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Katsudon means pork cutlet rice bowl (I don’t know for sure, don’t quote me) and is a popular Japanese dish. Mike gets them at a little shop close to his work, and asked me last week if I’d find a recipe for it.

All the ingredients were easy to find (in fact, the only thing I had to pick up was a new bottle of rice wine vinegar), but it was the combination that threw me a bit: fried panko-crusted pork chops that are cooked in a sweet sauce with eggs over rice. My first thought? Weird. But I’ll try anything once.

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Hot summer days sometimes just call for a cool summer dinner: Bacon, spinach and tomato sandwiches.

I tend to use my crockpot a lot in the summer months, and I probably use it more than I do any other time of the year. We’ll be hitting 100+ degrees daily for at least two more months, so anything I can do to avoid heating up the kitchen with the oven or even the stove some days will help. Read More

A few months ago, several cooking shows aired a bunch of episodes focusing on Cincinnati Chili. I’d never had it, and since I’m not traveling to any of the featured locations anytime soon I figured I’d better find out how to make it myself.

I love chili and was intrigued by the addition of not only putting it on top of spaghetti, but topping it with cheese, onions and even kidney beans. A whole bunch of my favorites, all in one bowl. Read More