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Let's Dish: Growing Up, What Was Your Top Halloween Candy?

We never had much candy in my house when I was growing up, as my parents wanted to encourage us from eat healthy as much as possible. Every October, I would count down the days to Halloween, when I knew I'd be going …

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Let's Dish: What Was The First Meal You Ever Made?

yumsugar -- To die for. - Oct 6, 2008

There comes a day in most people's lives when they decide to start cooking or baking. Some people pick up a cookbook or experiment with a technique they watched on the Food Network. Others, like myself, call a parent …

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Let's Dish: What's Your Least Favorite Kitchen Task?

yumsugar -- To die for. - Oct 1, 2008

Last weekend, my best friend helped me make dinner at my house. While she was up for helping me with odds and ends in the kitchen, I knew there was one task she wouldn't consider: doing the dishes. She loathes doing …

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Let's Dish: What Family Recipe Did You Love to Eat as a Kid?

yumsugar -- To die for. - Sep 26, 2008

Growing up, there were a few dishes that my dad cooked, and one of them was an item that my mother taught him to make: almond tofu. In retrospect, the quasi-traditional Chinese dessert, which actually contains no tofu …

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Let's Dish: What's the Grossest Thing You've Found in Food?

yumsugar -- To die for. - Sep 23, 2008

Last Friday, YumSugar discovered a random strand of blue thread in her salad. It was disgustingly attached to a piece of feta cheese. We got to talking about gross things we've come across in restaurant food. Whether …

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Let's Dish: What Food Words Absolutely Disgust You?

yumsugar -- To die for. - Sep 16, 2008

Yesterday Yum and I got to talking about the word "tater." While I have nothing against potatoes, tater tots, or the pocket-stuffing scene from Napoleon Dynamite, I can't stand the word "tater." Something about it rubs …

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Let's Dish: Do Things Taste Different on Vacation?

yumsugar -- To die for. - Sep 8, 2008

My parents recently got back from a trip to Ireland where they fell in love with Smithwick's Irish Ale. My dad was excited when he found the beer at a local market, but he noticed a distinct difference in the taste …

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Let's Dish: What's the Best Hamburger You've Ever Had?

yumsugar -- To die for. - Sep 1, 2008

I'll glad you pay you Tuesday for a hamburger on Labor Day. OK, so that doesn't have a great ring to it, but the last barbecuing holiday of the year has me craving burgers. The recently released Hamburger America got …

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Let's Dish: What Spice Can You Not Live Without?

yumsugar -- To die for. - Aug 21, 2008

Although I have a large spice rack, I have a designated mise en place area for ingredients I use all the time. This includes seasonings like salt and pepper as well as my favorite spice, cumin. While we never cooked …

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Let's Dish: How Do You Organize Your Recipes?

yumsugar -- To die for. - Aug 15, 2008

From recipe card filing systems to customized innovations like the tastebook, there are many ways to organize recipes. Still, if you own more than a dozen cookbooks, keep some of your family's recipes on record, and …

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