Archive for July, 2004

A simple, smoky solution

July 2004

Los Angeles Times

Globalization is not always a bad thing. These days you can go off to an Argentina-born friend’s birthday party in Italy and come home with a California solution to one of the universal kitchen mysteries: how to cook fava beans without seven hours of prep work. (more…)

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The fine art of ribs

July 2004

Los Angeles Times

Purists insist there’s only one way to cook ribs: Rub them with a salt-and-spice blend and let them smoke and smolder over live coals for a little less time than it takes to sit through “Gone With the Wind.”

Purists must have charcoal to burn. (more…)

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