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Living with Love

I just brushed one of my cats before letting him out. At first I did it without thinking,then I let myself relish the pleasure of connecting with this little soul and giving him pleasure while grooming him.

Whatever you do,do it with love. By that I mean do it as if it were [...]

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Ratatouille!

If you love food,go see the movie. It’s a sweet,meaningful story about a rat who has a gift for cooking and who ends up in a famous French restaurant. As usual,Pixar creates a beautiful animated world. There’s lots of fun voice acting,especially by Lou Romano,Patton Oswalt (The King of Queens) [...]

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Smoked Turkey Soup

Of course,after Thanksgiving,I had to make soup with the carcass. I decided to make it a spicy,Cajun style. I make a pot of wild rice and set it aside. In a big pot I sautéed some garlic and onions,added a bunch of veggies,including carrots,eggplant,cabbage (savoy),celery. I used [...]

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Update on Smoking a Turkey

It tasted gorgeous. (The salmon was even better!) I recommend a smoker to anyone. For a 5 lb breast it took about 5 hours. The way it works is to steam the meat with smoke flavor. It wasn’t dry. It wasn’t too salty,as some smoked meat is. It wasn’t even that smoky and had [...]

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Smoked Turkey

This week I borrowed a smoker from a friend. I’ve wanted one in the past,but resisted,wondering if I would use it. Now I can give it a try. I plan to smoke a turkey breast. I’m using hickory chips,purchased at the local store,nothing special. I’ll add some bourbon to the water [...]

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