Entries tagged with 'Weekend Cook and Tell'
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Focaccia by ElizabethS. [Photograph: The Manhattan Food Project] For last week's Weekend Cook and Tell we challenged all of you to break out the yeast and flour and try your hand at bread baking. Who knew that so many of you are such accomplished bakers? Here are some of our favorite fresh-baked responses: ElizabethS made good use of her free time by attempting to replicate the perfect focaccia she ate on her Italian honeymoon. This upside-down tomato basil bread was avaryne's first attempt at bread-baking and the results were sinfully delicious. hmw0029 made a light oat bread with pumpkin puree and sunflower seeds for the week's sandwiches....
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[Photograph: Sage Trifle] Last week we asked you to travel back in time to recreate some of your favorite dated recipes. This challenge was a scary one and not everyone was ready to break out those cream of mushroom soup cans and pineapple slices. Some of you shared fond (and not so fond) childhood food memories and some brave souls broke out those yellowing cookbooks to cook up some classics from times gone by. Here are some of our dustiest favorites: Jilly's mom made a dish that she considered to be the height of elegance, it consisted of a round roast of beef coated in a can of cream of mushroom soup, some HP Sauce, and an entire packet...
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Pumpkin chocolate-chip cookies. [Photograph: Kirbie's Cravings] Last week's Weekend Cook and Tell challenge was about our favorite gourd, the pumpkin. We asked you to share your favorite pumpkin recipes and the results were truly pumkintastic. Here are some of our favorites: Inspired by two beautiful pumpkins that she picked up at her local farmers' market, ChristineB made a Thai Spiced Pumpkin Soup topped with pumpkin seeds roasted with raw sugar and sea salt. Onepot took those adorable mini pumpkins and made them into something both nice to look at and eat. Take a look at these Polenta Stuffed Mini Pumpkins. One gourd didn't suffice for joyyy, she made pumpkin peanut butter cookies and Roasted Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash...
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More than just beer nuts. Beer bread. [Photograph: aromacucina.typepad.com] For last week's Weekend Cook and Tell, we asked you to share all of your favorite beer-friendly recipes. No matter whether they were made with beer or made to be eaten alongside a cold one, here are some of our favorite responses: katieelby was well aware that this challenge was supposed to go beyond beer nuts, but she couldn't resist sharing this recipe for Sweet and Spicy Walnuts. No stranger to cooking with beer, Otabenga made a version of choucroute using beer instead of the more traditional white wine. In honor of fall, he recently made this Three Sisters Stew: a combination of beans, squash, and corn (finished with beer, of...
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Chickpeas with Spinach, inspired by an Arizona tapas bar. [Photograph: makingitwithmeleyna.com] Last week's Weekend Cook and Tell was all about Restaurant Recreations. We asked you to take dishes from your favorite restaurants and try your hand at making them in your own kitchen. Here are some of our favorite responses, sans the white tablecloth. MadelynRodriguez had a particularly memorable meal at Mark's at the Meliá in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Over the weekend she recreated this Blue Cheese and Walnut Pasta to share with her sister. It took two attempts for alliect to perfect Scarpetta's Tomato-Basil Spaghetti but the second batch was "faaaaabulous." The tapas bar Lola in Phoenix, Arizona, inspired meleyna's Chickpeas with Spinach. It's a tasty...
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[Flickr: Shot_by_Cam] Last week's Weekend Cook and Tell challenge was all about an Italian-American classic, and its favorite quaffable partner: Spaghetti, Meatballs, and Wine. We asked you to share your favorite spaghetti and meatballs recipe, and throw in the wine pairings. This challenge inspired some pretty varied responses, some included meatballs, some wine, but the common thread was pasta. Here are some favorites: To kick off this round up, here's a quote from dmcavanagh: "Meatballs are as personal as fingerprints, 100 different people could serve you theirs and no two would be the same." Growing up in an Italian-American family meant that EliEats was no stranger to the traditional Sunday ragu. Along with plenty of spaghetti, meatballs, sausage and...
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[Photograph: Robyn Lee] Last week's Weekend Cook and Tell challenge was all about TV Dinners—not the microwavable ones, but the dinners that you eat in front of the tube. Here are some of our favorite prime time responses: During a Battlestar Galactica marathon avaryne chowed down on bowls of udon with pork and bok choy in place of the more Battlestar appropriate algae mush. For the premier of The Tudors ChefToddMohr put together a Henry VIII inspired dinner of roast lamb, potatoes, and whole baked vegetables. Wary of balancing plates on her knees, Cassaendra uses Japanese bowls filled with kitsune udon for her TV dinners. chisai hosts regular dinner-and-a-movie nights for friends. Some past menus include lasagna, cannoli, and...
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[Photo: Robyn Lee] Who knew that the humble pancake would make this week's Weekend Cook and Tell one of the most popular topics yet? No matter whether you call them—hot cakes, flapjacks, or griddlecakes—this pan-fried treat was the inspiration for some pretty great responses this week. Let's hope that our love for pancakes turns out better than this line that BKNYDan quotes from iconic comedian Mitch Hedberg: "As a comedian, it's important to both start and finish the show strong. I can't be like pancakes: all exciting at first, but by the end you're f___ing sick of them!" betteirene has an all-purpose batter that is used for everything, from aebleskivers, strawberry shortcake pancakes, waffles, and bacon-cheddar waffles. A cast...
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[Flickr: Mazarine] For last week's Weekend Cook and Tell, we wanted to take a peek inside your lunch box. Here are some of our favorite responses: Overcome with the spirit of generosity and an insatiable craving for Greek food, LanaRae made spanakopita turkey meatballs and homemade gyros to share with her friends and coworkers. kirbie had originally planned to make adorable heart-and-star-shaped eggs for her lunch bento but the egg sculpting didn't work out as planned. She ended with some home-cooked leftovers courtesy of her mom. As a proud new bento box owner, lemonfair went the Japanese route by making a rice Totoro served with teriyaki sauced vegetables, corn, melon, kiwi, and grapes. Lorenzo transformed steak tartare leftovers into...
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[Photograph: Robyn Lee] For last week's Weekend Cook and Tell challenge we asked you to go temporarily vegetarian by making a satisfying meatless main. This challenge proved to be a popular one, here are some of our favorite herbivorous responses: Cantaloupe Alone is no vegetarian but this Fall Flavored Red Lentil Soup with Eggplant was a hit. ElizabethS and friends made a spread of vegetarian Spanish-inspired tapas. Check out the pictures over at The Manhattan (food) Project. The ambitious morgancain made not one but three vegetarian dishes, a mushroom rice casserole, a quinoa lentil curry, and a grilled corn and black bean salad. NotAmerican and family are mostly vegetarian so it's no surprise they have great ideas for veggie...
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