Archive for October 2018
Favorite Key Lime Pie Recipe?">Favorite Key Lime Pie Recipe?
I love Key Lime Pie and would like to make a really good one; suggestions? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreReheating carnitas">Reheating carnitas
I made "carnitas" today for company tomorrow. I put carnitas in quotes as it is not exactly traditional (cooked in lard). Basically, I braised pork shoulder with chipotles, lime juice, cilantro, cumin, onion, garlic, Mexican oregano, bay leaf, etc. I did this because we are going...
Read moreFruitcake: which fruits? which liquors?">Fruitcake: which fruits? which liquors?
I want to make a fruitcake like the kind made by a friend's aunt, who, though from Trinidad, threw her family's recipe over years ago for one printed in the Toronto Star. The cake is moist, and the fruit is either chopped very small, or it's ground up, Caribbean-style.* Well, I'd...
Read moreOriginal Bucca Di beppo Chocolate Cake">Original Bucca Di beppo Chocolate Cake
Does anyone have recipe for the Chocolate Cake that Bucca Di Beppo? I would like a recipe for the chocolate cake that they discontinued. I have a friend who would love to have this cake for his birthday. Thanks Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreResizing bread loaves for dutch ovens - baking times?">Resizing bread loaves for dutch ovens - baking times?
so... I'm looking to bake a recipe from "Flour Water Salt Yeast". Gonna start simply enough with the "Saturday morning bread" recipe. I have dutch ovens BUT Mine are a 5.75 qt Oval Staub or a 2.75 qt round Staub cocotte, not the two 4 qt s the book...
Read moreHelp! I can't find my Silver Palate cookbook!">Help! I can't find my Silver Palate cookbook!
Would someone be kind enough to take a photo of the Cranberry Bread recipe in the Silver Palate cookbook and post it, so I can make it this weekend? So many thanks! Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreparmagiano reggiano shelf-life in fridge?">parmagiano reggiano shelf-life in fridge?
If it's Parmianno Regianno it was aged 3 years at least. Of course, it was encased in wax. Just make sure you wrap it tight in the fridge and it should last you 3 years. ——-Marvianno Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreISO Pork Shanks for Osso Bucco?">ISO Pork Shanks for Osso Bucco?
My local supermarket, Shoprite , here in Norwalk, CT had pork shanks on sale this summer. Now, commodity pork shanks should be very inexpensive, say about $1.99 lb. but I can't find them in any local supermarket so now I have to go to a butcher. The butcher shops around...
Read moreDish of the Month - November 2018 Nominations">Dish of the Month - November 2018 Nominations
Welcome to the nomination thread for November 2018 Dish Of the Month! My November is rich with family and friends's birthdays, including mine. We, Scorpios, must like each other a lot and that's why several of my friends share my birthday month. There will be Thanksgiving in the USA and...
Read moreHelp with logistics on transporting Christmas breakfast and other items">Help with logistics on transporting Christmas breakfast and other items
We will be spending Christmas in our new vacation/eventual retirement home this year. Due to my daughter’s schedule, we are unable to arrive there until Christmas Eve. I’m hoping to maintain a few of our usual traditions, especially my homemade cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning. I usually...
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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