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Cook the Book: '660 Curries' by Raghavan Iyer
It was somewhere near Boston, where I was doing some consulting work. And I swear it changed my life! I've been a huge fan ever since, and sought it out in many different cities and countries in my travels.
Cook the Book: 'L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook'
There are so many, I couldnt choose! There's the Bariani family that brings their locally made olive oil, the Dewey family that have been growing pistachios in the Sacramento valley for more than 50 years... Spring Hill cheeses from Petaluma, the Bledsoe's pork, duck and lamb, Leinart's honey, Salle orchards with their ever changing variety of fruits and vegetables...
We're pretty lucky here in the Sacramento area to have such a thriving farmers market scene...
Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'
Tomatoes.... definitely tomatoes....
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Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Ohh too hard to decide...
but always on the list: Onion bagels, banana nut bread, and any sort of robust flavorful artisan bread... all of these preferably warm and slathered in butter!!!
Cook the Book: '660 Curries' by Raghavan Iyer
It was somewhere near Boston, where I was doing some consulting work. And I swear it changed my life! I've been a huge fan ever since, and sought it out in many different cities and countries in my travels.
Cook the Book: 'L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook'
There are so many, I couldnt choose! There's the Bariani family that brings their locally made olive oil, the Dewey family that have been growing pistachios in the Sacramento valley for more than 50 years... Spring Hill cheeses from Petaluma, the Bledsoe's pork, duck and lamb, Leinart's honey, Salle orchards with their ever changing variety of fruits and vegetables...
We're pretty lucky here in the Sacramento area to have such a thriving farmers market scene...
Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'
Tomatoes.... definitely tomatoes....
Cook the Book: 'Bottega Favorita' by Frank Stitt
I love a simple bowl of buttered noodles & aged cheese. Sometimes I go Old Spaghetti Factory on it and do browned butter and Mizythra, sometimes just a good quality parmesan or asiago.... maybe a touch of cream, bacon or basil if they are floating around the fridge....
What to do with leftover refried beans?
You can make a great minestrone soup with them (No, really... stop laughing, it's good!)
I don't have my usual recipe at hand, but it's very similar to the one found here:
http://www.cookquest.com/Recipes-soup/Minestrone.php
(Sorry I need to figure out how to embed a link!)
Cook the Book: 'Tacos'
MMMMM 1st place goes to a streetside cart in Tijuana.... rolled Al Pastor tacos with onions, cilantro and lime.... and a fruit bowl on the side that we'd picked up from another vendor...
2nd place is probably one of any of about six "Berto's".... taco stands on Convoy in San Diego (ie, Roberto's, Adalberto's, Humberto's....)
I honestly can't remember which one was the best anymore...
Cook the Book: 'Real Cajun'
Making a banana cream pie for my dad's birthday when I was about 7.... I know it was of the jello pudding variety, although I cant even remember what the crust was made of....
Cook the Book: 'The Asian Grill'
Unfortunately every single charcoal based grilling attempt I've ever made has been hilarious.... in retrospect at least. Definitely not as funny while it's actually happening. While I am a pretty decent cook, I am a hapless griller... So take your pick of bacon grease induced flameups and smokeouts, charblackened blood raw-centered beef, veggies stuck to grill, items slipping through grill, burning hands, tipping grills, bamboo skewers on fire, dogs stealing the only edible steaks EVER produced..... sigh.... for the last few years I have settled for my indoor panini/griller while saving for a nice tame gas grill....
Cook the Book: ''Wichcraft'
Oh man there are really some fantastic ideas here... maybe we need to do a Serious Eaters cookbook someday??
Every idea I've had so far is already on this thread, so I'm gonna have to keep trying to come up with something....
Cook the Book: 'Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating'
Well his whole approach is really fantatstic and non-intimidating. His recommendations are realistic and clearly defined. You dont feel like you're being scolded by a hardcore vegetarian or under fire by PETA. It makes it seem like these are things you can actually accomplish.
Cook the Book: 'Kneadlessly Simple'
Biscuits... or Hawaiian Bread....
Traveling to Portugal: What food can't I miss?
Vinho Verde! Lots and lots of Vinho Verde! Crisp, clean tasting refreshing young white wine, goes great with sooo many things...
Caldo Verde - wonderful soup made with linguica, potatoes and kale.. actually anything made with linguica or chourico... mmmmmm
There are some lovely cheeses, especially the ones made with sheep or goat milk...
Also some wonderful little pastries... Pastels d'Belem (aka Pastels d'Nata), queijadas... mmmmmm mmmmm mmmmmm
Cook the Book: 'Almost Meatless'
Black Bean & Mango tacos.... no meat, but somehow with these I just dont miss it.
Also my Caldo Verde soup... light on the linguica, heavy on the kale and potatoes.... tastes fantastic and feeds 8 people on one linguica link....
