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Cook the Book: 'Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon'
It's the critical component in the best sandwich in the world: the BLT
Cook the Book: 'Dishing Up Vermont'
PA -- pretzels, cheesesteaks, corn, whoopie pies, shoo-fly pie
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
We had these little egg custard pastries in Lisbon that were the most delectable treats ever -- and they also eat them for breakfast!
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Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'
My first cookbook was a Junior Betty Crocker that had an insanely creepy jack-o-lantern cake. I lusted after that cake (and its candy corn teeth) but, alas, I don't recall ever making it.
Cook the Book: 'Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon'
It's the critical component in the best sandwich in the world: the BLT
Cook the Book: 'Dishing Up Vermont'
PA -- pretzels, cheesesteaks, corn, whoopie pies, shoo-fly pie
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
We had these little egg custard pastries in Lisbon that were the most delectable treats ever -- and they also eat them for breakfast!
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
Fried egg sandwiches are nice. So are poached eggs atop black beans with dollops of salsa and crema. Egg salad sandwiches on sourdough toast are pretty tasty. Spinach and swiss cheese omelets are good. And sometimes, I'll even make deviled eggs and eat them all myself.
Vive the humble egg!
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
fresh corn on the cob, tomatoes, and watermelon -- the best of summer!
Cook the Book: '660 Curries' by Raghavan Iyer
My first encounter was at a buffet and I was terrified! Everyone in my small Midwestern town had always warned me how spicy Indian food was and in that time (the 70's) and place, "spicy" was usually regarded with suspicion. . .
Now I think I could eat Indian food for every single meal!
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: A Piece of Cake
Nothing better in the world than a coconut cake with cream cheese icing and lots and lots of toasted coconut.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Open a bottle of "Simply Lemondade" and enjoy.
Cook the Book: 'L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook'
Here in Lancaster, PA we have a wonderful downtown market -- in fact, it's the oldest farmers' market in the country. Whoopie pies, grass-fed beef, produce that was picked just a few hours earlier. My favorite stand is Hodecker's Celery -- a tiny little stand that offers the crunchiest, cleanest-tasting celery imaginable!
Summer reading and food: Anyone read these two or suggestions?
Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Nguyen is a wonderful food-oriented memoir about a Vietnamese girl's attempt to assimilate into the U.S. in the 1970's. (She envied the Jiffy corn muffins of her elementary school friends while she ate pho at home.)
Also highly recommend Miriam's Kitchen by Elizabeth Ehrlich -- one woman's search for identity via the decision to keep a kosher kitchen.
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
Really good Indian food
Cook the Book: 'Rustic Fruit Desserts'
strawberry-rhubarb pie
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
My grandmother and I would spend the afternoon picking blackberries in the Ohio countryside. We'd put bands around our pant legs and sleeves in order to thwart the chiggers that were waiting to pounce on us and then, later that day, she'd make us the best blackberry cobbler in the world.
Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'
I'd like to learn to make marmalade that tastes as good as the high-end packaged versions.
Cook the Book: 'Bottega Favorita' by Frank Stitt
gnocchi with a lemon butter sauce
Cook the Book: 'Tacos'
La Super Rica in Santa Barbara, California. Still drooling at the memory -- a decade later.
Cook the Book: 'Urban Italian'
Bacon, lettuce, and tomato pizza -- with crispy lardons, shreds of argula piled on after baking, and chunks of fresh, ripe tomatoes
Cook the Book: 'Ten'
A Cincinnati girl living in L.A., I longed for the traditional "three-way" chili/spaghetti/cheese dish that was ubiquitous in my home town. One night, my boyfriend announced that he had a surprise for me. We got in the car and drove deep into Orange County where he had found a little restaurant run by former Cincinnatians that served -- yep! -- the famous three-way chili. I was ecstatic. But things got even better --later that night, he proposed!
Cook the Book: 'Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating'
Less meat = more health
Cook the Book: 'Kneadlessly Simple'
Challah -- I took a lesson from a rabbi's wife!
Cook the Book: 'Almost Meatless'
Macaroni & Cheese with a bit of bacon
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My first cookbook was a Junior Betty Crocker that had an insanely creepy jack-o-lantern cake. I lusted after that cake (and its candy corn teeth) but, alas, I don't recall ever making it.