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Greatest Pizza Box Ever Designed: No need to waste!
@squeezebottle is right -- since you can't recycle the oily cardboard you're still throwing it away anyways. i guess it saves four paper plates if you aren't serving pizza on ceramic plates....
Cook the Book: Paula Deen's Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes
not that i am defending this recipe because i don't even like pumpkin, but i will say i made the barefoot contessa coconut cupcakes last weekend and they were just as bad in terms of contents -- OVER a box of powdered sugar (including the frosting), a box and a half of cream cheese, two bags of sweetened coconut, and nearly two boxes of butter if i recall. delicious if you forget what's inside! ;)
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
pa amb tomaquet -- basically grated tomato on top of toast with jamon serrano. addicting and ridiculously simple to make.
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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
besides pwc i love orangette and anything ruhlman!
Greatest Pizza Box Ever Designed: No need to waste!
@squeezebottle is right -- since you can't recycle the oily cardboard you're still throwing it away anyways. i guess it saves four paper plates if you aren't serving pizza on ceramic plates....
Cook the Book: Paula Deen's Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes
not that i am defending this recipe because i don't even like pumpkin, but i will say i made the barefoot contessa coconut cupcakes last weekend and they were just as bad in terms of contents -- OVER a box of powdered sugar (including the frosting), a box and a half of cream cheese, two bags of sweetened coconut, and nearly two boxes of butter if i recall. delicious if you forget what's inside! ;)
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
pa amb tomaquet -- basically grated tomato on top of toast with jamon serrano. addicting and ridiculously simple to make.
Dinner Tonight: Courgette Carbonara
AGREE with the carbonrara having no cream -- which is why it's weird that in his "happy days" book (i THINK that's the one) he has carbonara made with cream. hmph! jamie you let me down! :)
Olympic Figure Skater Brian Boitano in a New Food Network Series
that's just weird. ha.
Sriracha
i mix it in when i'm making hummus, and now my co-workers roommate hassles me every time he sees me to make some more for her to bring home.
i add it to sauteed green beans, stir fries, on pizza -- it's incredibly versatile -- anything you can add chiles and garlic to!
Mac and cheese?????
have to second the martha stewart mac and cheese. my boyfriend literally has a chemical addition to tit.
Zucchini side dish suggestions?
this is my favorite light zucchini recipe -- thin strips grilled with mint, lemon, olive oil, and chili pepper
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/salad-recipes/courgette-salad-with-mint-garlic-red-chi#
Video: Sandra Lee 'Delicious, Delicious, Delicious' Montage
ugh i HATE when she says "super simple" and "TO THIS add ....."
Cook the Book: 'The Barcelona Cookbook'
in madrid on sept 11, 2001. we went to a tapas bar called lateral, on calle velazquez i believe (or serrano i forget which) and everyone was so incredibly nice to us bewildered american students that still didn't know fully what had happened except for the spanish news. the host and waitress were so kind to us, checking to see if we were holding up ok, and we got the meal on the house. it ended up incidentally being my favorite tapas place for the two years that i lived there, but that night was really special because of the kindness of strangers.
"dinner" vs "supper"
concord ma -- definitely dinner and soda. never used the word supper in my life!
Cook the Book: 'Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries & Shakes'
oddly enough it was at the soho house in london -- it was on a house-made bun with a tomato compote on top. so good i had TWO. medium rare. yummm.
What food do you never cook because your too nice?
EGGPLANT. one time the BF puked like 5 years ago after i made him eggplant parm (funny -- everyone else was JUST fine...) and he now blames the eggplant. and won't eat it. and i don't really feel like making a whole eggplant just for myself.
then again, he never gets his beloved fish since i inexplicably hate fish so -- i guess we're equal. he can order all the fish he wants when we go out to eat :)
Success With Garlic
i am in PR -- and i am shuddering looking at this. one should really make sense before trying to sell something.
Entertainment Chef Milt Drewer's YouTube Video, Rachael Ray
if you're pretending to find someone on youtube and recommending this funny guy (when really it's you), you should at least keep your identity consistent in the same thread that you posted on.
Cook the Book: 'L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook'
the brazilian bbq place at the LA farmer's market (ie the 3rd and fairfax one above). so. good. line. so. long!
Herbs de Provence
on avec eric he sprinkles it on chicken tenders, bakes them in a toaster oven, and then makes a honey mustard sauce to dip them in. not bad for a quick fix!
Good Morning and Happy Friday!
@juliebean i'm assuming it's an english breakfast ie with a roasted tomato and beans.
Cook the Book: 'Seven Fires'
any meat. and pao de queijo!
French in a Flash: Chaussons aux Pommes with Cinnamon Crème Fraîche
ditto to all this. love the post.
