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Black Magic
I love everything low and slow. I love big fatty briskets smoking over hardwoods, rich stews thickening, and hearty root vegetables basted with salty, peppery oil roasting until they’re sweet and dark caramel flavored.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/the-opinionated-cook/black-magic
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Agricultural Commissions Give Farmers a Voice in Government
As the industrial revolution took hold of America in the early 1900s, many farmers left their farms to work in mills and factories across the United States.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/the-opinionated-cook/agricultural-commissions-give-farmers-a-voice-in-government
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Diners Unite: Turn Down the Din!
Breaking bread with others is a convivial activity. We chew and chatter, drink and discuss. Food always helps conversation to flow freely.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/the-opinionated-cook/diners-unite-turn-down-the-din
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Why Collect Wine?
One of the best reasons to collect wine (I’ll save the best for last) is because if you don’t, someone else will.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/the-opinionated-cook/why-collect-wine
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Kids Eat Only Pizza, Burgers, and Chicken Fingers, Right?
I’ve learned a lot cooking with kids, and one of the most important lessons is this: if you invite young children into the kitchen to cook with you you’ll find that they are wide open to new, healthy foods.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/the-opinionated-cook/kids-eat-pizza-burgers-chicken-fingers-right
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GMOs, Safety, and Lost Opportunities
The question of GMO food safety comes up all the time, and because I am a public scientist it has been something I’ve studied for decades.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/the-opinionated-cook/gmos-safety-lost-opportunities
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Ode to the Peel
Ask any cook what their favorite kitchen tool is and you will get a myriad of responses. A particular carbon knife, sauté pan, mixer, spoon, beloved tongs, even the exhaust fan.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/the-opinionated-cook/ode-to-the-peel
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My Food Safety Obsession
Has your vague awareness of something ever unexpectedly evolved into a full-fledged fixation? Then, everywhere you go, you are reminded of your new obsession?
https://thecookscook.com/columns/the-opinionated-cook/food-safety-obsession
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Why Smaller - and Sharing - is For Me
A few years ago, I treated a couple to dinner at a hot new restaurant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, one that serves what they call “Modern American Tapas.”
https://thecookscook.com/columns/the-opinionated-cook/why-smaller-and-sharing-is-for-me
