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What makes a better pie crust: butter or shortening?

Saturday, August 21, 2010

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What makes a better pie crust: butter or shortening?

Andreae Callanan skips the canola and goes straight for the lard.

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Not to scale

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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Not to scale

How the war against child obesity is going to backfire.

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Foods for baby-birthin’ and why they might work (or not)

Thursday, May 20, 2010

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Foods for baby-birthin’ and why they might work (or not)

(Spoiler: It's a boy!)

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What to do with a jar of English chutney

Thursday, May 6, 2010

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What to do with a jar of English chutney

Ch-ch-ch-chutney. Andreae turns and faces the strange.

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Almost-Instant Macaroni and Cheese

Thursday, April 22, 2010

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Almost-Instant Macaroni and Cheese

There's no sin in sad eating, says Andreae.

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Soup advice for the impure of heart

Thursday, April 8, 2010

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Soup advice for the impure of heart

How good do you have to be to make good soup?

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Coconut-flour cherry muffins

Thursday, March 25, 2010

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Coconut-flour cherry muffins

Freaky coconut-flour rules, says Andreae Callanan.

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Irish food

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Irish food

Andreae sides with the snakes.

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Food Nerd highlights

Thursday, February 25, 2010

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99 columns and going strong

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Old reliable chocolate cake

Thursday, February 11, 2010

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Old reliable chocolate cake

When in doubt, go for reliability.

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Eat it, punk!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

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Eat it, punk!

-or- a few snackerels for the RPM-Challenged.

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Mo’ Rockin’ Chicken & Chickpeas

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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Mo’ Rockin’ Chicken & Chickpeas

Andreae Callanan: mo'rockin' than ever.

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Florentines

Thursday, December 3, 2009

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Florentines

Chocolate? Check. Dried fruit? Check. Andreae Callanan keeps cookies in Christmas.

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Peanut sauce

Thursday, November 19, 2009

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Peanut sauce

Andreae Callanan defends the forbidden legume.

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Panna cotta

Thursday, November 5, 2009

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Panna cotta

What does a Food Nerd serve at her wedding?

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Food Nerd answers your science-y questions

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Food Nerd answers your science-y questions

Why doesn’t my whole wheat bread ever rise properly? Why do recipes ask you to separate flour/dry ingredients from wet ones? What the heck is cream of tartar and can I just use baking powder instead?

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Gadgets, schmadgets

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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Gadgets, schmadgets

Show me the button and I probably won't push it, says Andreae Prozesky.

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Spuds in a barrel

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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Spuds in a barrel

Garden in the back yarden.

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Crunchy granola bars

Thursday, September 10, 2009

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Crunchy granola bars

Can you taste the oaty goodness?

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Become a Locavore

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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Become a Locavore

Because "160.9344-kilometer diet aspirer" doesn't sound quite as good.

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Summer vegetable risotto

Thursday, August 13, 2009

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Summer vegetable risotto

For years I scoffed at risotto as having some kind of early-1990s restaurant-chic tackiness to it, but I know now I was wrong. Risotto is so deliciously silky and comforting, so easy and so versatile, it’s the perfect veggie-user-upper.

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Simple syrup

Thursday, July 30, 2009

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Simple syrup

Pour some sugar on me.

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