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
definitely indian. it's intimidating because the ingredient list is so long and it's such a different style than the western european dishes i make all of the time. but i need to branch out!
Weekend Cook and Tell: Toaster Cuisine
i've made eric ripert's raspberry clafoutis and herbed chicken tenders with honey mustard from the aveceric blog mentioned above, both to good reviews! worth checking out for sure.
Visiting supermarkets when traveling - doesn't everyone?
totally agree with @Cassaendra -- i always try and pick up gifts for either the people i am visiting or people back home, and food gifts are what i choose 99% of the time. and on a more selfish level, i love stocking up on local specialties that are hard to find back home! i'm going to paris and barcelona this fall and i know my suitcase is going to be packed to the brim with foodstuffs on the way back!
Bhut Jolokia peppers
we got our bhut jolokia at the Gainesville, FL hot pepper festival '09. we transplanted it into one of those giant dog-washing-tubs from Lowe's with a few bags of potting soil and manure. fertilized it every few weeks and eventually (when it the heat got below 95 degrees) it flowered like hell, and soon after i had between 60 and 70 peppers on the plant. the peppers are just now starting to ripen; a beautiful display of orange, red, and lime green. the plant is a monster. i am 6'4'' and i can look at the bhut jolokia face to face when im watering it. it's def. the king of our garden.
anyways, im sure you figured out what to do with your chiles since you started this post a few years ago, but my recommendation would be to just experiment the hell out of it. make hot sauce, cook with it, preserve some, dry some, make insecticide, pin one on the wall (a sacrifice to the chile gods), so on and so forth. here's a little recipe i "cooked" up over halloween weekend this year:
"tabasco burgers with caramelized ghost chile and onion"
- 1.5 pounds lean ground beef
- 6 oz package of goat cheese
- 10 fresh tabasco peppers (red and orange for sweetness)
- 2 green SEEDED bhut jolokias (unripened for the tang)
- one whole sweet onion
- four cloves of garlic
1. chop up the tabascos and throw into the goat cheese package. shake and mix it up. put in the fridge.
2. chop up your bhut jolokias, the onion, and garlic and put in a pan with some olive oil. let that cook at a medium heat. it will take a while
3. combine all of the goat cheese/tabasco with all of the beef. yes, all of it. make into two or three patties -- or one big one if you're a t-rex
4. grill it!
5. go check on your bhuts and onions. the onion should be completely browned when caramelized, and super sweet.
6. put the burger (cooked to your liking) and the caramelized bhut-onion-garlic mix on the bun of your choice.
7. eat it.
OPTIONAL: we also made this blue cheese spread that i put on the burger -- and it was super awesome.
- a 6 oz container of blue cheese
- jar of sour cream
- fresh minced garlic to taste
- a few oz of lime juice
--- mix all that stuff. that's it. spread it on the burger. eat it. the spread also work as a great chip dip.
side note: prepare to gain 34 pounds after eating.
side note 2: prepare to take a very painful dump at an interstate rest stop the next day.
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Hard to choose. I started out in food blog land with I Was Just Hungry.
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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Divine Caroline is one of my favs
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Serious Eats and The Wicked Noodle. Looks like a lot of people like Smitten Kitchen, so I'm going to have to check that out!
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Serious Eats & Chocolate & Zucchini.
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Serious Eats and The Wicked Noodle. Looks like a lot of people like Smitten Kitchen, so I'm going to have to check that out!
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Serious Eats and The Wicked Noodle. Looks like a lot of people like Smitten Kitchen, so I'm going to have to check that out!
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
I like Serious Eats of course. I also like Smitten Kitchen.
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
My favorite food blogs are this one and Culinate.
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Serious Eats is my favorite. Simply Recipes is my second favorite.
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Baking Bites and Simply Recipes. I want to cook and eat pretty much everything from these sites!!
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
I love so many sites. I love Serious Eats (of course), PW's and any cake blog. I have a major sweet tooth.
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
A year of slow cooking!
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Simply Recipes!
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Simply Recipes!
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Besides Serious Eats, I go to PWC and Chow
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Pioneer Woman Cooks is one I go to all the time.. love the step by step pictures and delicious home cooked meals :)
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Pioneer Woman Cooks is one I go to all the time.. love the step by step pictures and delicious home cooked meals :)
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/ is one of my favorites (along with SE, of course!) - her entire blog receives several visits a day from me as I check to see if there is anything new - I discovered this delightful site this summer - I've tried several of her recipes, and am smitten - I'd really love to win her cookbook!
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Serious Eats has been my go to site for a long time...consistent quality, informed contributors, great topics. What's not to love!
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
PWC is my favorite. A second would be Bakerella.
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
i love serious eats!
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besides pwc i love orangette and anything ruhlman!