Archive for December 2017
Share your favorite recipes for chantrelle mushrooms">Share your favorite recipes for chantrelle mushrooms
What to do with 1.5# of fresh chantrelle mushrooms? Aside from risotto what preparations will showcase this beautiful product? TIA. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreSuggestions for treat box">Suggestions for treat box
I am wanting to give a few of my coworkers a small box with baked treats. Ideally it would be an assortment of not too sweet small items that keep well for a day or two at room temperature. I have experience baking but just can think of the right...
Read moreAny Shakshuka experts?">Any Shakshuka experts?
Having consulted SeriousEats, Ottolengthi recipes and a few other blogger sites, I have been trying to perfect my Shakshuka but I have a few things that I can't seem to get right: 1. Runny yolk all around? I have tried both 1. finishing in the oven and also 2. finishing on...
Read moreMartha Stewart’s Hors d’Oeuvres Handbook: Tea Sandwiches, Classic Canapés, and Simple Crostini; Skewered and Threaded; & Bites and Pieces (Chapters 4, 5, & 6)">Martha Stewart’s Hors d’Oeuvres Handbook: Tea Sandwiches, Classic Canapés, and Simple Crostini; Skewered and Threaded; & Bites and Pieces (Chapters 4, 5, & 6)
CAPRESE CROSTINI, P. 332 / 108 These pretty, tricolored crostini are a spin off the classic caprese salad. 'Simple Crostini', p. 243, are made by buttering 1/4"-1/3" slices of baguette and grilling both sides. The crostini are topped with slices of salted cherry tomatoes (I used Kumato), fresh mozzarella,...
Read moreMy new YouTube cooking channel">My new YouTube cooking channel
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Read moreGive me a killer roast duck sauce">Give me a killer roast duck sauce
Do you have a particular recipe for this sauce and if not can you give me a quick rundown of how you prepare the sauce. Thank you! Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreWinter 2017–18 Baking Cookbook of the Month VOTING">Winter 2017–18 Baking Cookbook of the Month VOTING
To vote for FLOUR, please click the heart to the right. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreHelp! I put too much water in my homemade split pea soup!">Help! I put too much water in my homemade split pea soup!
I had a similar problem when I defrosted the pea soup I made last year. I just found this thread and I used the boxed mashed potato flakes - PERFECT solution, so thank you to the user who suggested that! Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreJanuary 2018 COTM: Nominations">January 2018 COTM: Nominations
I just realized I got the year wrong on this post. And I cannot believe none of you caught it. You're either all impossibly polite, or just as flabbergasted at the prospect of it being 2018 already as I am. Anyway, some nominations: ALL UNDER HEAVEN A MODERN WAY TO EAT (perhaps...
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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