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campfire cooking 101 :: chili con carne

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We recently took a back-woods camping trip.  We were hoping for more of a back-country experience, but it was decidedly much more back-woods. Our adventure took place in the Nez Perce National Forest at a location in which we were lead to believe was more remote and secluded than it truly was.  The lack of [...]

bourbon 5-spice BBQ ribs [for Memorial Day]

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Wow your neighbors with these one-napkin ribs.  Picture your neighbors grilling up some grocery store standard hotdogs and the scent of these bourbon ribs is wafting over the fence into Joe the Plumber’s backyard and making him oh-so-jealous!  Mmm, I can smell them now. I’ve got a great idea for making ribs an even better [...]

{Cinco de Mayo} pork & cabbage taco recipe

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My friend Claudia is always the hit of any gathering.  She is from Guadalajara, Mexico, and she can cook.  She walks into the party, school function, etc with a bundle of these wrapped up in foil and a freshly cooked salsa then let the swarming begin.  You’d better get there early, because they disappear in [...]

Thai Holy Basil Pork

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Holy Basil is a variety of basil that hails from Thailand. It is different in flavor from the Mediterranean versions that are common here. Thai basil is becoming more widely available and can be found in the produce section of most supermarkets. If you cannot find it, use the more common variety, the taste will [...]

Quick Pork Phở

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Phở is a Vietnamese soup that is so tasty, once you try it you will be hooked. Phở is pronounced fuh, so now when you pass that PhởKing restaurant down the street you can laugh too. It can be made with or without meat, I happen to think that with meat is tastier, but with [...]