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Hot Sauce Battle: See Your Recipe in Print

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If you put enough ketchup or hot sauce on anything, it magically becomes edible. Maybe that’s why after more than 20 years of judging the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Contest, Robb Walsh set out to write The Hot Sauce Cookbook. He’s realized there’s a whole world of hot sauce recipes out there waiting to be discovered like some spicy pirate treasure in the ocean, only on land, and without any annoying curses on it.

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Meet Morfia’s Ribs and Pies

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Morfia’s Ribs and Pies is a little hole-in-the-wall in Marina del Rey, two doors down from Bartels Harley-Davidson. The place has a very modest, warm feel but that’s not too surprising. Irine and her mom, Morfia, have extensive restaurant experience. Friendly service and good food are practically second nature to them.