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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

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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Spain and the World Table

By Martha Rose Shulman
DK ADULT - 2011

This is a gorgeous large-sized, full-color picture for every recipe cookbook by the Culinary Institute of America with text by Martha Rose Shulman. These to me seemed to be in two categories: ridiculously simple (blue cheese on halved fresh figs) to ridiculously complex with hard to find ingredients. After pouring over it for a month, I still haven’t found one to cook. After spending a week in Valencia eating great food, I really wanted a Spanish cookbook (really one devoted to rice dishes). This is a beautiful and fun to look at cookbook, but for me, not a practical one.