PRIME RIB: OUR COMPREHENSIVE SHOPPING & COOKING GUIDE
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DannyM
- Mar 19
- 9 min
OUR FAVORITE THINGS-- Preferred & Proven Products
We don't do paid ads... yet. But when we find products we like, we're happy to sing their praises. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on...
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DannyM
- 5 days ago
- 4 min
CRY, BABY, CRY-- The Wonderful World of Onions
I love onions. I use them– in one form or another of the genus Allium– in just about everything I cook that isn’t dessert. Aside from...
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DannyM
- Aug 30
- 1 min
MY NEW FAVORITE STEAK
Beef prices are through the roof. Here's the antidote for me & my fellow steak lovers. If you find yourself reflexively gagging over $36...
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DannyM
- Jul 6
- 1 min
AMERICAN-MADE (and EXPENSIVE)
Hurrah for those who diligently seek American-made products. Try not to go broke. Who says American manufacturing is dead? It isn't, but...
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DannyM
- Jun 7
- 2 min
SUMMER, ACT I
Summer is a 3-Act Play-- Early, Middle, and Late. To me, Act I means joy in the form of strawberries & fireflies & really late sunsets....
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DannyM
- Jun 4
- 1 min
MARY'S BARN MARKET
A Second Reason to go to Weedsport, New York. Regular readers might recall the Mennonite-run Serenity Meadows Dairy Farm that I mentioned...
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DannyM
- May 7
- 2 min
HAM, CONTINUED (Think MOTHER'S DAY!)
Easter inspired our in-depth ham research. And then we found one more treasure, just in time for MOTHER'S DAY! Not this one. In MUSINGS...
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DannyM
- May 2
- 4 min
THE DEMI-GLACE CRISIS
My go-to Demi-Glace supplier went out of business, so I had no choice but to make my own. Demi-Glace-- Liquid Freaking Gold, and the...
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Richard B.
- Apr 29
- 3 min
THE PORCUPINE ROUNDUP
With your host, our dear friend RichardB. Remembering with considerable irony the old car ad that said "Ford has a better idea." I am...
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DannyM
- Apr 2
- 10 min
THE GREAT CRÈME FRAÎCHE MURDER MYSTERY OF 2024
The age-old recipe for homemade crème fraîche suddenly stopped working, and DannyM. wanted to know why. If you really want to solve a...
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DannyM
- Mar 26
- 10 min
MUSINGS ON EASTER DINNER
Ham or Lamb? We've got you covered both ways. Potatoes & Asparagus? ALWAYS! Until Halloween got really huge, Easter was the...
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DannyM
- Mar 19
- 9 min
OUR FAVORITE THINGS-- Preferred & Proven Products
We don't do paid ads... yet. But when we find products we like, we're happy to sing their praises. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on...
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DannyM
- Mar 2
- 3 min
HOW TO FREAKING DRIVE
Alas, Cars and Babies Don't Come With Instructions. Cars are getting safer, but accidents like this are becoming commonplace. I've been...
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DannyM
- Feb 28
- 6 min
CHARLIE DON'T SURF & TURF
For my (long-belated) 65th birthday dinner, we turned to classic cinema for culinary inspiration. Some movies are especially memorable...
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DannyM
- Feb 16
- 6 min
MARBURY V. MADISON, 1803:
The cleverest negotiation trick in the history of the world. Imagine, if you will, that your precious feline companion is desperately in...
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DannyM
- Jan 30
- 2 min
THE COMPLETE GRILL-OGY
Santa brought me an infra-red mini-grill this past Christmas, thereby completing my trilogy of fire cookery. My Dear Readers might recall...
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DannyM
- Dec 30, 2023
- 2 min
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
New Year's Eve used to be the biggest party of the year... now it's more like a second Thanksgiving. I started to notice the change...
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DannyM
- Dec 23, 2023
- 7 min
2023 IN REVIEW
My personal favorite things about 2023... aside from the fact that it will soon be over. Writing about things that I discover, purchase,...
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DannyM
- Dec 12, 2023
- 2 min
VALUE ALERT! A HACK FOR AFFORDABLE ROAST BEEF
Wagyu (the breed) is very expensive, and Chuck (the cut) is rather tough. But the marriage of the two makes an utterly fabulous roast....
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DannyM
- Dec 4, 2023
- 2 min
A SAUCE FOR HOLIDAY HAM
Some great Holiday Hams are now hitting the market. Chef Slim Oakheart has the perfect sauce for us. A delectable treasure from Snake...
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DannyM
- Dec 2, 2023
- 5 min
Car Shipping (not SHOPPING)
Now that I've got my new ride, I'm giving my daughter the old Toyota pickup. She lives 2670 miles from me. A 9-car open hauler... a...
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