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December 1st, 2009

Dark and Sticky Gingerbread from The New England Cookbook: 350 Recipies from Town and Country, Land and Sea, Hearth and Home

I am a gingerbread aficionado so I have lots of recipes, many of them excellent but this is one of my favorites. The title says it all - it is indeed dark and sticky. the recipes comes with a sherried... read more >


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Asian Noodles: Deliciously Simple Dishes To Twirl, Slurp, And Savor

By Nina Simonds
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997

14th November 2009

Rainbow Peanut Noodles

This is my go-to recipe for pot lucks and picnics. Can be made with chicken or shrimp or you could leave meat out entirely and just enjoy the veggies and noodles

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Cold-Weather Cooking

By Sarah Leah Chase
Workman Publishing Company - 1990

This is just half a recommendation. I don't make the cake but I do make the rum sauce to put on my own favorite Brown Sugar pecan pound cake and it's delicious

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22nd November 2009

Neiman Marcus apple Pie

This is an unusual apple pie recipe - recommended to be served the following day. When I make it I use the cardamom. Only negative is that I have never been able to fit that many apples into even my deep 10 inch pie pan.

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Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed

By Shirley O. Corriher
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997

1st December 2009

Touch of Grace biscuits

These are delicious - directions are easy to follow. I think these might live up to my Grandmothers.

Shirley Corriher said she once got a standing ovation for them at an international food conference in Sicily.

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1st December 2009

Deviled Eggs with Caviar

These are not your mother's deviled eggs. There are delicious with shallots and chives and lemon zest - worthy of your best cocktail parties.

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Emeril's TV Dinners: Kickin' It Up a Notch with Recipes from Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril

By Emeril Lagasse, Pam Hoenig, Brian Smale
HarperCollins Canada / Non-Fiction - 1998

1st December 2009

St John's Club Kale Soup

This is an excellent recipe - makes a wonderfully hearty soup. Perfect for winter - all you need is some good bread to go with it.

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Moosewood Restaurant Book of Desserts (Moosewood Collection)

By Moosewood Collective
Three Rivers Press - 1997

1st December 2009

Dark Chocolate layer Cake

this is a good reliable recipe for chocolate cake (and if you are deep into chocolate, add the chocolate ganache from page 314 - which is also a reliable recipe

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1st December 2009

Frosted orange layer cake

This is a wonderful cake - with orange juice, orange peel and orange juice concentrate, it is wonderfully fresh tasting. They recommend orange frosting but I often put the chocolate ganache on it (pg 314). And if you want a really special cake - check out pages 90-91 to use this cake to make Cassata - really delicious.

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1st December 2009

Texas Italian Cream Cake

Should be clear here - there isn't anything wrong with this recipe. It reliably makes this cake - which is neither Italian or especially creamy. It is a southern favorite and like many southern desserts, too sweet for my taste. The cream cheese frosting (pg 89) benefits from a generous squeeze of lemon juice but I am not enough of a chemist to know if I could take out some of the sugar without destroying the texture. But if you like your cake really sweet - this will meet the need. (contains pecans and coconut)

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1st December 2009

Cowboy Cookies

This is a very easy and good recipe for chocolate chip oatmeal cookies - makes a lot if you are feeding a crowd.

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The New England Cookbook: 350 Recipies from Town and Country, Land and Sea, Hearth and Home

By Brooke Dojny
Harvard Common Press - 1999

1st December 2009

Dark and Sticky Gingerbread

I am a gingerbread aficionado so I have lots of recipes, many of them excellent but this is one of my favorites. The title says it all - it is indeed dark and sticky. the recipes comes with a sherried foamy sauce but I have never tried it because this one cries for whipped cream.

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The New England Table

By Lora Brody, Heath Robbins, Susie Cushner
Chronicle Books - 2005

14th November 2009

maple pecan scones

This is both a simple and delicious recipe - have had people tell me they are the best scones they have ever eaten.

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Take Two & Butter 'em While they're Hot

By Barbara Swell
Native Ground Music, Inc - 1998

22nd November 2009

Scandanavian Sweet Bread

This is a great recipe. Makes three good size braided loaves. I do find, however, that it turns out better if I mix it entirely by hand.

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The Uncommon Gourmet

By Ellen Helman
Font & Center Pr - 1990

1st December 2009

Green Beans Gremolata

This is my favorite way to fix green beans and the gremolata sauce can be used on other things - it's great on sauteed scallops.

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The Uncommon Gourmet's All-Occasion Cookbook

By Ellen Helman
Font & Center Pr - 1996

1st December 2009

Cranberry-Glazed Brie

This is a great holiday appetizer - easy to fix, can be prepared in advance and just baked at the last minute and it's delicious.

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Vegetarian Planet

By Didi Emmons
Harvard Common Press - 1997

1st December 2009

Fruited Sherry Bread

This is somewhere between a bread and a fruitcake but it is truly delicious - you get to pick the mix of fruits - I like it with dates, apricots, dried cranberries and cherries and pineapple. Keeps well.

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This is my favorite pizza - easy to make and absolutely delicious (lots of garlic)

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The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook

By Christopher Kimball
Little, Brown and Company - 1998

I cannot believe that I am recommending tuna noodle casserole but this isn't the version with the canned onions on top. This is delicious with fresh mushrooms, parmesan cheese and a bit of sherry. The basic recipe is the master recipe for noodle casserole and they recommend turkey or chicken but you should try it with tuna at least once to prove that a tuna noodle casserole is actually edible.

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1st December 2009

master recipe for meat load

Their basic recipe for meat loaf is excellent - I sometimes mess with it by adding a few things but made following the directions exactly, it will always produce an excellent result.

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