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Category Archives: Cookbooks
Happy Easter 2008!
Easter Sunday! We once again made roast duck. My mom stuffed them with green apples, adding great flavor and a bit of acidity, which is nice with fatty foods. The stars of the meal were the Junior’s cheesecake, which I … Continue reading
I cooked an Asian meal today
Chinese dinner tonight for friends. I guess I’m just crazy enough to make Chinese food for Chinese guests, but I figure they’d appreciate the gesture as I do when someone serves me up some Eisbein that is less than echt. … Continue reading
One recipe of Nigella’s bites
I like Nigella Lawson’s cookbooks. I got a used copy of Nigella Bites (2002) the other day and prepared two recipes thus far: chocolate fudge cake (page 47) and liptauer (page 161). I am always on the lookout for a … Continue reading
The $3 cupcake
I baked my version of the $3.00 cupcake today using the sour cream cake recipe from The Ebony Cookbook (1978), by Freda DeKnight, and a basic milk chocolate buttercream recipe from school. Just to be interesting I used pans with … Continue reading
Boulud’s Braise
I made two recipes from Daniel Boulud’s Braise (2006) today, the tripe with spicy yellow peppers and watercress (pg. 100) and Southern-style black-eyed peas with bacon (pg. 181). Let’s talk tripe. I love it, and this dish sounded so damned … Continue reading
Buttercup Bakes at Home
I broke down and baked cookies today. Steve had gotten me a slew of cookbooks for Christmas last year, including Buttercup Bakes at Home (2006), by Jennifer Appel, which has some enticing recipes, so I chose the peanut butter and … Continue reading
Boulud’s Braise
I received Daniel Boulud’s Braise for Christmas and spent the afternoon putting together the Mackerel with Herb Curry (pg. 158), having been seduced by its glossy representation. The Spanish Mackerel looked pretty sad at the fish store, so I substituted … Continue reading
