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DRAFT: One-Pan Orzo with Spinach and Feta
A quick, one-pan meal featuring orzo, spinach, peas, and feta. Similar to spanakorizo, this is deeply satisfying but still on the lighter side thanks to all those vegetables.
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Exploring cities, coding recipes, and documenting the journey
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Draft: Cottage Pie
A hearty cottage pie made with ground beef, following Alton Brown's method. Perfect comfort food for a cold day.
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beatbrain: A Social Music Discovery App
A weekend project for discovering new music, sharing favorites, and seeing what your friends are listening to.
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4-Hour Red Wine Slow-Cooked Pork Chop Roast
A beautifully tender bone-in pork chop roast, slow-cooked in a rich blend of red wine and savory aromatics with an incredible crust.
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Coconut Curry Chicken Soup
A light, comforting soup packed with vibrant flavor and healthy ingredients like butternut squash and lentils. It delivers all the richness of a curry without being heavy.
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Chicken Pistachio Meatballs
A lighter, bright and nutty take on classic meatballs with chicken and pistachios.
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Chimayo Turkey Chili
A hearty and warming turkey chili with a deep, smoky flavor from chimayo pepper, perfect for a cozy dinner.
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Roasted Spatchcocked Chicken
A reverse sear technique for perfectly crispy skin and juicy meat, every time.
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Perfectly Seared Tomahawk Steak
A foolproof recipe for a perfect medium-rare Tomahawk steak. Seasoned overnight with Holy Cow BBQ Rub, seared hot, and finished with indirect heat on the grill.
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End Of Summer Grilled Zucchini Lasagna
A lighter, summery lasagna using grilled zucchini instead of noodles, with mozzarella, ricotta, and a simple tomato sauce. Optionally spicy with Calabrian chilies.
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Dutch Oven Pulled Pork
Incredibly tender, flavorful pulled pork made easy in a Dutch oven using a sear-first, low-and-slow braising method.
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Meatballs
A taste of Italy anytime, these meatballs will steal the show at any special occasion or a Tuesday.
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Mac & Cheese
My staple mac & cheese, just a few pantry incredients and a lot of comfort.
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Potatoes au Gratin
A creamy and indulgent potato casserole, perfect for holiday gatherings, that will leave you and your guests wanting more every year.
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Green Chicken Chile
A slightly spicy white chile with green chiles, chicken, corn, and hominy.
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Chicken Lemon Rice Soup
A staple soup that warms the heart and calms the soul.
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Detox Chicken Soup
A delicious, healthy soup that will reset your system.
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Zuppa Toscana
One of the best soups to kick off the autumn season, a variation that uses chicken sausage
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My visit to Valledolmo, Sicily
I had the incredible opportunity to explore a town in Sicily where my ancestors once resided and engage with the local officials.
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Learning 25 programming languages in 25 days with Advent of Code
Instead of just using a single language, I wanted to solve the puzzle in a language I know, then lurk the internet for the solution in another language each day.
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Thanksgiving Stuffing
It's not Thanksgiving without the stuffing...
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Gardening: Year 1
Our first foray into outdoor plants, flowers, and herbs in Chicago.
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Building a coffee API with Go Fx and Firestore
A step-by-step walkthrough of building a Go Fx app using Firestore to build a database of coffee beans & roasters and an API to fetch & update data.
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Rigatoni alla Vodka
One of my go-to "last meals" that you need to try before you die.
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Thanksgiving Turkey
I stole this recipe from the November 2019 Bon Appetit. This expertly spiced & glazed turkey is cut into pieces, dry-rubbed overnight, and glazed continuously during it's slow cook. It's still the best turkey I've ever had.
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Quarantine Chocolate Chip Cookies
Your new go-to cookie recipe, great for quarantining.
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March 2020: What I'm Doing
March 2020: What I'm Doing
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Hello World
mager.co is back!
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How I built a decentralized Ethereum app for the Super Bowl
My explorations into decentralized apps and blockchain.
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SimpleGeo, here I come
Announcing my move from Ning to SimpleGeo to help build the new San Francisco office.
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Hello Ning!
Starting at Ning in Palo Alto, learning Git, and commuting via Caltrain.
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Farewell CNET
Looking back on my two years at CNET/BNET before moving on to the next chapter.
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My personal connection with Les Paul
How registering lespaul.com as a kid led to a cease and desist—and a Black Beauty guitar.
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In 2009, I resolve to…
A set of resolutions for the new year, from health and patience to cooking more and strengthening BNET.