aj12754's Profile

From: Montclair, NJ USA

Joined: November 22nd, 2009

About me: I can't be the only person who starts thinking about what to cook next while I am doing the dishes for the meal I just finished eating ... right?

Favorite cookbook: I flirt with all of them. But I am a sucker for good writing and great pictures.

Favorite recipe: Pretty much any combo of good bread and great cheese.

Slow-Roasted Tomatoes from One Good Dish

A dish that could not be simpler to make, and absolutely delicious. Topped the cooled tomato with a room temperature slice of mozzarella drizzled with EVOO and some ribbons of basil. A real treat. read more >

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The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food

By Judith Jones
Anchor - 2008

Kind of disappointing -- for a woman who must have lived a very interesting life and known many inventive and engaging chefs, not much of that life actually comes to life on the page. There are anecdotes about Julia and the Hazans and others -- most of which I heard or read before.

A number of recipes are included in the book (all clustered in a section at the end rather than scattered through the book -- but, sad to say, few tempted me to go to the kitchen.