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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Al Fresco Dining in This Heat?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With the heat index at 105 degrees the past few days, it’s hard to imagine anyone wanting to eat outside. During a visit to the the newly unveiled Ray’s on the River this past week, I noticed most people were much happier inside rather than enjoying the few from the beautiful patio.
Where do you like to go to duck the heat? Do you like eating outside when it’s this hot out?
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Staying cool in the kitchen
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last night I turned the oven up to 450 degrees to preheat to make cornbread, a process that involved placing a cast-iron skillet in the oven to get hot, taking it out (and letting the heat out into the kitchen), adding butter, putting it back in the oven (letting out more heat), pulling it out once the butter melted (more heat), adding the cornbread batter and then opening the oven door again to return it for baking. Then, of course, pulling it out after 20 minutes and letting that hot skillet warm up another corner of the kitchen.
Somewhere in the middle of this, as I cranked up the air conditioner, it occurred to me that this wasn’t an ideal way to beat the heat — although crumbling some of the cornbread into buttermilk for dessert was a nice, cool treat.
What do you cook when it gets this hot? With another 100+ day predicted, I’m planning on salad and microwaved leftovers tonight.
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