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Weird Kitchen Science and Dancing Dinners

Food is an adventure in science, as any intuitive cook well knows. But sometimes the science can get just a teensy bit weird, as in the Japanese seafood delicacy known as Odori-Don, or “dancing squid bowl,” a trendy variation on a traditional dish of Hakodate, Japan.

If you haven’t seen the action-packed video, here you go — Dancing Squid Bowl a.k.a. Dancing Zombie Squid:

No worries, the squid is not alive.
It’s not even merely among the undead… sort of…
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How to Peel Garlic – Fast!

How to Peel Garlic - Fast!

What is the chef’s secret for how to peel garlic? Sure, you could get yourself a fanscy-schmancy garlic peeler, but there’s another way to get the skin off, fast and easy! Whether you need to peel one single clove, or a whole head of garlic…

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Do You Know This Italian Almond Bread?

Do You Know This Italian Almond Bread?

Food Mystery! One of our readers has written in with a wonderful food mystery on his hands — there’s a certain almond bread he remembers from back in the 1970s, and he is hoping to find the recipe to share with his family. Now, I’ve run this question past a couple of food-savvy friends, and [...]

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My Grandmother’s Recipe Book

My Grandmother's Recipe Book

My mother just gave me the old battered notebook in which my grandmother wrote down the recipes she collected through her married life. It is more than 70 years old, and the pages are crumbling away beneath my fingers…

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My Chewy Granola Bars Recipe

My Chewy Granola Bars Recipe

If you’re a granola bar fan, you probably have figured out by now that most of the store-bought granola bars are not much better than candy bars, for nutrition and calories. And let’s not even get into the issues of over-packaging, mysterious ingredients with long scientific names, and the cost of those little snacks… In [...]

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