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Super-Bowl challenge: cooking for the first time in a new kitchen

Cooking in a new kitchen can be a harrowing experience, and it requires a great amount of adaptability. One has to learn how the flow works, where...
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Cheddar turkey casserole

This recipe is from the Taste of Home Dinner on a Dime cookbook that I got for Christmas. I've really enjoyed this cookbook because it mostly...
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Ham and bean casserole with cornbread topping

This yummy dinner can be made ahead and put in the fridge until you are ready to bake it, so it's good for days when you're out and about...
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Gravitas Quartet: 21st century chamber jazz

Wayne Horvitz knows that if he still lived in New York, his Gravitas Quartet, which performs at the San Francisco Jazz Festival on Sunday, Nov. 9,...
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Cecil Taylor and Marilyn Crispell: Running mates you can count on

Cecil Taylor, the most important "jazz" pianist of the past 50 years, has also been the most problematic for some listeners. Branford...
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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Come again?

A band with the name Sleepytime Gorilla Museum has some 'splainin' to do. Not that I've ever looked too deeply into monikers like Moby Grape or the...
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Charlie Hunter keeps new jazz in his sights

Fifteen years ago, when Charlie Hunter, the Broun Fellinis, Alphabet Soup and others were playing the Elbo Room and the Up and Down Club in San...
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All that SFJ@%Z

How about that jazzbeau Randy Newman? And that legendary bebopper Toumani Diabate? And that big band swinger Jake Shimabukuro? They're just three...
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Mellow Cello: Joan Jeanrenaud makes her next great post-Kronos leap

Joan Jeanrenaud's first CD after leaving Kronos Quartet was aptly titled Metamorphosis, indicating her personal transformation from ensemble player...
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Pluck That! Kevin Kmetz shifts shamisen into overdrive

When it comes to twangy plinking that immediately conveys cultural connotations, the banjo has nothing on the shamisen, except a few more strings...
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