Author: Ben Starr
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Curried Pumpkin Soup
Soup is my favorite food. Pumpkin is my favorite ingredient. So naturally, I love pumpkin soups. Here is a foundational pumpkin soup recipe that I make all year long, and people can’t get enough of it. I first had this soup on a cruise ship in 1998, which is really the first time my pallate…
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Tom Kha Gai (Thai coconut lemongrass soup)
This is my favorite soup. From the first moment I tasted this soup in Thailand, I was dumbfounded by the flavors. It was so rich, so spicy, so tangy. Every time I eat it, I’m reminded of the time I was stranded in a cave in Thailand with my friend Ricky and two other backpackers…
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Indian Stuffed Yeast Breads
I ran across some recipe for yeast bread stuffed with curried veggies about a decade ago and over the years the recipe has morphed into my own. My friends LOVE these, and it’s a great introduction to Indian food for those who are nervous about it. These are individual rounds of crusty yeast bread stuffed…
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Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
Who on Earth can resist a warm, yeasty, sticky, sweet cinnamon roll fresh from the oven? ESPECIALLY if there’s cream cheese frosting to smear on top? The problem is that it takes a solid 3 hours to get cinnamon rolls finished once they are started, and who wants to get up THAT early? The solution,…
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Easy Overnight Old-World Dutch Oven Bread
Homemade bread is one of the most delicious and satisfying things you can make in your kitchen. I’ve built a wood-fired oven in my backyard in pursuit of that supreme flavor and texture you get from high temperature baking, but you can get near-perfect results in your normal oven if you have a cast iron…
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1 Hour Buttermilk English Muffins
I used to be grossed out by packaged English muffins. In fact, all packaged breads give me the creeps. I just can’t buy them. If they’re not sitting in the open air on the shelf of a bakery, and I’m confident they came out of the oven that day, I can’t bring myself to buy…