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Chicken on Rice with Poblano Cream Sauce

Servings: 3 Source: kathrynhuxtable.org Ingredients For the chicken: 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 2 teaspoons paprika ½ teaspoon ancho powder ½ teaspoon cumin powder ½ lime zest ¾ lime juice 2 tablespoons tequila olive oil For the cream sauce: 2 poblano peppers ⅜ onion ½ tablespoons garlic minced 2 teaspoons paprika ½ teaspoon

Cauliflower and Caramelized Onion Tart

Difficulty: Easy Servings: Serves: 4 Source: Smitten Kitchen Ingredients 1 small head cauliflower cut into 1-inch florets 3½ tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon truffle oil optional 1 tart shell 1 large onion halved lengthwise and sliced thin 1 tablespoon dijon mustard 2 large eggs 8 ounces mascarpone or a bit

Classic Mornay Sauce

Servings: 2 cups Source: Emeril Lagasse, 2003 Ingredients 2½ tablespoons butter 3 ablespoons flour 2 cups milk, warmed ⅛ teaspoon white pepper 1/16 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated 2 ounces gruyere, grated Directions In a medium saucepan melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly, until

Phil Plait says

The wind is no longer at Voyager’s back. It’s in the heliosheath. This means that in a few years Voyager will have left the solar system and be in the interstellar medium. Amazing. He adds: Imagine! It was launched before personal computers were everywhere, before cell phones, before

Aliens on Mars? Probably not

Phil Plait has a new post on his Bad Astronomy blog, referencing an article on Chandra Wickramasinghe’s claims that NASA is hiding evidence of life on Mars. It’s a good comment. There’s no good evidence for NASA hiding life, and Wickramasinghe has a tendency to cry wolf.

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