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Sean Lewis of Nokomis in Duluth, MN

Becca Dilley / Heavy Table B y the shores of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis. Dark behind it rose the forest, Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, Rose the firs with cones upon them; Bright before it beat the water, Beat the clear and sunny water, Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water. When H.W. Longfellow wrote the epic “Song of Hiawatha” in 1855, he took inspiration from the legends of the Ojibway tribe. Fusing Eu

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Nom nom nom

About 3-4 weeks into my vegetarian diet, I think my taste buds are getting more sensitive. When I accidentally ate a spoonful of my mom's vegetable salad, there was a tiny speck of hidden tuna and immediately I spit it out. Although I did not swallow the tuna, I somehow found it to be very fishy. Another time, I was cooking pork rib lotus root peanut soup for the family. After adding salt, I tasted a little of the soup to see if the seasoning was ok. Immediately I felt breathless, as if somethin

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Delicious Ideas For Beef Barbecue Recipes

Grilling is easy, but truly barbecuing is an art involving technique, even if you’re just Cooking beef barbecue recipes like hamburgers! When you’re barbecuing up your favorite recipe, you’ll need to make choices on what sort of meat to buy, what thickness to use, whether to marinade or dry rub, what condiments to add, how long to cook and how to get that perfect texture. Here some master chefs will divulge some of their barbecue recipes beef secrets to help you achieve the best burger or s

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Crockpot Cooking – 4 tasty meal ideas

Many people have looked down upon crock pots but what they fail to realize is that this is a very safe and easy way to cook. A slow cooker is highly economical and it can lower the cost of electricity consumption in your home. A crock pot is a great alternative for healthy cooking compared to the microwave. The slow cooker cooks in low temperatures and can take up to six hours before a meal is done. The best thing about it is that it encourages healthy preparation of food which will comes as a g

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Growing Thyme – How to Grow Thyme

The future, with the threat of global warming coming nearer, it’s a great time to start growing thyme . With planting thyme and other plants, gardeners have found a way to renew the soil with natural nutrients, helping to save the planet. Gardeners have been contributing to the ‘going green’ process, long before it was hip!! Thyme, sometimes named Thymus vulgaris, is a pleasantly scented, hardy member of the mint family. Thyme has been grown and used for hundreds of years. Tiny, aromatic

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Steak Tips Cooking Need Advice?

hello all! tomorrow i will be cooking steak tips for my boyfreind on a george foreman grill, he told me likes anything lime flavored, can someone please tell me a recipe or a type of seasoning i can use to marinate the tips with? and how long. additionally if its not too much trouble can

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Squeaky Cleaning: All-Natural, All-Purpose Solutions

Lemon, vinegar, olive oil and salt- combined, they appear to be the ingredients called for in a simple salad dressing recipe, but these kitchen cupboard staples can add much more than flavor to your life. Along with baking soda, the all-natural items are quite the cleaning arsenal whether used separately or mixed together. From fighting grime to eliminating odors, their all-purpose appeal and green clean qualities can have your home looking and smelling as fresh as the ingredients themselves.Lem

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What is the Best Cooking Temperature for Steak?

For many of us, getting out that grill is just the first step to making a great steak, and while there are lots of foods that do well on the grill, none of them are quite as good as the perfect steak. However, if you do not know what you are doing, it can be extremely difficult to produce a great steak. Lots of people say they have the best method, but choosing can be pretty tricky. Here is a quick overview of how long and how hot you should cook your steak. The first thing you need to remembe

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Midweek Morsels: Corn and Crab Soup

Yet another recipe from the LCBO ! (I’ve said this before, but seriously, they put out the Best Magazine Ever.) I made this on Monday night for dinner – fresh corn in any kind of soup is one of my favourite things – had it for lunch on Tuesday, and froze the leftovers… I’ve never frozen a soup with crab meat in it before. I hope it will be okay. Ingredients 3 to 4 cobs of corn, shucked 2 tbsp (25 mL) vegetable oil 2 green onions, finely chopped 1 tbsp (15 mL) finely chopped fresh ginger

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Three Bean Chilli

Last time we cooked this, I based it on our original chilli recipe but reduced the seasoning to account for the lack of meat. We both felt it could take more heat though so this time, I upped the seasoning. I also used madeira instead of red wine because that’s what I had. The recipe isn’t that different to last time but I’ve reproduced it here to reflect the increase in seasoning. 4 tbsp olive oil 3 red chillies, roasted, deseeded and pulped 4 garlic cloves, roasted and then pulped 2 ts

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