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Cook the Book: The Southern Italian Table
Dude. Roasted garlic in olive oil and butter spread over fresh-baked bread. Is there anything better? I think not. Cheaper? Heck no.
Cook the Book: 'Japanese Hot Pots'
I make a soup for Sukkot that is basic but very good. 2 c. soaked chick peas, 3 chicken breasts (boneless and skinless), a large can of diced tomatoes, 6 cup of chicken stock (or thereabouts), a large, diced green pepper, 2 diced zucchini, 2 or 3 diced carrots, cinnamon, turmeric, white pepper to taste. I usually put it in a crock pot and let it go for several hours before serving so the chicken's falling apart.
Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'
It was a cookbook that my mother or great-grandmother got me—definitely something Jewish, probably something very old-timey.
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Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Growing up, it was always chicken soup, Thanksgiving sandwiches and the occasional home-made corned beef. Mmmmmmm. Now I have a bunch of comforting favorites: curried chicken, pot pie, dill rice... I could go on.
Cook the Book: The Southern Italian Table
Dude. Roasted garlic in olive oil and butter spread over fresh-baked bread. Is there anything better? I think not. Cheaper? Heck no.
Cook the Book: 'Japanese Hot Pots'
I make a soup for Sukkot that is basic but very good. 2 c. soaked chick peas, 3 chicken breasts (boneless and skinless), a large can of diced tomatoes, 6 cup of chicken stock (or thereabouts), a large, diced green pepper, 2 diced zucchini, 2 or 3 diced carrots, cinnamon, turmeric, white pepper to taste. I usually put it in a crock pot and let it go for several hours before serving so the chicken's falling apart.
Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'
It was a cookbook that my mother or great-grandmother got me—definitely something Jewish, probably something very old-timey.
Cook the Book: 'Dishing Up Vermont'
Connecticut! ...... Um.... uhhhh...... New York bagels? I hear there's good shellfish, but I don't eat it.
Cook the Book: 'Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Book'
Hm... my backyard?
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
When I'm on my own I tend to have things that my husband doesn't like: olives, goat cheese, capers. These things tend to be placed on a bit of pasta.
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
Omgomgomg... the best vegetarian meal I ever had was at the Green Zebra in Chicago. Ricotta gnocchi in lemon crema with grilled ramps and green garlic. Oooooh mama, that was a good time. We normally only eat meat one day a week in our house so there's a lot of vegetarian food that we love. I think tonight I might have to make this balinese tofu recipe I have. Coconut milk, nom nom.
Cook the Book: '660 Curries' by Raghavan Iyer
My first Indian curry experience was also a first date. The guy turned out to be a jerk, but the love affair with curries has remained strong ever since.
Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1'
Thai chicken salad on cumin bread. Preserved lemons on broiled.
Cook the Book: 'The Barcelona Cookbook'
I don't think Green Zebra in Chicago counts as tapas, though it was a "small plates" restaurant. It was one of the best meals of my life!
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: A Piece of Cake
German chocolate, lots of coconut pecan frosting.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Yea... I like to get that bottled lemonade that's all juice. Green top? Then I water it down a bit (all juices are too sweet for me right out of the bottle), and I might dash in some mint. All that blended with ice is nice too.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Baron VonFunburger's Haunted Castle Cavalcade
Popeye Tuna wraps from Roly Poly, but with no cheese and no onions WITH avocado and Greek olives. Yummmmmmm.
Cook the Book: 'L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook'
How sad is it that I don't have one? The farmers' markets around here on on Saturdays (when I can't go) and in NYC on weekdays (when I can't go). I'm going to have to finagle something to get the produce I desire.
Iranian Recipes
My most favorite Persian food is dill rice. Brown the raw rice grains and some sliced almonds in a few Tbsp of butter using a deep oven-safe pan. Stir in a handful or two of chopped dill, a bit of salt, and water. Cover tightly and stick in an oven at 400 degrees for an hour.
Cook the Book: 'Seven Fires'
Good steak, chimichurri, avocado salad. It doesn't get much better.
Bad Kitchen Habits
Oh man, I lick knoves too. I think that's part of my whole knife attitude. I've never cut myself doing it though. I DID once manage to cut my finger open on the dull side of a butter knife. That takes talent, no?
Ever try the recipes on the sides of packages?
Karo's recipe for pecan pie. It's a little too Karo and not quite enough pecan for me, and more recently I've started adding things, like chocolate chips. It isn't terrible, just not that wonderful, and it never sets up the way I'd like.
Katz's Pastrami
@eze, whereas 2nd Ave. has kashrut that's conservative, Katz's doesn't have one at all. So I can't go to there :(
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
ETHIOPIAN~!
Okay, sorry, I got a little carried away there. I only just had it for the first time a couple of weeks ago and fell instantly in love. Ohhhh, all the delightful pulses and legumes.... *drool* It was lovely.
