Alison's Profile

From: Stratford, ON Canada

Joined: February 6th, 2009

About me: I love to cook, but have been slightly more pressed for time since my son has been born! When I can, I love to make pasta and expose Connor to lots of new tastes so he will love food as much as I!

Favorite cookbook: The Gourmet Cookbook

Soft Meringue Pillows with Raspberry Sauce from Everyday Food

Very easy and tasty recipe. It doesn't take much time but looks impressive! read more >

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The Gourmet Cookbook: More than 1000 recipes

By Zanne Early Stewart, Ruth Reichl, John Willoughby
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2006

This is a very good and easy to make cupcake recipe. I have made it several times and always enjoyed them. The frostings for them are good, but I really like the lemon one, so don't bother with the chocolate one anymore - makes a lot of frosting - have tried freezing half, will report if it worked, otherwise maybe 1/2 the recipe.

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See review for buttermilk cupcakes. This makes a lot of icing. I love the lemon, chocolate ok. Trust me, the lemon rocks.

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I made the Cuban Pork, which wasn't bad, but then had a lot of pork loin left over - the cuban sandwich was the perfect choice. Not a mixture I would think of putting together myself, I made them up for lunch one day, then then next. Froze some of the pork, and then had them again another time. Easy to put together, great in the sandwich maker. Just have to make the Cuban pork again...

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These are very good and very quick to make. I have never made even close to the 12 1/2 dozen it says - they must be very tiny indeed. I like larger cookies and find this recipe makes 30 - 40 regular sized cookies. 150 must be about the size of batter surrounding 1 choclate chip.

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