Stranger in a Strange Land

You Are Basil

You are quite popular and loved by most people.
You have a mild temperament, but your style is definitely distinctive.
You are sweet, attractive, and you often smell good.

What Spice Are You?

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Why am I quoting Babwa Wawa??? Because I have this idea for a blog…
I would like to publish an on-line cookbook initially as a wordpress.com blog under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Sharealike 3.0 US license and I would like it to be “user contributed”!!! I would act as editor/contributor, any recipes submitted would remain [...]

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Picture this… if you can…
Men… Meat… Peppers… Onions… More Meat…
I am so excited.  The men’s ministry at The Crossing is having our 2nd Annual Chili cook-off on Saturday, 10/20!  But, I’m having a small crisis of decision… what kind of chili to make????  Here’s what I’ve got so far…
(Any of these could be made with [...]

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It’s Friday… I’m sitting at work, SWAMPED! with busy work of the worst kind… However, it is 1pm PST and we are having a company BBQ this afternoon… and your favorite “sometime chef” (ME!) has been elected to “man the grill”!!!
So… the afternoon is looking up… more later
SDG,
Matty the Stranger

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So, some of you may know… or not… I spent a year in culinary school and subsequently spent 5 or so years in the food service industry… I worked for a golf resort, a catering company, a retirement home and a preschool, all in the capacity of cook or chef…
Needless to say, I love food! [...]

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