potatoes

Recipe: Potato Latkes

April 19, 2011
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I was going to make you guess what’s in the photo above, but the post’s headline gives it away. Darn you, Google, and your search engine demands. As you can tell, these golden fritters are latkes. I made a big batch after the recent potato-fueled food fight. I’d like to tell you this was culinary [...]

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Potatoes: This Spud’s for YOU

April 18, 2011
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With dozens of product pitches landing in my inbox daily, it takes a lot for one to stand out. Yesterday, one jumped off the monitor and poked me in the eyeball. Their selling point. “[It] takes just 2 minutes to prepare in the microwave  – no extra pots or dishes to wash.” Oh, they had me [...]

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Recipe: Accordion Potatoes

February 11, 2011
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It has been brought to my attention that I have been writing a bit too much about chocolate. As if there’s such a thing. However, I don’t want to give you a false impression of my eating habits, so I will change the topic (briefly) to non-chocolate things. Since woman cannot live by chocolate alone, [...]

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Easy Roasted Lemon Potatoes

July 27, 2010
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I have decided to strike the following phrase from my vocabulary: How hard can it be? It gets me into trouble. For example: Hey, honey, I need a new stove. Why don’t we just knock down a wall and add an eat-in kitchen while we’re at it. How hard can it be? Or upon learning [...]

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Readers Question: Herb-Roasted Potatoes

December 4, 2009
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This is another of James Ingram’s photos, snatched from the pages of Michael Smith’s The Best of Chef at Home because I was too hungry to take a shot. In my defense, these potatoes were cooked alongside the Apple Roast Chicken so it was one monumental act of gluttony on my behalf, not two. When [...]

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A Blue (Potato) Christmas

December 23, 2008

They might look purple, but they’re called blue potatoes. My sister got some in her organic CSA delivery and gave me a few to try. As with most fruits and vegetables, the more colour, the more nutrients. These spuds are packed with the same antioxidants that make blueberries so healthy. Unlike purple broccoli, the potatoes [...]

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Oven-Roasted Rosemary Potatoes

January 24, 2008
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The innocent potato has caused more trouble than any other root vegetable in history. It’s driven the Irish from their homeland, embarrassed Vice President Dan Quayle (or it it Quayl?) and today lead to the arrest of a 75-year-old grandmother. According to the Clearwater Local6 news, Jean Merola was handcuffed, taken into custody and fingerprinted [...]

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