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Posts tagged ‘Chiles’

May 20

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Fideos Secos

It was about a year ago today that I started a major kitchen re-haul (really a few hours) before throwing a surprise party in my apartment.  I say started because, while everything was put back into some kind of order, I don’t think it was really finished until this week.  Faced with the potential embarrassment of friends seeing my apartment in shambles, I made miracles happen and then took some time off (about 12 months to be exact).  Most of the elements were in place but crowded, and I hadn’t gotten around to tying it all together. Read more

Aug 1

Picking a Pepper

I found myself at Whole Foods last week staring blankly at their large chile peppers selection.  The signs above the peppers gave involved descriptions of where they were from, what was mild and fruity, and what was deadly but there was no correlation to the actual chiles.  So while I knew each one’s life story, I wasn’t sure which basket of peppers it described.  Unsure of what to buy, I took a small selection to figure it out later.  Maricel E. Presilla’s A World of Peppers in this moth’s Saveur should help avoid confusion the next time around.