Category: Cookbooks

The other night I had a hankerin' to make something a little different. Since jwa and I do enjoy the curry, I decided to give this recipe a try. It's from the book, Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table by Mai Pham and it was really good! The lemongrass gives it an awesome flavor. Whack your …

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February's Weekend Cookbook Challenge is hosted by Foodie Chickie this month and she's chosen Nigella Lawson as the theme. This is awesome as I recently got a Nigella Lawson cookbook. Perfect! This is a super quick dinner (it's from Nigella Express) and it was pretty tasty. Something about bacon drippings (or pancetta, I s'pose), wine, …

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This is the second recipe that I've made out of Nigella Express and I have to admit, for a book I probably wouldn't have just gotten on my own, it's track record is pretty good. I changed recipe a bit using 2% milk instead of full-fat milk and also adding some leftover, sauteed spinach and …

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Oh, next week there will be Beef Wellington. But this week, it's a lovely Russian Carrot Pie from the new edition of the Enchanted Broccoli Forest by Mollie Katzen. And how fitting that January's Weekend Cookbook Challenge is all about the healthy vegetables. Perfect timing! And, I'm even early. Hooray! I'm not quite sure what …

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I recently came across Running with Tweezers call for chili recipes and I remembered that I had the most perfect cookbook for this -- Chili Nation by Jane and Michael Stern. This is basically a collection of 50 chili recipes, one from every state. Now normally, when I make chili, it's veggie chili and I …

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