Don Mauer
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In search of more sweetness and heat leads quest to make the perfect homemade mustardsAug 14, 2019 6:00 am - Why would anyone make mustard at home with the gazillion mustards available on supermarket shelves? If you love mustard's flavors as much as I do, you'd at least conside...
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Jul 24, 2019 6:00 am - Chop suey is not authentic Asian cuisine. You could search high and low across Asia and not find anyone making a chop suey as we know it. Chop suey's history is varied a...
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Chop suey, a thoroughly American dish, can be made a bit healthierJul 24, 2019 6:00 am - Chop suey is not authentic Asian cuisine. You could search high and low across Asia and not find anyone making a chop suey as we know it. Chop suey's history is varied a...
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Try tastier options over ultra-processed foods, it's easyJul 10, 2019 6:00 am - New buzz words you might be familiar with right now: ultra-processed foods. If you wonder what ultra-processed foods means, here's a definition from the National Institu...
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No-butter version of Katharine Hepburn's brownies a healthier stand-inJun 26, 2019 6:00 am - Author Laurie Colwin and I go way back. Colwin and her solid storytelling and warmly clear writing appeared on my radar in Gourmet magazine nearly 30 years ago. Colwin w...
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Mauer: You're in control of ingredients when you make salad dressings at homeMay 15, 2019 6:00 am - Ever take the time to read the ingredient list on a bottle of commercial salad dressing? If you've learned what I've learned, that list may give you pause. If you paused...
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With care, cast-iron can serve for a centuryMay 01, 2019 6:00 am - It's no secret. I love my 12-inch, beautifully well-seasoned, cast iron skillet. I bought my skillet new and unseasoned so far back I don't remember the year. Today it h...
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A few tips to help boil down and master the sheet-pan dinnerApr 10, 2019 6:00 am - For quite some time I've watched the “sheet pan dinner” trend gain fans. How big a trend? In just 0.39 seconds, searching on the term “sheet pan dinners,” Google deliver...
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Keto crowd pulls old faithfuls like rutabagas, turnips into limelightMar 27, 2019 6:00 am - I love rutabagas. Really. Aren't sure what that is? Rutabagas look like cream-colored, elongated turnips with a purple top. Since they're a root vegetable, rutabagas hav...
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How to make a delicious, healthy bone broth at homeMar 13, 2019 6:04 am - Bone broth's hot and getting hotter. A while back, when bone broth began trending, I headed to my local health foods market to get some and was stunned by the price. Stu...