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member name: Kurt Michael Friese
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May 29, 2007 05:58 PM EDT --
Gather Round the Table
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
Laying Down the Slaw
With summertime nearly here, it’s time to start talking about that contentious issue: coleslaw. This is one of those fun . . .
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August 12, 2008 05:03 PM EDT --
Howdy all,
I've been writing my weekly wine column for nearly 5 years now. It's been a joy, and I'm not stopping anytime soon, but I am broadening the repertoire just a tad. . . .
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February 03, 2007 11:36 AM EST --
Voluptuous.
Intriguing.
Seductive.
Silky.
Sexy.
That’s what you want from your wine, your dessert, and your sweetie on Valentine’s Day. A great way to set that mood . . .
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June 05, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
Morel of the Story
There's no doubt, this was a banner year for the houby hunters around eastern Iowa. In addition to my regular crew of foragers who bring fungi into my restaurant on a regular . . .
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June 20, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
Is there anyone, save Professor Hathaway from the 80s cult film Real Genius, who doesn’t love popcorn?
Despite a quick online search turning up such non-sequiturs as Jiffy Pop being listed in . . .
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August 02, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
The Silence of the Bees
Loss of Honeybee Colonies Causing Alarm Worldwide
By Kurt Michael Friese
Listen closely in your garden. Have you noticed that it is just a little quieter this year? . . .
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August 19, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
Here it is again, that situation we thought (back in February) would not happen again this year, but we did it again anyway, didn’t we? You and I promised ourselves that we’d be more . . .
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October 25, 2007 11:30 AM EDT --
From the outset: I have no problem with vegetarians or vegans. I fully respect their opinions and their gustatory choices. I encourage everyone to eat healthily, and to do so in a manner that . . .
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July 08, 2007 02:46 PM EDT --
Thought y’all would like to see this:
“I am sympathetic to the Slow Food movement, which emphasizes supporting local farmers within half a day's drive of the place where one lives, and . . .
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September 03, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
Click here if you missed part 1
Now it’s 2 weeks on and the tomatoes still keep coming. Last time we talked about having friends over and making a party of it. Everyone brought their bounty . . .
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September 18, 2007 02:03 PM EDT --
There are certain foods that I believe are unpopular with children and other finicky eaters simply because of their names. One such is the unfortunately named squash; it seems to make people think . . .
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December 05, 2007 11:41 AM EST --
Seems as though the rules for cooking with fats and oils change every time you pick up a newspaper. One oil is bad for you, then it’s good for you, then it’s only good if it’s . . .
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December 19, 2007 11:08 AM EST --
For some folks, Christmas is about peace and good tidings. For others it is a joyous celebration of the birth of the savior. For many it is just about the presents. In my family it was, and still is, . . .
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March 26, 2008 01:51 PM EDT --
The March, 2008 issue of Metropolis focuses on the overarching idea of localism and its relationship to sustainability. It is, as always, a beautiful and well-written issue, but in it one particular . . .
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July 13, 2008 02:25 PM EDT --
Too many people in this country have been sold a bill of goods. They've been tricked, flim-flammed, conned, and hustled. They've been bamboozled into believing that food comes wrapped in plastic . . .
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December 30, 2007 02:22 PM EST --
And there's a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie's a hand o thine,
And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne
There are many more verses to the classic New Year's . . .
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April 19, 2008 09:29 PM EDT --
As Earth Day approaches this year, it seems that people are thinking more about food's price than its ecological footprint. A simple trip to the grocery store tells the same story we've been hearing . . .
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June 03, 2008 05:29 PM EDT --
As the date for Slow Food Nation -- the big sustainable-food conference scheduled in San Francisco this coming August -- draws near, I've been thinking about attitudes toward food in the erstwhile . . .
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February 19, 2007 02:36 PM EST --
Gather ‘Round the Table
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
17 February 2007
Mussels
When eminent food historian and author Waverly Root published his seminal book Food: An Authoritative and Visual History . . .
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March 16, 2007 05:15 PM EDT --
Gather ‘Round the Table
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
16 March 2007
Memphis BBQ
It can be indeed fascinating, in fact all-consuming, to delve into the myriad forms of BBQ across the United States. . . .
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