When I need a whole bunch of hard boiled eggs, usually I steam them on a rack, in a large, shallow pan. It works flawlessly. When I need just a few eggs, I (...)
I usually post food reviews over on the gadget and review blog, but I haven't been doing as much cooking as usual, and food is food, so ...I'll be posting a (...)
Braised chicken with peppers and tomatoes from french cookbook
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No, I haven't decided to make the blog bilingual or French. But this recipe is from a French cookbook. If your first thought about a French cookbook is that (...)
Whoop, whoop, another fun (and free) book for my participation in the Abrams Dinner Party.This time the book is Home Made Christmas by Yvette van Boven. When I (...)
When I got the book Cake!, my first instinct was to make one of the coffee cakes. I absolutely adore all kinds of coffee cakes, and they're usually not too (...)
When I got the book Korean Home Cooking from Abrams books (free, because I'm participating in the Abrams Dinner Party) I was really curious. What's Korean home (...)
Once again, I'm working with Abrams Books to tell you about their cookbooks. I had a blast doing this last year (and I collected a lot of cookbooks!) so I was (...)
I love cherries. When I was a kid, they were undoubtedly my favorite fruit. Apples and bananas were okay, but cherries were awesome.So, when the Northwest (...)
Shrimp scampi. What's not to love? Butter, garlic, seafood ... yum!For some reason, I don't make it very often, but when I saw a recipe in Gumbo Love by Lucy (...)
If you've read this blog at all, you probably know that I belong to a group where we mail cookbooks around in a round-robin style. When I got Half Baked (...)
Better Than Store Bought Ranch Dip from The Weekday Lunches and Breakfasts Cookbook
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A bottle of dressing. So un-photogenic.Sometimes I am such a dork. I saw this recipe for ranch DIP and made it and wondered why it was so thick because in my (...)
So, here's the deal. This past cookbook season, Abrams has been sending me free cookbooks that have recently been published. Yup, free. Nada cost. It's good to (...)
When I found out that Kristy Bernardo, who blogs at The Wicked Noodle, had written a cookbook featuring recipes for the Instant Pot, I put it right in my (...)
Green sauce recipe from the austin cookbook by paula forbes
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So, I was browsing through my most recent acquisition from #AbramsDinnerParty (where I get free cookbooks) and I ran across a recipe for a green sauce that's (...)
Cream of mushroom soup recipe without pressure cooker
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Okay, you don't need to cook this in the pressure cooker - it's perfectly fine on the stove, simmering in a pot, but the pressure cooker speeds up the process (...)
