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Cook the Book: The Southern Italian Table
Pasta fagioli pantry staples...and cheap ones to boot!
Chinese Tea Candy
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these are awesome. i like the green tea ones personally. theyre sweet but not like super sweet and a lil gritty (weird i know) but they have the most intense tea flavor.
i usually buy mine in chinese supermarkets in flushing.
Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'
Betty Crocker Cookbook (with the red checkered cover) and so began my adventures...
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Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
id have to say hotpot with the family. lots of people, lots of food, and its slow so everyone keeps talking .....i love long leisurely dinners.
Cook the Book: The Southern Italian Table
Pasta fagioli pantry staples...and cheap ones to boot!
Chinese Tea Candy
http://www.tenren.com/snacks.html
these are awesome. i like the green tea ones personally. theyre sweet but not like super sweet and a lil gritty (weird i know) but they have the most intense tea flavor.
i usually buy mine in chinese supermarkets in flushing.
Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'
Betty Crocker Cookbook (with the red checkered cover) and so began my adventures...
Cook the Book: 'Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Book'
the first time we smoked ribs at a friends place..something great about watching a process from beginning to end.
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
chocolate raspberry or caramel macaroons... just writing the name makes my mouth water....
Cook the Book: 'The Barcelona Cookbook'
probably the first time i had it in barcelona on vacation as a young teenager...mmmmm =)
Cook the Book: 'Seven Fires'
chimichurri skirt steak ....its just that sauce! i can slather it on anything!
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
id love more lessons on Thai cooking...mmmm =)
Cook the Book: 'Bottega Favorita' by Frank Stitt
homemade mushroom ravioli with a light cream sauce...mmmmm
Should Restaurants Charge No-Show Fees?
can i as a customer charge a restaurant back for making me wait past my reservation time? or how about when they "LOSE" my reservation? what rights do *I* have as a diner??
Cook the Book: 'Tacos'
shrimp tacos in a lil outdoor cafe ...soo delish!
What’s Your Favorite Weird Snack Combo?
i dip sour cream and onion ruffles potato chips in strawberry yogurt. its so weird..but so gooood. i love the sweet and salty!!
Cook the Book: 'Real Cajun'
when i was 5 my dad made a batch of fried fish that were soo delicious that i literally could not stop eating them. i ended up with the tummy ache of a lifetime. i had to lie on the couch while my parents took turns rubbing my tummy and soothing me. but to this day..i can not turn away fried fish. mmmmm =D
Cook the Book: 'The Asian Grill'
beautiful grilled chicken ....completely raw insides. =(
Cook the Book: ''Wichcraft'
maybe a peking duck something or other with all the trimmings!
Cook the Book: 'Urban Italian'
LOVE the spaghetti with fish roe that i had at a Japanese/Italian fusion place..mmmmm
Cook the Book: 'Ten'
convinced a friend to fly to paris with me just so i can get my hands on those lovely macaroons that ive only seen pictures of.
TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!! =D
I have a tub of pork floss. Now what?
i use it in sandwiches, layer egg omelet with it on buttered toast..
or...ive had it rolled into kimbap...oh so many options!!
Cook the Book: 'Kneadlessly Simple'
hm...do popovers count?? id love to learn more bread baking skills tho!!
Cook the Book: 'On the Line'
very simply! either with just a lil salt/pepper butter and lemon or ginger/scallion. mmmm. =)
Cook the Book: 'Almost Meatless'
either falafels ...or eggplant parm! mmmm
Beef Noodle Soup / Niu Rou Mein
i generally add a bit of brown sugar (or rock sugar), ginger to this as well...
Cook the Book: 'Osteria'
chinese red braised oxtail stew with noodles!!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Spaghetti with meatballs and chunks of Italian sausage in a smooth garlicky red sauce, caesar salad with homemade garlic croutons, warm crusty Italian bread with butter, a nice barolo, and lemon cheesecake for dessert.
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.
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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.
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id have to say hotpot with the family. lots of people, lots of food, and its slow so everyone keeps talking .....i love long leisurely dinners.