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Serious Cocktails: The Gin Boomlet
Bluecoat is currently my favorite gin. (Martinis with Lillet every Friday). Second would be Hendricks.
Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 4
Jen C is Amber from House! Good call.
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
My husband frequently bakes pies and roles up leftover dough with cinnamon to make little pastry roles. Can never stop eating them!
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Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'
My mother had a set of Better and Homes and Gardens cookbooks on different themes (Main Dishes, Foreign Dishes, etc.) I think she got one a month by mail. I made an entire Chinese dinner party for her friends when I was 16. Also learned to make Chicken Cacciatore from one of the books, which I have changed over the years and developed into my signature dish.
Serious Cocktails: The Gin Boomlet
Bluecoat is currently my favorite gin. (Martinis with Lillet every Friday). Second would be Hendricks.
Watch It with Us: 'Top Chef Las Vegas,' Ep. 4
Jen C is Amber from House! Good call.
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
My husband frequently bakes pies and roles up leftover dough with cinnamon to make little pastry roles. Can never stop eating them!
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
Any leftover pasta in the fridge, then add gorgonzola cheese, heat in microwave. Or frozen pot pies. Or Trader Joe's pizza.
Do You Eat or Email First?
Get up about 5:30, feed dogs, make coffee, take coffee cup to computer to check email and favorite websites. Then exercise, then eat eat breakfast (around 7-7:30).
'The Next Food Network Star' Season 5 Finale Breaks Cable Records
Some of us have Tivo and can still watch True Blood!
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
Chile made with red beans and tofu, seasoned with chipotle chile, and served on cornbread.
Cook the Book: '660 Curries' by Raghavan Iyer
Hard to remember my first encounter but my most lasting encounter was a restaurant in Simi Valley, CA that I think is no longer there. I tried several dishes and it inspired me to try cooking some Indian food. I made a killer chicken curry lately and I want to try more. I am intrigued by the cuisine because I am quite an accomplished cook but it is one cuisine that I really need to learn about, not really understanding how the spices work together.
Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1'
Grilled chicken and potato salad, with a caprese salad on the side
Watch It with Us: 'The Next Food Network Star,' Episode 7
Very painful as usual. I think Melissa will win. Debbie has to go next.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Pies are my favorite food to make. I make killer apple pie, pecan pie, strawberry-rhubarb, etc. My apple pie is probably my most triumphant - can't really recall a pie failure.
Cook the Book: 'The Barcelona Cookbook'
Amazing Tortilla Espanola!
Cook the Book: 'Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries & Shakes'
Burger with slab of canned Ortega chile, cheddar cheese and grilled onions
Cook the Book: 'L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook'
Shepherd who sells greens at Santa Barbara Farmers Market
Cook the Book: 'Seven Fires'
Used to order a dish called Fish al vapor at a local Brazilian restaurant that has been long closed. I think it just means steamed fish, but it was a filet stewed in a tomato saffron broth with potatoes, tomatoes, onions and a yellow rice. We have been trying to duplicate it ever since and have come kind of close.
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
Indian because it is one cuisine where I really don't understand how all the spices used come together. This book would be so helpful!
Cook the Book: 'Rustic Fruit Desserts'
Strawberry rhubarb pie, although I have to say I love all fruit desserts. Figs are wonderful to use!
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
My Italian grandmother's spaghetti sauce. It was very simple - no meat at all. At one point in my childhood I knew it was important to preserve her recipe and watched her make it and wrote everything down. But I did not keep the recipe (I was young and foolish!) and unfortunately nobody in the family can duplicate it. Suc a loss.
Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'
I have a very productive persimmon tree and would like to can some products made from them (jam, chutney, etc.) Also grow tomatoes and would like to use them.
Cook the Book: 'Bottega Favorita' by Frank Stitt
Lasagne with tomato meat sauce (including italian sausage), and besciamella, mozzarella and parmesan. Using homemade pasta noodleswhenever possible.
Cook the Book: 'Serious Barbecue' by Adam Perry Lang
It's kind of basic, but happy to finally have figured out how to barbecue chicken without burning it. Delicious with a simple lemon, olive oil, herb marinade.
Cook the Book: 'Tacos'
Being in Baja and buying wonderful wonderful beef tacos and fried potatoes for breakfast from a woman in a little trailer by the side of the road.
Cook the Book: 'Real Cajun'
My Italian Nana's spaghetti.
Cook the Book: 'The Asian Grill'
I always have a mishap trying to barbecue chicken. Always a fire! Quite a challenge.
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My mother had a set of Better and Homes and Gardens cookbooks on different themes (Main Dishes, Foreign Dishes, etc.) I think she got one a month by mail. I made an entire Chinese dinner party for her friends when I was 16. Also learned to make Chicken Cacciatore from one of the books, which I have changed over the years and developed into my signature dish.