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Mirepoix: How to Make and Use It

January 16, 2016 by Chris Mower 25 Comments

At its most basic, the standard mirepoix (pronounced “mihr-PWAH” or “meer PWAH”) is a mixture of onions, carrots, and celery sautéed in butter. It’s used as an aromatic, flavorful addition to foods ranging from soups and sauces to braised meats and marinades. Chefs around the world also refer to it as “The Holy Trinity,” and it can be used in oh so many ways.Continue Reading

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Filed Under: Cooking Essentials Tagged With: Aroma, Basics, Carrots, Celery, Essentials, Flavors, How To, Learn to Cook, Mirepoix, Onions

Food and Fire for Mind and Body

January 11, 2016 by Chris Mower Leave a Comment

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Benjamin Franklin

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10 Social Media Rules for Healthier Communication

December 8, 2015 by Chris Mower Leave a Comment

Social media revolves around communicating with each other. At the same time it shows us how inept at it we are. Social sites range from blogs with comment sections like this one, to platforms like Facebook and Twitter, to media-sharing sites like YouTube and Pinterest. Mastering each of these is an art form, and there have been plenty of posts written about it.

But not this one. Instead of the “10 Things to Do if You Wanna’ Be Big” routine, I’ve decided on another approach. This article focuses on finding our humanity in and adding value to social media. I’ve written some guidelines that, after years of online shenanigans, have proven helpful to me. I don’t consider myself a master (or even close to one) of social media, so feel free to add your own insights in the comments below.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Discussion, Facebook, Instagram, Kindness, Logical Fallacy, Opinions, People, Pinterest, Rules, Social Media, Twitter

The 50+ Best Kitchen Gifts for the Cook In Your Life

November 1, 2015 by Chris Mower 142 Comments

Over 50 gifts that any cook will love!

Once again the Winter holidays are right around the corner, and my kitchen begs for some holiday food and cheer. I swear last winter just ended. With one blink I’ve aged an entire year, and my belt is one notch tighter. Too bad there’s no reversal for that whole age thing.

As the temperature drops and my kids start to bundle up in their cute little coats, I find myself drawn to the kitchen more than usual. It could be that I enjoy the warmth of the oven, or that the chilly months are filled to the brim with nostalgia. Only now do I fully understand and appreciate the time my mom spent in her kitchen canning cider, baking pies, frosting cookies, and heating chocolate for our frosted and red kid noses. I think I will have succeeded if my kids can remember their childhood the way I remember mine.

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Value Food and Cheer, not Gold

August 20, 2015 by Chris Mower Leave a Comment

If more of us valued food and cheer above hoarded gold, it would be a much merrier world.

Thorin Oakenshield
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How to Use flickr as a CDN in WordPress

January 10, 2015 by Chris Mower 18 Comments

Howdy, this post is going to deviate a bit from the normal. Rather than talking about food, I want to share a few insights I’ve learned about hosting images on my website using flickr. It’s been helpful for me over the years, so perhaps it will help you too.
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Filed Under: Blogging & Tech Tagged With: Blogging, CDN, Content Delivery Network, Cooking Photos, Embed Photos, flickr, How To, Share Photos, Tutorial, WordPress

Interview with The Chocolate Conspiracy

January 15, 2014 by Chris Mower 1 Comment

Sometime near the end of Summer, beginning of Fall I had the delightful opportunity to meet with AJ Wentworth who is the owner, founder, chief chocolatier, and jefe of The Chocolate Conspiracy located in Salt Lake City, UT (900 S 265 E Salt Lake City, UT 84111, to be exact). I had a great time interviewing AJ and learned a lot about his business and what it takes to specialize in the raw chocolate business. Unfortunately because of website issues, I was unable to post the interview until now.

But the story begins before the interview. I met AJ at the 2013 Honey Bee Festival in Salt Lake City where two things brought my attention to his booth: 1) free chocolate samples (obvious attention grabber there), and 2) the really cool throwback art on the chocolate bars, and 3) it was RAW chocolate. My curiosity was peaked. Apparently I’m a sucker for raw gourmet chocolate wrapped in retro Asian-inspired art.
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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: AJ Wentworth, Chocolate, Cocao, Cocoa, Honey Bee Festival, Interview, Local Business, Organic Chocolate, Raw Chocolate, Raw Honey, Salt Lake City, Small Business, The Chocolate Conspiracy

A Visit to Slide Ridge Honey

November 16, 2013 by Chris Mower 2 Comments

Just the other week my family and I drove down to Mendon, UT for an enlightening introduction and tour of the creation processes behind the delicious Slide Ridge honey products. If you haven’t had the opportunity to taste their honey products, you’re missing out: especially the honey wine vinegar.
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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Apple Vinegar, Bees, CaCyser, CaCysir, Cysir, Haskap, Honey, Honey Bee Festival, Honey Wine Vinegar, Mead, Mendon, Organic Honey, Raw Honey, Slide Ridge, Utah, Vinegar

If You Want to Make a Friend…

July 10, 2013 by Chris Mower Leave a Comment

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart.

Cesar Chavez

Filed Under: Quotations Tagged With: Cesar Chavez, Eat with Friends, Family, Food, Friendship, Heart

Question: How Do I Hard Boil an Egg?

March 9, 2013 by Chris Mower 32 Comments

Before we jump in head first, here’s what you can expect out of this post: how to perfectly hard boil an egg every time, how to quickly boil an egg, how to peel a boiled egg, random egg facts, and some good old fashioned tom foolery. Fellow pinners, feel free to share any of these pictures, but I have created a Pinterest-friendly egg infographic-esque image that you might find handy. You can find that just below. Now on to the main eggvent!
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Filed Under: Food & Cooking Tagged With: Chicken Eggs, Cook Time for Eggs, Eggs and Chicken, Hard Boiled Egg, Hard Boiled Eggs, Hard Boiled Eggs Recipe

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