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Cookbook Mon Apr 08 2013

White Sox in the Kitchen

CWSHP.JPGA diehard Sox fan is painstakingly recreating recipes from the team's 1983 cookbook Home Plate: The White Sox Favorite Recipes, which compiled favorite dishes of everyone in the organization, from team members to office workers. To give you some background, that season resulted in an AL West title, ending a nearly thirty year losing streak for the team. So it made sense for any Sox fan to celebrate with a slice of Tony La Russa's Tropical Delight Cake, the first recipe listed on the site (it contains wheat germ, so you know it's legitimately from the '80s).

 
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Andrew / April 8, 2013 11:57 AM

I had that cookbook when I was a kid! I might even still have my copy in some box in the basement.

While LaRussa's cake is pretty sophisticated, there's also a recipe for Coca-Cola steak, which was basically just a steak marinated in Coke and maybe some salt and pepper.

Robert K. / April 8, 2013 8:45 PM

Thanks for the shout out! I plan to post a new recipe every few days during this season.

--Robert K.

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Feature Thu Dec 31 2015

The State of Food Writing

By Brandy Gonsoulin

In 2009, food blogging, social media and Yelp were gaining popularity, and America's revered gastronomic magazine Gourmet shuttered after 68 years in business. Former Cook's Illustrated editor-in-chief Chris Kimball followed with an editorial, stating that "The shuttering of Gourmet reminds...
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