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Last Update: Sat Jan 10 05:57:06 2009

- Herbs & Spices: a Flickr Photo Group - About a year ago I created the Herbs & Spices Group on Flickr - the online photo management and community where I host [...] anyone interested to join the group, which appears to have become the largest Herbs & Spices group on Flickr.

- A High Altitude Summer Crawfish Boil - Summer in Laramie, Wyoming is fickle at best and by the second snow in June it can seem downright elusive. This year, [...] 10 days, daytime warmth and the sudden greening of the plains seems to be announcing that summer has at last arrived.

- From the Ocean to the Smokehouse - a Copper River Salmon Story - I haven't seen it talked about on food blogs yet, but in the first week of April this year, the Pacific Fishery [...] salmon in California and Oregon, the first time the agency has taken such a step since it was established 22 years ago.

- Book Review: Spain And The World Table - In 2006, the Culinary Institute of America gathered chefs from Spain and around the world to attend a conference on [...] that might not be historically familiar, but are traditionally rooted, and as richly imaginative as they are flavorful.

- America Discovers Curry Laksa - Peranakan or Nonya cuisine, and curry laksa haven't really be discovered in United States, that is until recently. [...] Bourdain presumably had his first laksa two seasons back on his traveling foodie show "No Reservations". potential

- Book Review: Grilled Pizza & Piadinas - The dough, in my opinion is going to make or break a book like this one. Yes, the flavor combinations that Priebe puts [...] was not the first time I was making my own dough, a good recipe was going to bring me back to this book over and over.

- Diamonds of The Desert - Medjool Dates - Once reserved exclusively for Moroccan royalty and their most important guests, Medjool dates were considered a ...

- Kitchen Gadget: The Kohler Karbon Sexy Articulating Kitchen Faucet - Occasionally I like to highlight a cooking or kitchen gadget here on Chilefire - However normally I have actually used ...

- Experiments Smoking Salt: Part II - Almost two years ago I wrote up an article on a series of experiments I was doing smoking salt. At the time I [...] post on the subject again until I sorted out some of the details and techniques and had a chance to do some research.

- Product Comparison Review: Santoku Knives - The Santoku is a Japanese chef's knife, a low-tip style with a broad blade and a slightly curved cutting edge. in [...] Kullenschliffs. The hollows create breaks in the blade, which provide air pockets, allowing food to fall away cleanly.

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