Author: Ben Starr
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Nimble Chef…my latest project
For the past year I’ve been working secretly on a really cool project with Iron Chef Cat Cora and the team that created her iPad app Cat’s Kitchen. And since the project was officially announced yesterday, now I can share it with all of you!!! It’s a revolutionary app called Nimble Chef, and it takes…
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Multi Grain Sweet Potato Muffins
We don’t eat enough sweet potatoes in this country. And when we do, they usually are slathered in sugar, butter, marshmallows, and maple syrup. (*gag*) What a horrific way to ruin a healthy, delicious food! (No offense to those of you who adore sweet potato casserole.) I had a few sweet potatoes left over in…
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Garlic Cheddar Biscuits
I’m no fan of chain restaurants. And I am happy to announce that I’ve NEVER eaten at a Red Lobster. But any time Red Lobster surfaces in conversation, I’m always puzzled by the response that I universally hear from people who have eaten there. “ZOMG, their cheddar biscuits are SO GOOD!” It’s like Olive Garden…
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All About FRANK
“Just who is this FRANK character and why does Ben Starr spend so much time with him?” That’s a rough translation of an email I got from a delightful Italian fan last week. Then I realized, many of you are intrigued with this FRANK thing I’ve got going on with my bestie from MasterChef Jennie…
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How to Convert a Refrigerator for Curing Meat or Aging Cheese
WARNING: Working with electricity is dangerous. This article will teach you several ways to convert a refrigerator into a chamber for curing meat or for aging cheese. (The same principles can be used to convert a refrigerator into a lagering chamber for making homebrew lager beer, or converting a chest freezer into a kegerator.) If…
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Utah Series: Midway and the Heber Valley, part 1
Utah is like an entire continent in one state. Never, in all my travels around the world, have I discovered a place so dramatically varied in climate and geology in such a comparatively small space. And while I tend to focus on wilderness spots in my Utah writings…(and Utah has no shortage of wilderness)…in this…