Category: Cookbooks

This is a soup I have known about for sometime, but only just recently made. It's from the Moosewood Cookbook and is, in theory, vegetarian. But, I used some homemade chicken stock so mine was not so much vegetarian as it was just plain delicious! The original recipe called for 1/2 sour cream but I …

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Here's post number three for French Fridays with Dorie! I liked this soup a lot and think I'll definitely make it again! Psssssst...Buy the book! Stuff I learned: 1. I think my broth was thinner than it looked in the cookbook photo because I used light coconut milk. I thought the taste was still wonderful, …

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Oh, so here we are at French Friday's with Dorie Post #2. Where did the week go? And more importantly, I have got to get on the ball and post more, so it's just not FFwD posts from now on! Not that that would be bad of course, but I need to un-lazy myself and …

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Okay, so here it is -- post number one of French Fridays with Dorie. The recipe: Gougeres. The cookbook: Around My French Table by Dorie Greenspan. Go! To start, here are a few notes from my Gougeres-making experience: 1. Cheese + butter + flour + eggs + heat = delicious! 2. Don't set the speed …

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