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January 30, 2010

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How to poach an egg

a story of lust and murder... the culprit: SRC This week was supposed to be my detox week. I was all prepared to eat only fruit and veggies and then to celebrate my good behavior with the amazing cheesecake that I saw on my assigned SRC blog, Cooking with Chopin. I've been eying this cake ever since our last month's reveal, planning to make it anyway. And then imagine my joy when I saw that Cooking with Chopin was my assignment this month! And all of a sudden, I get a reminder email that our SRC reveal was supposed to be this Monday, right in the middle of my detox. What a blow.... The cheesecake would most certainly kill any chance of a diet. So I looked for other recipes, and found this super cute poached egg, one more obsession of mine. I know that egg is not a vegetable, not even a fruit, but how many temptations can one resist in one day? It would be a small sin compared to a cheesecake. And I love poached eggs over green salads, which are healthy, right? So I made the p...

Homemade Cheesy Chili Dogs

There are a plethora of regional variations of chili dogs, more than you can shake a frankfurter at! Portillo's Chili Dog Toppings range from some source of meat sauce with cheese, onions, mustard, pickles, tomatoes, hot pepper relish to sauerkraut piled on top. However, the origin of chili dogs is a little vague… Texas chili dogs were originally called Texas Hot Wieners, and originated on the East Coast. Huh? Peter George Koufougeorgas, a Greek immigrant from the town of Nea Koriniput, put the railroad town of Altoona, Pennsylvania on the map with his “Texas hot dog,” in 1918. They surprisingly pretty much had nothing to do with Texas. The “Texas” reference is to the chili sauce, which actually has more of a Greek cuisine influence, due to the Greek ethnicity of Kourougeorgas and his cooks. "Pete" Koufougeorgas, Altoona, PA. photo credit: Texas Hotdogs After watching workers leave the coal mines each day, ...

Heading to Stockholm?

Just a reminder that I wrote a fairly extensive food guide to Stockholm last year , and just updated it. If you're traveling here, I hope you'll find it helpful!

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