Archive for February 2016
Help with a Meat Tortellini Recipe">Help with a Meat Tortellini Recipe
My father used to drive to Plymouth MA (approximately 40 years ago) where he bought homemade meat tortellini from Italian women who were making it in their kitchen. At that time the ladies were in their 80's. I have no way to contact their relatives (don't have an...
Read moreThe Taste of Country Cooking: Spring Dishes">The Taste of Country Cooking: Spring Dishes
I make Edna Lewis' Crusty Yeast Bread (p.46) about once a week (and whenever I have company). It's an idiot-proof bread recipe where you make a sponge, wait a half hour, add your other ingredients, rise, rise, shape & rise, then bake. No kneading and even better.. no...
Read moreCornish game hen for "chicken" soup?">Cornish game hen for "chicken" soup?
I made Cornish game hen soup this week, magnifique! Different from chicken soup, a definite crowd pleaser. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreLooking for special butter in Oakland Berkeley">Looking for special butter in Oakland Berkeley
A friend recommended a special butter called Beurre de Barrette churned by Rudolph Le Meaner. She purchased it in the far North Bay. Is this butter available in the East Bay? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreTusino vietnamese curing powder : bột nêm nướng">Tusino vietnamese curing powder : bột nêm nướng
Anyone out there picking up this product at the Asian store and using it? Any clue what the Sodium Nitrite (NO2) percentage is? Google "tusino curing powder", and click "Images". The very first results are pretty much showing the products I found at the store. Both Lee and Por Kwan brands items (from...
Read moreWhite great northern beans">White great northern beans
My boyfriend make some homemade baked beans. He soaked them over night and while he was preparing the other ingredients and when everything was combined and then baked the required amount of time/temp, some of the beans are still kind of crunchy while others are of "canned bean" consistency. Any...
Read moreJanuary 2007/2009/2016 COTM: Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Simple Cheese Course/ Desserts and Pastry">January 2007/2009/2016 COTM: Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Simple Cheese Course/ Desserts and Pastry
ORANGES WITH ROSEMARY HONEY, p. 456 A truly lovely, subtle, refreshing, and easy dessert. You make a mixture of honey and water in a saucepan (I did it in a Pyrex cup in the microwave). Infuse with rosemary--I used thyme. You cut oranges into pinwheels (and she gives wonderful directions for...
Read moredoes anyone have a dough recipe for baked calzone? w/ overnight cold rise">does anyone have a dough recipe for baked calzone? w/ overnight cold rise
Hi, I am wondering if calzone dough has different water ratio to pizza dough (assuming the average home oven type dough recipe in the first place for hydration) (I now only use a breville pizza tabletop cooker because my convection oven overheats the hell out of my kitchen.. long old thread...
Read moreEasy and Healthy Snacks?">Easy and Healthy Snacks?
Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone knows any easy and healthy snacks. Without any hard to get ingredients, quick and easy to make and that can survive in tupperware for up to 8hs. Thank you! I'm talking super easy, like mix 3 ingredients together and voila! P.S: Maybe with...
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I love food. Unfortunately, I can't cook worth a damn. I've been known to even burn water.
When I watch chefs and good cooks on tv, I'm so envious of their skills. This blog is the closest I get to cooking, other than the microwave ;)
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John, New Englander turned Cali dude