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From: Boomer, NC USA

Joined: January 3rd, 2010

About me: I collect cookbooks and love to cook and try new recipes. I tested recipes for Leite's Culinaria for almost eight years. I learned to cook from many good southern cooks including my Mom, Dad, several Aunts and my Grandmothers. My children and husband also like to cook and try new foods and recipes. My son still lives with us but our daughter is married. She often visits to cook with me. We are adventuresome eaters willing to try new things.


Latest review:

November 19th, 2018

Bourbon Roasted Pork Loin from Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook

This was delicious. I know she says in the book not to use the good bourbon but all I had was Woodford Reserve so that's what I used. I marinated for about 8 hours in fridge. Loved the apples and onions... read more >


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Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables

By Joshua McFadden, Martha Holmberg
Artisan - 2017

I made a half recipe of this. I didn't cook my whole carrots as long as I should have since not all of them were completely done. Son-in-law said he liked them better with a little bite left in them instead of completely soft. They did taste quiet good and normally I don't care for sweetened carrots. I think the soak in the vinegar for a few minutes before putting back in oven with the honey and butter helps that factor for me. I'll try these again and blacken them a bit more to see how they taste that way.

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Daughter and I liked. I didn't do the pickled onions. It was pretty good any way.

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Nice way to eat broccoli. I made just enough for me. I used panko for the bread crumbs and didn't make the tonnato dip.

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22nd March 2018

Comforting Cabbage, Onion and Farro Soup : page 337

Perfect for a cold night. Hubby and I both loved it. He kept saying he liked it while eating and he's very picky. There are some options for some of the ingredients so I used Savoy cabbage, thyme, white wine vinegar, and beef broth. We ate ours with cornbread. Mine got a little browned during the steaming process, but it didn't seem to affect the taste.

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17th September 2018

Corn and Tomato Salad with Torn Croutons : page 225

Loved this raw corn salad. The torn croutons were delicious and I'll be making them again. I got a variety of small tomatoes of different colors to go in this dish. Loved the other ingredients in this one including the pistachios, red wine vinegar, Parmesan and seasonings.

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This was very good and I bet would have been even better had I found fresh peas instead of frozen.

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While I liked this I didn't enough to make again. I did have to sub fresh mozzarella for the burrata. I used a mixture of rainbow carrots.

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25th March 2018

Onion Bread Soup with Sausage : page 355

I really enjoyed this one but have had other onion soups I enjoyed more. Hubby and son didn't like it at all. Still it was quiet delicious. I couldn't find horseradish root so I drizzled a little jarred horseradish over the finished soup. I used sourdough bread and a mixture of red and yellow onions. For the broth I used Better than Bouillon Roasted Beef. I made a half recipe of this and glad I did since I was the only one who ate a whole bowl full.

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4th April 2018

Pancetta Vinaigrette : page 39

Very good dressing recipe. Pancetta gives a nice taste.

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I'm usually not a big mint fan and neither is my daughter but we both thought it worked in this salad. This salad definitely screams spring.

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28th March 2018

Roasted Mushrooms, Gremolata-Style : page 318

I made the roasted mushrooms using a mix of wild, baby bella, and a few white. Then finished the gremolata-style. Forgot to add the parsley. I used Panko for the breadcrumbs. I then used one of the more ways - make an Instant stroganoff using a rib-eye, sour cream instead of creme fraiche, and a little beef broth. I stirred the stroganoff into the buttered noodles. Son declared delicious and I agreed. Hubs liked too.

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17th September 2018

Torn Croutons : page 29

These are delicious as a snack on in other recipes.

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