Cook the Book: The Essence of Chocolate
Well, it's a tossup - I was going to say my first chocolate lava cake... but then reading though the comments thinking... mmm, yes churros con chocolate in Barcelona was pretty fabulous.... and then the Paris chocolate banana crepe, mmm... yep that too....
Sigh, very very hard to decide, but those are probably the top three...
Cook the Book: 'Osteria'
Chicken and Dumplings.......
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
Well there have definitely been a lot of "ohhhh noooo" moments, but one that sticks out in my mind happened right after Thanksgiving one year. I was on a mission to make really creative use out of each and every ounce of leftovers and decided I would use the cranberry orange sauce to make scones.
So I mix up the batter, grab the sauce from the fridge and add it, make the scones, bake the scones.... wait patiently with mouth watering... finally they are done and I bite into one.... and get a mouthful of onions, jalapeno and cilantro amongst other flavors!
Two bowls in the fridge - cranberry orange sauce... and cranberry chutney! Nooooo idea why I didnt notice when I was mixing it up....
Banh Chung for Lunar New Year
Yes its long but look how much great info is crammed in there! Prep techniques, options, side dishes, constructing the frame.... Thanks Tam for putting together such a great article!
Restaurant Recommendations: Lake Tahoe, California?
Heidi's Pancake House in South Lake Tahoe - great breakfasts....
Cook the Book: 'The Great Wings Book'
I love hot artichoke dip with sourdough cubes for dipping. It's sort of hackneyed... an "oldy but goody", but I try to mix it up a bit and never make it quite the same way twice... I play with different cheeses, mixing in spinach, crab, bacon or spicy sausage... sometimes pre-roasting the garlic, varying the type and level of heat with jalapenos, hot sauces etc...
Recipe Request: West Indian Recipes for My Son and Me
Hi,
I dont have many recipes of my own to contribute, but you might want to check out a food blog called Tastes Like Home. The author is originally from Guyana, but her recipes seem to cover a pretty broad 'Caribbean' spectrum - Barbados, Trinidad, Dominican etc...
Cook the Book: 'The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook'
Ooh, man is this a hard one to narrow down...
I guess I'd have to say b'stilla.....
The Corn Man
Oooh the corn man! Luvvvved it in Oakland CA's Fruitvale district when he'd be there during different festivals etc. Those little pasta puffs are called Duros, and you can buy them uncooked in latin markets and fry them at home....
We try to do "the works" on our corn here at home sometimes... if you mix a little sour cream with the mayo and then use the parmesan type cheese it comes pretty darn close......
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'American Cheeses'
Old World Portuguese from Spring Hill Cheese in Petaluma....
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: D'Artagnan Boneless Heritage Ham
Apple and brie on some nice artisan bread...
Have any of you cooked with tobacco?
I've always enjoyed the sweet smell you get in a cigar/tobacco room. Just earlier today I was thinking that it seemed as though I ought to be able to add those notes to a sweet. I believe I saw an Iron Chef episode wherein one or both of the chefs used tobacco, I think one was an ice cream (with vanilla I believe). I went out to get a cigar, and exploring my collection of flavorings, sniffing them next to the cigar, it seems as though it would work well. Particularly pleasant were vanilla, cinnamon, chocolate, and cumin. So tonight, I am going to try steeping some tobacco bits in some heavy cream with a vanilla bean, which will be used to make a salted sweet caramel which will be drizzled atop some dark chocolate brownies.
Needless to say, I bet a truffle would be very nice!
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
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Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
I love cheesecake!
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
i really love chocolate chip cookies!
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Lemon Meringue Pie is my favorite.
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
so many favorites but brownies and chocolate chip cookies are definitely high on the list
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Those lemon bars they used to sell at the Little Theater! They were sooooooooo good ... I would love to discover a gluten-free recipe for them!
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
HOMEMADE HOT CINNAMON ROLLS:)
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
I think Toll House chocolate chip cookies can't be beat.
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Baking has been light in our house since my husband's celiac diagnosis last fall, but we adore making brownies (an easy thing to bake gluten-free).
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Lady Baltimore cake
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Mom's homemade peach pie -- yum!
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
I love when my mom bakes brownies with a raspberry filling!
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Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
There's nothing I crave more than a fudgey brownie.
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Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Cinnamon rolls!
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
I am simple in my tastes. I love snickerdoodles and cannot resist them. Thanks!
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
My favorite all time baked thing is Raisin Bread. My grandmother and I used to make it all of the time.
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Chocolate cake.
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
homemade dinner rolls
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
I love anything chocolate, especially freshly baked brownies!
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
It's a tie between apple pie and homemade cookies, both made from scratch.
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Turtle Brownies!
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Brownies with chocolate frosting.
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Brownies have to be the best. Add in peanut butter, frosting, or carmel and it's heaven on a plate!
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Going with eclairs. YUM!
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Ohh too hard to decide...
but always on the list: Onion bagels, banana nut bread, and any sort of robust flavorful artisan bread... all of these preferably warm and slathered in butter!!!