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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
My favorite lamb recipe: some clover, some food pellets, perhaps a little snorgle....
....vegetarians eat Greek food too! =)
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Those oil-cured black ones....so so so good.
Cook the Book: The Southern Italian Table
I do love eggs in purgatory!
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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'
I'm sort of ineligible for a lot of the extreme foods, as I'm vegetarian. Most extreme food I've eaten lately was an impulse purchase of durian in Chinatown. It actually wasn't as bad as I expected!
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
My favorite lamb recipe: some clover, some food pellets, perhaps a little snorgle....
....vegetarians eat Greek food too! =)
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Those oil-cured black ones....so so so good.
Cook the Book: The Southern Italian Table
I do love eggs in purgatory!
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
My favorite is a sweet and sour cabbage dish braised in the slow cooker--I toss in some meatless sausage with about an hour to go to make it a full meal.
Cook the Book: '660 Curries' by Raghavan Iyer
Hmmmm....first encounter was at an Indian restaurant as a child, I imagine. I've been vegetarian since I was 10, and it is one of the most reliably vegetarian-friendly cuisines out there! In high school I remember being obsessed with samosas.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Well, I haven't exactly baked that much, so I don't have good stories...yet. I guess my big success would be lemon biscotti--not particularly exciting, but they were one of the first things I made when I was about 12. This is a rough definition of baking, but one of the few things I've made and just thrown out was some granola that came out of the oven like oaty cement. It took about a week to get the pan clean.
Serious Heat: Where Do You Buy Your Spices?
I second World Spice Merchants. I first bought there in person on a trip to Seattle for business, and I looooove the store and the people there. Their chai mixes are also excellent.
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
I'm actually on an Indian kick at the moment--visited some spice stores this weekend in a quest to get all my ingredients in order.
Served: Why Tipping Makes Everyone Uncomfortable
"A few people declared that they would never return to my restaurant if they were in my guests’ shoes. That’s fine by me. No restaurant likes to host bad tippers."
Except that the people you confronted weren't bad tippers; they made a math error.
I'm with the commenters on the previous post and the vast majority of the commenters above--you were rude.
Cook the Book: 'Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating'
I've learned about keeping lots of staples in the pantry that allow me to create a tasty and healthy meal with very little advance preparation -- it doesn't take a trip to the market to make dinner!
Cook the Book: 'On the Line'
I don't! I'm vegetarian. But my fiance isn't, and I'd love to give this book to him! =)
Valentine's Day Giveaway: Macarons from Itzy Bitzy Patisserie
Oh man, I LOVE macarons. I wonder if there would be a way to have a marzipan filling without just completely overdosing on almond. Also salted caramel would be good....or chocolate and ginger.
Cook the Book: 'Osteria'
Does scotch count? hehe. I'll go with a spicy stew...perhaps curried. I made some curried cauliflower soup last week that was really good.
Top Chef Calendar Giveaway: What's Your Favorite Sugar-free Dessert?
There's a Top Chef calendar?!?!
And it's simple, but grilled fruit with a balsamic reduction.
Cook the Book: 'Into the Vietnamese Kitchen'
I actually didn't make any food resolutions on purpose. But I've definitely been generally working on cooking more and trying new types of cuisine on a non-resolution (and hopefully more permanent!) basis!
Cook the Book: Jamie at Home
Potato dishes of all sorts, but especially a baked kale and potato gratin.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Edible Chocolate Box from Charles Chocolates
Ooh, chocolate lava cake. Love that stuff.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Italian Snacks'
A crostini with goat cheese, walnuts, rosemary, and honey.
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'The Wine Snob's Dictionary'
I had a sommelier once I guess go for "peepee du chat," but translate it as "reminiscent of kitty litter."
Cook the Book: 'Baked, New Frontiers in Baking'
Banana frozen yogurt, made with our stock of approaching overripe frozen bananas (my parents would slice them into sandwich bags and stick them in the freezer once they started to get mushy). And I still love it!
Cook the Book: 'Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics'
Mmmmm, potato casserole...thingie. I don't have a fancy name for it.
Photo of the Day: Rice Krispie Treat Costumed Kitty
WINSTON! (http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/kitty_pride/)
Sweet Tweaks Round-Up: Cast Your Votes Now!
Chile popcorn caramel bars FTW!
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'
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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'
i ate head cheese. i regretted it.
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'
Dinuguan, because all my relatives told me it was chocolate stew.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Grilled rack of lamb with mint sauce and cous cous on the side.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I like how my MIL makes lamb in a stew with a tomato sauce like base
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'
I think gator is as adventurous as I've gone.
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'
Grasshopper, cow brain
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
My favorite lamb recipe is roasted leg of lamb with mint jelly.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I have a pretty good lamb chops recipe. I also have a leg of lamb recipe we use for dinner sometimes on special occasions. Lamb is BY FAR my favorite meat!
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Lamb stew. Based on the comments above, however, lamb burgers might have the potential of being a new favorite if I can find the right recipe for preparing them well.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
lamb burgers or lamb meatballs.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Lamb Tagine is my favorite lamb recipe. garrettsambo@aol.com
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'
I grew up eating tripe and vastedda (stomach lining and spleen), I have also tried testicles (a bit chewy), aligator, kangaroo, etc...pretty much anything, except for any kind of insects!
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'
Snake, abalone, sea cucumber, durian, alligator, moose, kangaroo.
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'
I went to an insect foods event in Montreal once, and sampled everything on offer.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I really like lamb but have never cooked it. I love lamb chops with some garlic mashed potatoes. yummy. I would love to learn how to roast lamb for Gyros
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I love grilled lamb burgers :)
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Other than Gyros I haven't had much lamb. My husband is a big Lamb eater. I am slowly learning to appreciate it.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I love grilled lamb chops, yum!
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I had some awesome lamb chops in Spain with lots of garlic. I wish I knew how they made them.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Grilled Lamb with Brown Sugar Glaze
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'
When I was young I ate my parasitic twin.
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Extreme Cuisine'
On a business trip to the Philippines my local coworkers insisted on me trying the local delicacy of Balut(fetal duck egg). While this may sound like the most exotic i'd have to say that really it was later in the night when i ate some chicharon bulaklak which is deep fried and is apparently a fatty sack that covers the small intestine of a pig. It was actually quite good and definitely better than the balut.
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I'm sort of ineligible for a lot of the extreme foods, as I'm vegetarian. Most extreme food I've eaten lately was an impulse purchase of durian in Chinatown. It actually wasn't as bad as I expected!