Author: Ben Starr
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Sicilian Sunday Lunch
(Most photos in this post appear courtesy of Christian Eggers. You should follow him on Instagram. Seriously.) It feels a bit weird to be writing this blog post. Looking back, I posted only once in 2018, and once in 2017. I stopped blogging about FRANK dinners in 2016 because we started doing them back-to-back, so…
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One-Bowl No-Mixer Pumpkin Muffins
So it’s no secret that I’m enamored with pumpkin, and I have dozens of pumpkin recipes that get busted out in the fall. But for many folks, the idea of setting up the stand mixer to cream butter and sugar…or having multiple bowls and measuring cups to clean up afterward…it’s just too much to contemplate…
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Hatch Green Chile Peach Pie
It’s that time of year again! Grocery stores all over Texas have the unmistakable spicy-smoky aroma of roasting Hatch chiles out front, and the big chile roasters are rolling almost nonstop during open hours. It’s my favorite culinary time of year. While most recipes for Hatch chiles are savory, I decided to post a sweet…
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About Last Night
Today I turn 40. And I have to admit, I’m sorta speechless…which is unusual for me. I always have plenty to say about anti-fungal-med.com. The first thing that comes to mind was my 30th birthday. I was in Seattle with my friend-family up there, and we filled our backpacks with great wine, iron skillets, and…
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Crispy Cheese-Crusted Omelet
Just imagine it…a delicious, fluffy omelet chock full of your favorite ingredients, but wrapped in a crispy, crunchy, savory crust of cheese. It’s way easier than you might think. I’ve recently been making a lot of these unique omelets for breakfast, and decided to post the method, even though it’s pretty simple. But I haven’t…
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A FRANK Tale: Side B
Photos in this blog appear courtesy of Christian Eggers, unless otherwise stated. It has been 1 year, 1 month, and 2 weeks since I blogged last. I’m lame. Actually, I’m just incredibly busy. FRANK’s momentum has skyrocketed (along with its popularity…we’ve got almost 8,000 people on our list now) and it has kept me so…
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Savory Goat and Wild Mushroom Hand Pies
Empanadas, pasties, hand pies, meat patties, clangers, sfhias, kreatopitas…little meat pockets surrounded completely in crust and small enough to fit in the hand are popular across the earth, from Natchitoches to Nigeria, and from Jamaica to Jaipur. We recently served these rustic goat hand pies at a FRANK dinner, to nearly rabid acclaim. The flavor…
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Cinnamon Masa Pancakes (with gluten-free option)
So I make pancakes 2 or 3 times a week for breakfast, and that gets boring. Yeah…you can add chocolate chips or nuts or berries. Yeah…you can make gingered citrus syrups to pour over them. You can top them with whatever. But after a few years, they get boring. So I developed a new pancake…
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Laughably-Easy Lard (or Bacon Fat) Pastry Crust
The perfect pastry crust eludes most of us…seemingly thousands of infinitely-thin layers that are tender, but shatter in your mouth while still remaining moist and succulent. It usually involves massive amounts of butter cut into the flour at just the right temperature to just the right texture…then a chill in the fridge…then the addition of…