The (Surprisingly Unsexy) Truth About Cooking

October 5, 2012

Thai crab vegetable salad. Braised pork belly entrée. Coconut lime sorbet with a ginger tuile. If there’s nothing else we’ve learned from the recent explosion of cooking shows, it’s that food can be downright sexy. My personal favorite is MasterChef, where home cooks battle to show what they can do best in the kitchen. It’s […]

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The Warrior’s Guide to Wielding a Knife (In the Kitchen)

September 28, 2012

Imagine a world where you couldn’t cut up your food before cooking. Forget stir-fried veggies. You’ll be eating onions and peppers out of hand like apples and oranges instead. And that grilled turkey leg you enjoyed so much at the renaissance festival? You’ll have to take it up a notch and eat the entire turkey […]

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The Zen of Cooking

September 21, 2012

It’s easy to get overwhelmed when you first learn how to cook. All the equipment! All the recipes! And what the hell are all these ingredients I’ve never heard of? As complex as cooking is often portrayed, it really boils down to just a couple of simple tasks. When you break it down, cooking is […]

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How to Make Fish Tacos–A SoCal Classic

September 7, 2012

When it comes to Southern California’s important contributions to the world of cuisine, one dish stands head and shoulders above the rest: The Fish Taco. If you haven’t been out here before, then you probably have never experienced the awesomeness that is an authentic fish taco. But with a little bit of work you can […]

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How to Cook In a Dorm Room

August 31, 2012

Summer’s over! It’s time to go back to school! If you’re a student, that means figuring out which electives to take, how often you can bring your laundry home for your parents to do, and deciding whether a poster of Jim Belushi or Dave Matthews Band would go best in the corner. And it means […]

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Wisconsin Beer Brats–A Grilling Classic

August 24, 2012

In the age-old battle between hot dogs and brats, I’ve always taken the same side. To me, brats have always been deluxe hot dogs, improved in taste, texture, and size. Although I like Chicago Dogs, New York Dogs, and Coney Dogs just as much as the next guy, a brat simmered in beer and piled […]

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Yes, You DO Need to Squat and Deadlift

August 17, 2012

You just gotta love the interwebs. A whole lot of memes started making the rounds recently of guys with hilariously scrawny legs and otherwise muscular physiques… In our culture, most people seem to believe that legs gain muscle mass more easily than the upper body, and that you should therefore avoid big lifts such as […]

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