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What is a Cookalong Podcast recipe?
Food that’s easy to make with flavor you want to brag about.

These podcasts are recipes cooked in real time, so you can cook with me!  It’s more fun than reading a recipe, and I’ll give you tips that will enhance your cooking skills as we go through the steps.

With each podcast on the site, you'll find a list of tools and ingredients, so you'll know before you start whether or not you already have everything you need in the house.  (Trust me, though—there are recipes here that are worth a trip to the store for the ingredients!)

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Some of My Latest Dishes

Veggie Pot Pie with Guest Chef Horatio

A yummy vegetarian take on a traditional Betty Crocker Chicken Dinner Pie, brought to us by my son, Horatio!

 All Recipes and Main Dishes

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Broiled Tomato Sandwich : Let Your Garden Tomatoes Shine!

This is a fabulous way to indulge in your fresh summer tomatoes. It's very simple and super tasty with parmesan cheese to complement the tomato flavor...

 All Recipes, Appetizers & Snacks, and Main Dishes

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Luscious Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars

Think you don't like Pecan Pie? Think again, but smaller! Rich, gooey, chocolatey, and nutty--what's not to like?

 All Recipes, Cookies, and Desserts

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Vanilla Frozen Custard : Dense, Creamy, & Smooth

This homemade frozen custard is MUCH better than ice cream. It's dense and almost chewy, and your tongue will love its super-smooth creaminess.

 All Recipes, Desserts, and Ice Cream & Toppings

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Chicken Italian Sausage : Yummy Alternative to Pork

Making your own Italian Sausage at home is super easy, and you can use whatever kind of ground meat you prefer.

 All Recipes and Main Dishes

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Golden Syrup : A Cookalong Podcast Quick Bite

Ditch your corn syrup for this better homemade alternative!

 All Recipes and Miscellaneous

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Blogs for the Home Cook

Handy Cooking Oil Smoke-Point Chart
Posted in Fixes & Tips, Food
on March 29, 2022

These days, I find myself choosing my cooking oil not only by flavor profile, but also by smoke point. The smoke point is, of course, the temperature at which an...

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A Taste of The CookAlong Podcast
Posted in Announcements
on March 10, 2021

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Baked Potatoes 101, & Variations on the Theme
Posted in Food, New Methods
on February 24, 2021

Oh, the simple pleasure of one of the world’s best comfort foods: a hot baked potato with melting butter, sour cream, and chives. I have a tip that can put...

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Treat Your Valentine!
Posted in Food
on February 13, 2021

Snow and ice has brought my city to a stand-still, and YIKES! Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, and there won’t be any last-minute trips to the store for cards, flowers, or...

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Perfect Homemade Popcorn: The Quest
Posted in Food, New Methods
on May 7, 2020

I’ve spent the last few weeks on a quest for perfect homemade popcorn. I know that’s ridiculous, but as justification, let me just say that I’m writing this during COVID-19...

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The Hidden Ingredients in Every Recipe, Part 3
Posted in Announcements, Fixes & Tips
on April 11, 2020

Hidden ingredients numbers 1 and 2: Tools and Temperature. What’s your guess for hidden ingredient number 3? It's TIME. Here’s the hidden time instruction I hate: “Chill your cookie dough...

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The Hidden Ingredients in Every Recipe, Part 2 of 3
Posted in Announcements, Fixes & Tips
on April 10, 2020

We talked yesterday about the fact that the need for special tools is almost never called out at the beginning of a recipe. They’re hidden within the instructions. The second...

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The Hidden Ingredients in Every Recipe, Part 1 of 3
Posted in Announcements, Fixes & Tips
on April 9, 2020

When you were first learning to cook, did anyone encourage you to read all the way through the recipe before you started the first step? They told you that because...

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