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Cook the Book: 'Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries & Shakes'
I had a nice blue cheese burger this weekend, perhaps not my favorite.. but very, very tasty!
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
Indian food is both intriguing and intimidating to me.. I'd really like to learn more about it.
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
Watching my grandmother make noodles, and then having them drapes all over the house, where I would sneak around and eat them raw. Also, when she still made perogies and cabbage rolls, and all the other delicious Ukranian food that is so difficult to find in Minnesota.
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Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Very successful peach pie, very not successful strawberry pie.. both made at the same time.
Cook the Book: 'Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries & Shakes'
I had a nice blue cheese burger this weekend, perhaps not my favorite.. but very, very tasty!
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
Indian food is both intriguing and intimidating to me.. I'd really like to learn more about it.
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
Watching my grandmother make noodles, and then having them drapes all over the house, where I would sneak around and eat them raw. Also, when she still made perogies and cabbage rolls, and all the other delicious Ukranian food that is so difficult to find in Minnesota.
Cook the Book: 'Tacos'
I got screamed at by somebody on Meth while eating tacos in Portland. The tacos were delicious, the meth-head.. not so much.
Cook the Book: 'Ten'
I spent my teens drinking 7-11 slurpees in Canada, and now - 11 years later, living in Minnesota where there are no 7-11s.. I find myself drinking liters of the things whenever I go home for a visit.
I've even tried making them in my ice cream maker.. no go.
Cook the Book: 'Beyond the Great Wall'
Eating kababs with salad and tea while in Azerbaijan, in a little roadside stop high in the Caspian mountains. Amazing.
Cook the Book: 'Kneadlessly Simple'
No-knead brioche. Stuff of the gods.
Cook the Book: 'On the Line'
Probably grilled salmon, it doesn't get much better than that.
Cook the Book: 'Almost Meatless'
Black bean and kale soup... with just a few strips of bacon for depth of flavor. Excellent!
Cook the Book: The Essence of Chocolate
In the spirit of this post, a chocolate and mint martini. It kind of tasted like Andes candies, but with a kick. A dangerous combination.
Cook the Book: 'Baking Unplugged'
I accidentally used 3/4 of a cup of salt, instead of sugar while making ice cream for the first time... I still don't know how I managed not to notice.
We certainly noticed it in the final product though =P
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
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Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
dropping the entire casserole on the oven door
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
I made walnut brownies with walnuts that had secretly gone bad...it was a giant inedible pan of musty, nasty brownies. Sick and so, so sad.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
As a kid, my best friend and I made sugar cookies. She read the ingredients as I incorporated them. She read off 1/4 cup of salt, I then asked her if she read that right because that was a lot of salt. She insisted she was correct and I added that amount in. Once the cookies had baked, we couldn;t wait to try them, we each took a bite and spit them out. She was wrong, it was 1/4 tsp salt!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My most triumphant baking success was making brownies for my friend.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My biggest success was baking my husband's favorite pie, a Lemon Meringue Pie. garrettsambo@aol.com
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
no disasters but I haven't tried to make anything that seems too complicated for me, I guess the triumph would have to be making pound cakes, just because I had to make them with a hand mixer
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My most disasterous was when I was about 8 or 9, I deceided to make my mother a surprise cake. I got up about 4 in the morning and decided to make of all things a chiffon cake. Well it calls for lots of eggs and etc. When that cake came out it was flat as a pancake and I cried and cried, but my mother said it was the thought that counted, but she was not happy I had used so many eggs.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My greatest success was the first time I made bread. I was inspired by a retired pro-wrestler (yeah, a "wrassler") interviewed in the student newspaper. He baked bread, read classic literature and was a tour guide at the local zoo. If he could do it, I could do it. And it did.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Oh, just pick me, I always enter and never win, but this book I REALLY want. I now live in the south (KY) and really need to show up my next door neighbor, she's just a little too cocky about her pies. And I'm telling you, they aren't that good. This old lady needs to be taken down a couple of notches!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
I made an apple pie in college from apples grown on my parent's farm for a girlfriend. It came out quite well.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My baking disaster was the time I made a red velvet cake and forgot to put in the baking powder. I ended up with a 1/2 inch thick red, tough cake. It didn't taste bad, but the texture was horrible.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My greatest baking success is finally learning how to make my great grandmother's pie crust using her method. It took me awhile, and I had a few of my greatest disasters during the process (including a pie crust that literally disintegrated and became part of the filling), but I've finally gotten the feel for it. I hope it makes her proud.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Success: Three layer chocolate wedding cake
Catastrophe: Three layer chocolate wedding cake that fell over...
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My own personal success was making a devil food cake once. Turned outlywonderful
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
In college, I made my own chocolate ganache cake. Definitely a big success for someone who never baked!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My biggest success is turning the dial to preheat the oven for someone else in the family who is baking!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My greates baking success was making about 12 full loves of pumpkin bread from scratch for family as gifts at Thanksgiving time! They turned out delicious too! =)
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Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
I have an old Hershey's cookbook that produces marvelous results every time. I make a great chocolate cake with a little strong, black coffee added for flavor.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
I am still learning so it is all a disater.
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Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Disaster? The typical adding salt instead of sugar - yes, I did it! Oh my!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My parents and grandparents were meeting my fiance for the first time - I was preparing my FIRST Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people.....guess who forgot to put sugar in the pumpkin pie? They never let me forget it - 25 years later!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My best experience was the first time I had help from my daughter making a red velvet cake. We made quite a mess but the cake was smokin' great!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My best baking experience was when I made a homemade chocolate cake from scratch with homemade frosting! I was very happy with the results and it tasted even better. Just made me think of it. I think I will make another one!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Mini pumpkin cheesecakes last Thanksgiving. People thought they came from a bakery.
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Very successful peach pie, very not successful strawberry pie.. both made at the same time.