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Good, cheap, homemade bread sometimes goes stale quicker than storebought bread because it’s made without preservatives. I usually make bread about once a week – I keep half of it out for immediate use, and I freeze half of it to use halfway through the week after I eat the first half. That way I have [...] Store fresh, whole ginger root in the freezer. Ginger keeps very well in the freezer! I really like to use fresh ginger in stir-fry. Sometimes I like ginger in homemade sangria. Of course, people all over the world know that ginger chicken is delicious. I even put drink a little ginger tea now and then. Ginger [...] Egg Fu – the culinary equivalent of a martial arts move, like kung-fu, or chainsaw-fu, or kick-fu, or phonebook-fu. Gotta whip up a meal fast and easy? Egg Fu! Bust a shell! Whenever you’ve got a little of this and a little of that, bits of leftovers, unused vegetables, stuff that has to be used up [...] Imagine, invent, improvise. Play with your food. Experiment, and eat your mistakes. Yes, eat it even if you don’t like it. As Mark Bittman says, “Worry less, cook more.” For one thing, eating your mistakes will save money because you’re not going to be throwing away the food you used. But what’s even more important is the [...] You gotta do what works for you. People are different, and will enjoy different foods and different strategies for how to shop and cook. I don’t plan meals. (Well, rarely.) A lot of the lists, essays, and websites that give advice about how to save money on food say “Plan your meals.” I don’t do that. I [...] |
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