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Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Homemade pizza. So easy. So satisfying. So many variations. We're all so much happier on pizza night.
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
A little bite of sharp cheese.
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
Almost always eggs. Poached with lots of pepper on top of a green salad. Scrambled and wrapped in a burrito. An omlet with sharp cheese. Soft boiled with toast sticks. Eggs are the perfect eat-alone food.
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Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Brussels sprouts! Sauteed in bacon fat, of course.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Homemade pizza. So easy. So satisfying. So many variations. We're all so much happier on pizza night.
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
A little bite of sharp cheese.
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
Almost always eggs. Poached with lots of pepper on top of a green salad. Scrambled and wrapped in a burrito. An omlet with sharp cheese. Soft boiled with toast sticks. Eggs are the perfect eat-alone food.
Cook the Book: '660 Curries' by Raghavan Iyer
Strange -- I don't remember my first encounter with Indian food, either. I know it must have been after I left for college. Now I'm sad that I don't remember my first saag paneer, chicken tikka, or salty lassi!
Meat Lite: Chickpea, Chicken, and Tabouli Salad
Let the chicken breasts cool -- at least part way -- in their cooking liquid. If you pull them out still hot, they'll shed all their liquid and get dry and yucky. Also, remember to keep the water truly below the boiling point -- 212 degrees. Poached chicken is yummy. Boiled chicken is not.
Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1'
saltibarsciai! Cold beet and kefir soup, served with boiled potatoes and eggs.
Cook the Book: 'The Barcelona Cookbook'
Finnish "tapas" in Duluth, Minn! http://www.kippis.us
Cook the Book: 'L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook'
Dina's (Deanna's?!) hummus at the St. Paul Farmer's Market!
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
Japanese! So healthful. So complicated. So far from what I usually cook...
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
Falling asleep in the car on the way home after massive bowls of ice cream at Kimball's.
Is Artisanal, Handmade Food Always Better?
Won't it be nice when a piece like this is totally irrelevant? When handmade, small-batch, from-the-source products are so widespread and easy to find that we stop referring to them collectively as anything at all -- good or bad? When we would say to Future Ed, Duh, of course some are going to be good and some bad; look for the good ones!
What is your "give up" meal?
There are lots of times when I would like to give up and eat cereal or popcorn, but I've got three other mouths to feed and two of them still need to learn about eating decent meals. But, wait: cereal and popcorn aren't all that different from my usual give-up meal -- spaghetti with grated cheese. Maybe the kids really need to learn about giving up in style.
Cook the Book: 'Ten'
I had strong cravings when I was pregnant: Must have a bologna and cheese sandwich NOW! Must have an egg roll NOW! But I never needed to go very far to satisfy them.
I do remember quite fondly the lengths we went to in Estonia to make a proper American Thanksgiving dinner -- no compromises! no cheating! Among the best I've ever had. And that was where I learned to bake pita and bagels, because if I wanted those, I had to make them.
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
I was reporting a story on a remote Russian fishing village, reachable only by ferry, once a day. I slept in the abandoned school, with my elbow flung over my face all night to keep the mosquitoes from eating me alive. It was hard to get anyone to talk to me, but just as I was leaving, an old man chased me down and pressed two newspaper wrapped bundles into my hands: fish he had smoked himself.
Cook the Book: 'Kneadlessly Simple'
Dense Finnish rye bread. Very satisfying.
Cook the Book: 'Almost Meatless'
Weeknight Pasta Bake: Pasta with tomatoes and cheese and whatever veggies are in the fridge. Plus bacon if we've got it.
Pumpkin Orzo with Sage
Now I'm embarrassed: 3 cups of broth and 3 cups of WATER. Carry on.
Pumpkin Orzo with Sage
I'm confused: You boil the orzo in 3 cups of broth and 3 cups of milk and then you drain and discard 6 cups of precious food? Unless I'm misunderstanding the recipe, that's extraordinarily wasteful.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Episode 7: Toby Young Rocks
I have to add my dislike for Toby Young. Tom Colicchio and Gail and even the French dude (hey, could he stick around and be the permanent judge?) know their food and take their jobs seriously. Toby was just throwing out cliches in a poor Simon Cowell impression. I had to laugh when he opined oh so seriously that the fennel added a real licoricey undertone. Oh, really? That's astute.
Cook the Book: 'Into the Vietnamese Kitchen'
Cook with eggs from my own chickens! (Must get chickens first.)
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Zingerman's Praise the Lard Gift Box
Fortunately it's not just a memory, but something I get to experience every weekend: Watching my 3-year-old son work his way through as much of a pound of bacon as he can manage. I realized how seriously he took this task once when he looked up and said, "Somebody's got to help me eat all this bacon!"
Cook the Book: 'The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook'
Homemade pizza. With dough made the night before, it's super fast.
Serious Eats Gift Guide: Books For Young Foodies
I loved The Hungry Thing when I was little -- another food-related book.
Holiday Giveaway: Zingerman's Praise the Lard Gift Box
My favorite pork memory: We're at a buffet dinner in our synagogue. My 3-year-old son watches other people come back to the tables with their plates and inquires hopefully, "Mama, mama, what is that pink stuff on their plates? Do you think it is BACON??"
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
mashed potatoes with wasabi!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Has to be the stuffing! It's the only time of the year I make it. And ooooh so good the nest day- IF it makes it!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
My favorite Thanksgiving side is cornbread-sausage stuffing. So rich, so good!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Stuffing! We love stuffing!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
I love the fresh and fresh tasting cranberry and orange relish. Yum.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Simple mashed potatoes
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Green bean casserole, it's not really special but we only have it twice a year. I guess that's what makes it special.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
My favorite Thanksgiving side is stuffing with gravy.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Sausage and cornbread stuffing. Yum!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Fried Turkey, stuffing and gingersnap gravy in one bite. By far my favorite holiday as it is truly THE holiday for food lovers! I can't wait!!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Oyster stuffing. Tough part, finding enough people who aren't oyster-phobic...
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Gotta go with roasted garlic mashed potatoes. I could eat it all.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
green bean casserole, from scratch of course!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
My moms - potatoes, summer savory and crushed crackers, also includes tons of butter and a few onions - I miss stuffing since it started killing people :(
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
I love homemade warm applesauce!! That and the apple pie are my favorite part of Thanksgiving. I don't like most of the other food including the turkeY!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
This year it will be pumpkin ravioli with sage brown butter sauce.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Mashed potatoes and gravy....
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Warm, fresh cornbread, straight from the oven
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
spaghetti squash with jalapeno cream. mmm...
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Dinner rolls from Cook's Illustrated. I could just eat those and nothing else.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
i love potatoes of any kind...so...creamy, garlic-y mashed potatoes.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Love it when the cranberry sauce creeps into the dressing and mashed potatoes...deeelish...hope I win :)
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Pumpkin bread like only my mother can make!
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Thanksgiving wouldn't feel right without a chunky, moist dressing (or stuffing, though I'm taking Alton's advice to heart and keeping it out of my turkey this year). But I've also a particular fondness for all the orange Thanksgiving sides -- caramelized yam, pumpkin purees, fleshy marrows. Those Squash Half Moons with Butter, Sesame, and Salt sound like heaven.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
Cornbread dressing!
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Brussels sprouts! Sauteed in bacon fat, of course.