it's not barbecue unless natural wood smoke