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Make the Most of Your Local Farmers Market This Summer

Your local farmers market is probably coming into full swing! This is your chance to take advantage of local produce and ingredients. It really doesn’t get any fresher than coming straight from the ...

Better Than Takeout: Pork and Shrimp Dumplings Two Ways

There’s something magical about dumplings. Whether it's a bowl of comforting wonton soup on a winter day or the satisfying crunch of a golden potsticker, these little parcels of joy are worth every ...

Japanese Curry: A Favorite Birthday Dinner

There have been quite a few birthdays at The Chopping Block recently. One of my favorite things to learn about people is their “Birthday Dinners,” or the meal that they look forward to each birthday ...

Another Legume: Baby Garbanzo Beans

Bean Club deliveries from Rancho Gordo are piling up! So, it’s time for another bean blog, but this time, we'll focus on a different legume. Occasionally, we get a grain or kernel as a special ...

Savory Stuffed Pumpkins for All of Fall

I struggle with Halloween party food. I know it’s supposed to be a time to embrace the tacky (as Executive Chef/Owner Lisa Counts likes to remind me), but as I scoured Pinterest looking for something ...

A Meatball for Every Meal: Breakfast Meatballs

Did you know there is a day of the year devoted to meatballs? Why yes there is, so happy National Meatball Day! According the most reliable resource in the world (aka the Internet), March 9th is ...

A Lesson in Greek Cooking and Wine

When I travel, I love to experience a local cooking class to get the full immersive experience into the culture and food of the places I visit. Last month, I had a blast with my family at a cooking ...

How to Make Homemade Italian Sausage: A Step-by-Step Guide

Italian sausage is one of my favorite pork products, because it can be used in so many delicious applications from pasta sauce to meatballs, used as a pizza topping, added to stuffing or in stuffed ...

Stuffed Pork Tenderloin 101

When I went shopping last weekend, pork tenderloin was on sale so I decided to pick up a couple. I had no idea what I was going to do with them at the time, but after some serious brainstorming, I ...

Yes, You Can Make Gyros at Home

When we think of gyros, most of us imagine a slowly spinning, glistening cone of delicious meat waiting to be shaved and nestled in a fresh pita or piled on top of a salad. It’s savory, juicy, full ...

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Make the Most of Your Local Farmers Market This Summer

Better Than Takeout: Pork and Shrimp Dumplings Two Ways

Japanese Curry: A Favorite Birthday Dinner

Another Legume: Baby Garbanzo Beans

Savory Stuffed Pumpkins for All of Fall

A Meatball for Every Meal: Breakfast Meatballs

A Lesson in Greek Cooking and Wine

How to Make Homemade Italian Sausage: A Step-by-Step Guide

Stuffed Pork Tenderloin 101

Yes, You Can Make Gyros at Home

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