With a cookbook collection of more than 50 cookbooks I recently realized that I have to put the brakes on any further purchases. My latest strategy has been to “test drive” cookbooks on my wishlist from the library. One book that has been on my wishlist for a few months now is Ad Hoc at [...]
This week’s Barefoot Bloggers challenge comes courtesy of Karen of Shortbread. I was pretty indifferent when I saw the pick: Caesar Club Sandwich. I mean I love Caesar salads, but chicken? No bueno. And sandwiches can go either way. All I have to say is HOLY GEEZ! This sandwich is AMAZING. Seriously. I’m pretty sure [...]
Jan 172010
This week’s Barefoot Bloggers pick comes from Todd of A Cooking Dad. When I saw that his pick involved chicken I wasn’t thrilled because chicken is definitely not my fave. But when I looked at the ingredient list I realized it could be pretty alright. This is a 5-ingredient recipe and uses ingredients that many [...]
Dec 292009
I was reading the Food Section of the New York Times and stumbled upon this recipe for a risotto-style pasta dish by Mark Bittman. I love risotto and I love pasta so I figured I’d see how this would all work out. It was kind of labour intensive for no reason! The pasta didn’t end [...]
For the past maybe 5 or 6 years I’ve put Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 1 on my Christmas wish list. For some reason no one has EVER bought it for me. I was ordering books from Amazon a few weeks ago and decided to finally make my own Christmas and [...]
Every Wednesday I read the New York Times Dining Section. I love reading the restaurant reviews, articles about food issues and of course the recipes! Every week I e-mail myself at least one recipe out of the NY Times Dining Section – a few weeks ago it was this recipe for larb gai. Now I’ve [...]
Sep 062009
So I had this eggplant just hanging out in my fridge needing to be used up. I didn’t want to BUY another eggplant in order to make a large eggplant dish (it felt counterproductive) so instead I started looking for recipes featuring eggplant. I’d also been craving pasta so I started searching for some sort [...]
I fully admit that I have an obsession with Fried Chicken. It may come from living in Harlem for two years (Harlem stand up!) OR it could come from my past life of being a Southern grandmother… not sure. When I saw this recipe for The Ultimate Crisp Fried Chicken from Cook’s Illustrated I knew [...]
I’m always looking for new things to do with chicken. I’ve made it clear that I’m not a lover of chicken but I have a hard time coming to terms with that since it’s a pretty affordable and versatile protein. My main “beef” (no pun intended) with chicken is that the next day it has [...]
Jun 062009
I’ve been on a quest for the past few months to make awesome Chinese food. For the most part I’ve had success thanks to Helen Chen’s Home Cooking. This cookbook is FANTASTIC! It’s a great mix of traditional Chinese recipes and Chinese-American recipes. Totally up my alley. I was at work the other day and [...]