I wouldn't mind learning a few good Moroccan recipes.
Or Indian.
Or Persian.
Weekend Giveaway: Tickets to NYC Food Film Festival Opening Night
While I love all of Big Night, the omelet scene at the end is pretty amazing.
Katz's Pastrami
I've never been to Katz's, but I know that you can get some wicked good pastrami at the 2nd Ave Deli (now on 33rd and 3rd).
Was it sliced hot? That's the way to go.
best donut/doughnuts in nyc?
Yea, I'd go there. I actually walked right by it yesterday without getting anything because we were with friends and on our way to dinner. I kick myself now. Perhaps next weekend...
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
fajitas, hands down.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Layer sauerkraut in a casserole dish, place pork chops on top and season (I use cracked black pepper, garlic powder and smoked paprika), cover with lid or seal with foil, bake in 400 degree oven for 45 minutes. I like to make mashed potatoes with it, but have also just done steamed veggies on the side.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Grandy's roast beef, carrots, and mashed potatoes
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Mom's from-the-Campbell's-can versions of Chicken a la King and Beef Stroganoff!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Mom's homemade lasagna, bread, and apple pie.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Coming from a Turkish household, my favorite family dinner is mercimek çorbasi (lentil soup) with köfte (ground beef/meatball-like patties), domatesli pilav (tomato rice), and yogurt.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Favorite family dinner would have to be my childhood birthday meal of Earl Abel's fried chicken and black bottom pie.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Sauerbraten and homemade sides.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Really anything, as long as it's accompanied by family and laughter. We often have shrimp scampi in the summer and a roast with Yorkshire Pudding in the winter....mmm.... :)
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Our favorite family dinner is Homemade Lasagna with a green salad and homemade yeast rolls.
Thank you so much for the chance to win.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
spaghetti and meatballs
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
We called it "chicken and glop", but it was chicken and rice. How did my mother put up with us?
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
It depends on the weather for me, but at this time of year it's roast chicken, mashed potatoes, peas (homegrown, please; frozen peas from the store are inevitably overripe), green salad, and pie.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
meatloaf and mashed potatoes!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
My favorite family dinner would have to be posole. We have it every christmas eve with fresh tamales and it is sooo good.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Gosh, my favorite family dinner!? That's hard . My family is full of great cooks so I guess it has more to do with the atmosphere. So then I would have to go with Christmas eve dinner. 14 cousins plus 16 Aunts and Uncles all eating and drinking and being merry. Usually there's a goose (which doesn't hurt) and floating islands for desert. super yummm, it warms my heart just to think about it.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
ribs. lasagna. soup. anything my mom makes
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Our favorite comfort food is mapo tofu - spicy and warming - over rice with some sauteed greens. Something about one bowl foods you can hold in your hand do it for us...
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Pasta with meat sauce and bread!
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Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Boring but comforting - an overly stuffed tuna salad sandwich, on wonderful crusty rye bread, a slight smear of mayo, crisp iceberg lettuce, juicy tomato, cut in half please.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Irish Coddle. A big pot, almost stew but with not quite enough liquid, of potatoes, bacon, sausage and onion. Gets you fattened up for hibernation season.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
barbeque salmon and broccoli slaw, mom's favorite summer specialty
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
One of my favorite family meals is banh xeo. They're savory, yellow crepes and having all sorts of people in my family through marriage, some being born in Vietnam, some being born here, etc., my mom gets a lot of different requests as to what to put in them. First she makes the vegetarian kind for those folks then regular Americanized ones then the hardcore ones.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
(I posted this in the wrong place earlier today--so this is a "re"post!) A general comment about all the "Cook the Book" posts and recipes: The publishers are very smart to provide five free copies to SE because your write-ups have caused me to go online and buy many many cookbooks that I never would have known about otherwise! Sometimes I enter the giveaway with a comment, but I know my chances of winning are slim, so I go ahead and order the book in a frenzy of impatience. The Mark Peel cookbook is an example; it will be winging its way to me today because I love the cover photo and the recipes for green bean salad and mashed potatoes--and I can't wait to receive it! This has been true for several other cookbooks, too. (One time I actually won the cookbook in the SE giveaway, and had to give that second copy to my son. He was Seriously Happy!)
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Favorite foods: schwarma, New Haven pizza, comfort foods, Pho, home-made onion challah, cashew butter, chicken pot pie, kosher food, ben and jerry's, curries of all kinds, sushi, lemon ricotta gnocci & grilled ramps, apple berry crisps a la mode, goat cheese
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Growing up, it was always chicken soup, Thanksgiving sandwiches and the occasional home-made corned beef. Mmmmmmm. Now I have a bunch of comforting favorites: curried chicken, pot pie, dill rice... I could go on.