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Dessert sauce for gingerbread
Caramel would be perfect! But as tapioca said it can be heavy, so I would also serve it with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream to help balance it. The combination of gingerbread, vanilla and caramel is wonderful ... I might have to make some this weekend!
Kitchen Aid Pasta Attachments?
I hated the attachment and ended up returning it as using it a dozen uses. While it was seemed easier to use, when I used the fettucine noodle attachment, it didn't cut completely through the dough and I had to try to pull the strands apart. More frustrating then it was worth. It's a known problem with their attachments.
I've since purchased a manual model and don't have the same problem. My recommendation is to save you money and buy a manual model -- it will save you a lot of frustration in the end.
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Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
my mom's salmon pie
Dessert sauce for gingerbread
Caramel would be perfect! But as tapioca said it can be heavy, so I would also serve it with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream to help balance it. The combination of gingerbread, vanilla and caramel is wonderful ... I might have to make some this weekend!
Kitchen Aid Pasta Attachments?
I hated the attachment and ended up returning it as using it a dozen uses. While it was seemed easier to use, when I used the fettucine noodle attachment, it didn't cut completely through the dough and I had to try to pull the strands apart. More frustrating then it was worth. It's a known problem with their attachments.
I've since purchased a manual model and don't have the same problem. My recommendation is to save you money and buy a manual model -- it will save you a lot of frustration in the end.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
Hard to pick one, but a pistachio & cardamom ice-cream with honey and cookies I had in Anchorage a couple years ago is especially memorable.
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'
Using olive oil in a brownie recipe. Definitely not a good thing.
Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'
My first cookbooks were included in a Winnie the Pooh boxed set I had as a child (and still have) -- The Pooh Cookbook and the Pooh Party Book.
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
a small piece of quality dark chocolate
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
Cheese and crackers or bread. Or plain pasta with some butter and Parmesan cheese.
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
Pasta with asparagus and goat cheese sacue. or Mac n Cheese.
Egg-free ice cream
@ljiwf, you should be fine with any ice cream that has a custard base, since they are usually cooked. you can do the philadelphia-style ice cream that has no egg, but you will get the best taste and texture from a custard based recipe.
If you do try and enjoy some of the ice creams on David Levovitz's website, then definitely check out his book, The Perfect Scoop. He has some great recipes. I have some other ice cream cookbooks, but I usually fall back on his.
Egg-free ice cream
Have you tried David Lebovitz's site? He has several chocolate ice cream recipes, including a couple egg-free versions. I haven't tried those, but I've had success with most of his other recipes.
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/recipes/
Are you looking for no egg at all? Because many ice creams start with a custard base -- and that cooks the egg so you don't have to worry about eating raw eggs.
What do you make with your cast iron?
My favorite thing to make in a cast iron pan is a Puff Pancake. The recipe I always use is from a Fine Cooking magazine, which you can also find here:
http://www.philipbarron.net/archives/puff-pancakes
I do find that you don't need to use as much butter as the recipes call for...i usually use 1/2 the amount.
Other than that, I don't use it for anything specific...they are great all around pans, and if it's well-seasoned enough it a great non-stick pan alternative.
Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1'
Strawberry or peach shortcake
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
The first time I made pie crust, I didn't cut the butter into the flour enough. So, when the pie baked, the huge chunks of butter I left caused the crust to melt off of the pie.
Encyclopedic Cookbooks of the World
For the Spanish equivalent to the Joy of Cooking, get 1,080 Recipes. An English version was recently published. I don't own it, so I can't say how good it is (although I've heard mostly positive things).
Cook the Book: 'L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook'
There's a vendor at the Alemany market in SF that has the best organic strawberries ... consistently great. Unfortunately the farm's name escapes me right now. Other than that, All Star Tamales for non-produce food.
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
Indian. or some additional Mexican recipes to complement the ones I already know.
Cook the Book: 'Rustic Fruit Desserts'
any kind of crisp, although right now a warm strawberry-rhubarb crisp with vanilla ice cream would be perfect
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
Sunday breakfasts. My mom would make stacks and stacks of crepes. The thinnest, lightest, tastiest crepes ever. I would enjoy them with a sprinkle of brown sugar and some maple syrup. It was always crepes -- my mom never made pancakes -- as a kid, I probably had pancakes only a handful of times and only when eating out.
What is your favorite ice cream novelty?
It's Its -- the mint or cappucino versions
Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'
tomatoes and lemons
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Homemade fettucine with asparagus pesto
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Kielke and farmer sausage with "gravy" (aka cream sauce with onions). Oh thank goodness for Mennonite roots. If only I worked like a farmer to work it off.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
I love Ziti and galic bread! Delicious!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Mom's Thanksgiving feast!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Roast chicken with mashed potatoes!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
I love pot roast with roasted potatoes, onions, and carrots. YUM!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Spaghetti and meatballs always goes over well here.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
My family would be happy if I'd make them chicken and dumplings at least once a week. (And it's so easy!)
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
My family did roast chicken dinners every Sunday when I was growing up. Can't beat grandma's cooking!
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.
Thank you so much for the chance to win.
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.
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my mom's salmon pie