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The Food Dude: Last Call

April 30, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler It’s last call, the kitchen is finally closing up. Clean those pots in the sink and take out the trash. Don’t leave it for the next guy. Switch the stoves off and the last one out lock the door. Shake hands and say your goodbyes.

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The Food Dude: The Great Biscuit Battle

April 23, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler I love biscuits. Chances are you do too. The perfect combination of a great roll, a stout muffin, and a scrumptious cookie. Biscuits mean weekend mornings at home making breakfast with your whole family.

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The Food Dude: A Pilgrimage to find the Original Burger

April 16, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler There are very few times when we can experience the beginning, the first, or the original of something. Mostly because many things don’t become popular until well after they are established so we don’t think to be part of them early on, or aren’t aware of them. Or, as is even [...]

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The Food Dude: Toaster Oven Lovin’ Part II

April 9, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler Another week brings two more simple, fast, and tasty meals to cook up in your toaster oven between study sessions. As before, the only item you will need is the toaster oven (with one minor exception that I will get to later).

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The Food Dude: Toaster Oven Lovin’

April 2, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler I love simple meals. Even as much as I enjoy spending a whole day in the kitchen there is still something wonderful about a simple, quick, tasty meal that brings me back. The kind you can whip up in ten minutes and be done with. Rachael Ray got famous for making [...]

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The Food Dude: Microwaved on High Part II

March 27, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler I’m back this week with more ready-made goodness. Or horror, depending on which side of the potential Health & Wellness visit you reside on.

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The Food Dude: Microwaved on High

March 20, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler We’ve all seen the same commercials: “Ready in 90 seconds!” “Tastes just like the real thing!” From pasta to mashed potatoes, all of these meals have two things in common. They all claim that they taste like the real thing; and they almost never do.

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The Food Dude – Top Chef 5 recap: Did they get it right?

March 5, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler Last week one of Bravo’s most popular (and a Food Dude favorite) shows Top Chef concluded its fifth season with Hosea defeating Carla and Stefan in the final showdown.   The smiling everyman of a chef defeated the quirky southern girl and his “nemesis”, the ruthless European. These caricatures of the individuals [...]

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The Food Dude – Interview: Chef Eric Ripert (Part Two)

February 26, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler As continued from last issue, an interview with Chef Eric Ripert.

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The Food Dude – Interview: Chef Eric Ripert (Part One)

February 19, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler When I started this column I had one primary goal: to get an interview with a real chef somewhere and talk to him about food and the culinary world. I didn’t care who it was; a celebrity chef the caliber of Bobby Flay or a line cook from a diner here [...]

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Food Dude

February 12, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler Lately I’ve had a few requests for some more general cooking tips, so rather than roll out some tangled web romanticizing the egg shell or something, here’s a compilation of two tricks and two tips to help you out in the kitchen.

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Food Dude: A Whole New World, Just Down the Aisle

February 5, 2009 Columns

Written by: Tom Hoeler   I like to shop for food on off hours and days, when the store is quiet and empty. Gives me plenty of time to leisurely walk through the store contemplating flavor pairings and ingredients unhindered. I could easily spend three hours grocery shopping, no problem. Late Thursday evening when I [...]

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