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Grilling Outlaws

This summer rite may seem like an inalienable right, but for many Americans (maybe even you), outdoor grilling is illegal.
06.15.09
food + cooking

Extreme Frugality: No More Mr. Nice Guy

When the fruit of a man’s labors is in peril, stand back.
06.11.09
food + cooking

Extreme Frugality: The Chicken Coop

W. Hodding Carter’s frugal lifestyle involves tending the chicken coop. Meet his surprisingly wily chickens in this video.
06.11.09
food + cooking

The Home Cook: Kemp’s Duck Breast with Mango Relish

Make room in your culinary repertoire for the other red meat.
06.08.09
food + cooking

Extreme Frugality: Trials and Errors

Looking on the bright side isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, it’s what got me into this mess.
06.04.09
food + cooking

The Gross-Food Movement

From burgers on doughnut buns to tacos wrapped in pizza and blueberry pancakes, over-the-top food combinations have colonized the Internet. Here, a closer look at this culinary subculture....
06.02.09
food + cooking

The Blog That Brought Me Home Again

Reading my father’s daily accounts of his dinners, I’m transported back to my parents’ table—and reminded of the lessons they taught me about food and family.
05.29.09
food + cooking

Extreme Frugality: Who Would Have Thunk It?

When a lifestyle takes on a life of its own, getting into the groove is a beautiful thing.
05.28.09
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The Celery Soda Chronicles

Chasing a pastrami sandwich with a can of Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda may be a time-honored New York tradition, but down South Eudora Welty drank her celery, too.
05.26.09
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Ketchup Contemplated

My relationship with America’s favorite condiment is long and complicated—and so, for that matter, is ketchup’s culinary history.
05.21.09
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