Peckish Sister's Profile

From: Central, FL USA

Joined: December 11th, 2010

About me: I have always liked to cook, particularly breads, fruits, vegetables, vegetarian, poultry and lamb dishes. After marriage we cooked together progressively more difficult dishes with him doing the meat, grilling and frying, and I did the "dough" and the same type of things I had before. After children we started cooking more simply. After discovering the cause of my frequent migraines was an evolving long list of chemicals and odd ingredients, I began getting back to cooking from basic ingredients, and found I could be well again. I also try to cooking from what I can get in season at the ever present fruit and vegetable stands.

Favorite cookbook: America's Test Kitchen / Cooks Illustrated Books

Latest review:

May 20th, 2020

Manchester Stew from Skinny Instant Pot & Slow Cooker Cookbook

I switched up the vegetables and canned beans to reflect what I had on hand. It was my very first use of the Insta pot and I was skeptical of the 3 minute cooking time since I had increased the amounts... read more >

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Peckish Sister's Reviews

Cookbook Reviews

Traditional Ukrainian Cookery ~ 1982 Thirteenth Edition

By Savella Stechishin
Trident Press, Ltd - 1982

January 23rd, 2011

I am sorry that this cookbook is currently out of print. Unlike some of the Ukrainian cookbooks that churches have put out and contain many popular American recipes of that time period, this focuses on classic Ukrainian dishes with many variations. I have had very good results with all of the recipes I have tried, even when they sounded strange like horse radish stuffed meatballs. I have been in the difficult position of cooking traditional Ukrainian dishes for real Ukrainians that unlike me, know what these dishes should taste like, and I have always received complements on the dishes I have cooked. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to master this cuisine.