Lisa on February 5th, 2010

A whimsical name for a whimsical dish: pasta tossed with guacamole.  I got the idea when I wanted to make guacamole but was out of corn chips.  What to do?  Use corn in a different form, I decided.  I did.  I also deepened the flavors of the dish by sautéeing the garlic and onion before [...]

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Lisa on October 30th, 2009

The only thing better than getting your hands on a fancy new kitchen gadget is realizing that you can use an old kitchen gadget to do the same job.  (Thus saving you $$ to buy more new kitchen gadgets.)
Enter the potato masher.  Not only does it do its eponymous job, it mashes anything else that’s [...]

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