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[1] Sotol can be drunk with salt and lime, similar to tequila (photo © Cristian Rojas | Pexels). [2] Hacienda de Chihuahua is the leading producer of fine sotol. Sotol plata (a.k.a. blanco, joven, or silver) is not aged. It goes straight from distillation to the bottle (photos #2, #3, #4, #5, and #16 ©…
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The Cobb salad was invented late one evening in 1937 when Bob Cobb, owner of The Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood, was scrounging in the kitchen’s refrigerator for a snack. He grabbed a head of iceberg lettuce, an avocado, some romaine, watercress, tomatoes, a cold breast of chicken, a hard-cooked egg, chives, blue cheese and…
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[1] Hot off the griddle: popcorn pancakes (photos #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #8, #9 © Long Table Pancakes). [2] An ear of popcorn looks like regular corn, but extra moisture in the kernels allows it to pop (photo © C Z Grains). [3] The three varieties of Long Table heirloom pancake and flour blends.…
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It was hard to put down the bag of Apple Cinnamon Chicharrones (a.k.a. fried pork rinds, i.e., fried pork skin with the fat removed*) from Southern Recipes Small Batch. We had to call someone into our office to remove the bag before we polished it off. Chicharrones (chee-cha-ROAN-ace—roll the double “r”) are a popular snack…
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[1] Your first challenge: Open the locked box (photos #1 and #2 © M. Cacao). [2] Dare you eat all eight? Or, invite a friend to compete: The box has two of each chile. [3] Dante’s Inferno inspired this collection (photo © CGR Publishing). “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here,” says M. Cacao…
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