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Cook the Book: Gingerbread with Milk Chocolate

Posted by Adam Kuban, February 8, 2008 at 3:15 PM

And the last of our chocolately, Valentine's Day–appropriate from Cook the Book recipes for the week from Alice Medrich's Chocolate Holidays: Unforgettable Desserts for Every Season uses milk chocolate, for all you folks (like me) who prefer it to dark. The sweetness of the chocolate plays well against the heat of the ginger.

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Cook the Book: Clay-Pot Ginger Pork with Figs and Pickled Fennel

Posted by Adam Kuban, August 10, 2007 at 5:45 PM

It's a little late today, but I guess I wanted to wait a bit before parting with The Breakaway Cook for the week. It's a little chilly, windy, and rainy today as I'm writing this so Clay-Pot Ginger Pork with Figs and Pickled Fennel looked like just the antidote. As the book's author, Eric Gower, notes, this recipe takes little in the way of assembly but it does need about two hours to cook—it's a good weekend dish for that reason.

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Cook the Book: Ginger Candied Carrots

Posted by Ed Levine, May 2, 2007 at 1:00 PM

Like a lot of people my age, the Silver Palate Cookbook became my go-to cookbook when I first started cooking for friends and girlfriends. In fact, the first brunch I ever cooked for my wife featured two recipes from the Silver Palate. Julee Rosso's and Sheila Lukins's recipes are simultaneously sophisticated and down to earth, and—here's the best part—they always work.

Ginger and carrots are a great combination, and this preparations gives the carrots a zingy glaze.

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