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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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Chinese Cooking for Dummies

By Martin Yan
For Dummies - 2000

I had a little less than a pound of left-over pork tenderloin and this dish provided an excellent use for it. The recipe for the sweet and sour sauce is on p. 88 and it takes about 30 minutes to make. It can be done well ahead and refrigerated and, if you do so, the entire dish takes only about 30-40 minutes to do (cut up pork, onion, green pepper -- cook meat and veggies, add sauce and pineapple -- serve over rice).

We found the sauce pretty spicy so next time, I'd cut back on the crushed dried red chile peppers (I'd removed almost all the seeds before crushing) by about a third. But we are wusses when it comes to heat so I'd guess most people would not find this too hot at all.

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