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Last Update: Sat Jan 10 05:57:06 2009

+ Herbs & Spices: a Flickr Photo Group + About a year ago I created the Herbs & Spices Group on Flickr - the online photo management and community where I host my images. [...] also want to encourage anyone interested to join the group, which appears to have become the largest Herbs & Spices group on Flickr.

+ A High Altitude Summer Crawfish Boil + Summer in Laramie, Wyoming is fickle at best and by the second snow in June it can seem downright elusive. This year, our first in [...] but in the last 10 days, daytime warmth and the sudden greening of the plains seems to be announcing that summer has at last arrived.

+ From the Ocean to the Smokehouse - a Copper River Salmon Story + I haven't seen it talked about on food blogs yet, but in the first week of April this year, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, [...] for chinook salmon in California and Oregon, the first time the agency has taken such a step since it was established 22 years ago.

+ Book Review: Spain And The World Table + In 2006, the Culinary Institute of America gathered chefs from Spain and around the world to attend a conference on Spanish cuisine [...] and concepts that might not be historically familiar, but are traditionally rooted, and as richly imaginative as they are flavorful.

+ America Discovers Curry Laksa + Peranakan or Nonya cuisine, and curry laksa haven't really be discovered in United States, that is until recently. Laksa has begun to [...] be noted that Bourdain presumably had his first laksa two seasons back on his traveling foodie show "No Reservations". potential

+ Book Review: Grilled Pizza & Piadinas + The dough, in my opinion is going to make or break a book like this one. Yes, the flavor combinations that Priebe puts together in his [...] so while this was not the first time I was making my own dough, a good recipe was going to bring me back to this book over and over.

+ Diamonds of The Desert - Medjool Dates + Once reserved exclusively for Moroccan royalty and their most important guests, Medjool dates were considered a precious confection ...

+ Kitchen Gadget: The Kohler Karbon Sexy Articulating Kitchen Faucet + Occasionally I like to highlight a cooking or kitchen gadget here on Chilefire - However normally I have actually used the gadgets ...

+ Experiments Smoking Salt: Part II + Almost two years ago I wrote up an article on a series of experiments I was doing smoking salt. At the time I promised a follow up [...] I didn't want to post on the subject again until I sorted out some of the details and techniques and had a chance to do some research.

+ Product Comparison Review: Santoku Knives + The Santoku is a Japanese chef's knife, a low-tip style with a broad blade and a slightly curved cutting edge. in Japan, this knife is [...] side called Kullenschliffs. The hollows create breaks in the blade, which provide air pockets, allowing food to fall away cleanly.