Saturday, August 2, 2008

Cooking the Books: Popovers for Piglet

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This is what happens when popovers don't pop over. Epic failure. I'm at a loss. This recipe has never failed me. Ever. My chefly hus...
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Friday, August 1, 2008

Bonus Post: A Recipe For Getting Thin

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The "cute factor" of The Pooh Cook Book runs high. If you are of the sort that finds things Pooh charming as opposed to treacly, ...

Honey Eggnog

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I've always been a fan of eggnog, though growing up, my 'nog was usually to be found coming out of a carton, and being mixed with 2%...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

Honey Toffee Pennies

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Nowadays, you'd be hard-pressed to find a kids' cookbook that even considered encouraging the kids to boil sugar. Boiling sugar = d...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Cottleston Pie

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If I thought that The Pooh Cook Book was all about honey, I was wrong. It's also all about eggs. So, if you bought a dozen to make Popo...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Poll: Choose The Next Cook Book

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Here's your chance to help pick the next book for Take One Cookbook... . There's a poll over in the right hand column; vote for your...
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Radish Sandwiches with Bread and Butter Prickles

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I've loved radishes since I was a small kid. The only way I had them back then, though, was cut into "roses" and soaked in col...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

Jelly Omelet

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I grew up in Oregon, but have spent half a lifetime below the Mason Dixon line. Still, I was shocked the first time I heard someone ask for ...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

A Very Nearly Tea

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One of the things I love about The Pooh Cook Book is the variations -- several recipes will be done two or more ways, to suit particular (o...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008

The Pooh Cook Book, by Virginia H. Ellison; Popovers for Piglet

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When I was a very little girl, I loved the library more than almost anything else. I fought to get my library card (I could read early, but ...
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Friday, July 25, 2008

Bonus Post: Handy Tips, And Biscuits

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As we finish the first week of Take One Cookbook..., there's still a host of fun things from The Savannah Cook Book that I want to get ...

Patriotic Duty Combined With Kitchen Magic: Peach Leather

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I've been a fan of fruit leather since I was a little girl -- it helps to have been a kid in the crunchy 1970s in Oregon. One thing Oreg...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Sponge Cake: It's Time For Sweets

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As we start to wrap up the 1930s treasure, The Savannah Cook Book , I wanted to learn more about the cookery of the time, as a lot of recipe...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Foundation In Fact, and Sweet Potato Pone

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I've just finished up a plate of leftover Mulatto Rice, which tastes great, cold, right from the fridge. So far, out of The Savannah Coo...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Cooking the Books: Mulatto Rice

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For all my thoughts of The Savannah Cook Book 's Mulatto Rice as "pantry food," I must confess I had no bacon in the house, ...

Mulatto Rice

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One of the recipes The Savannah Cook Book is known for is Mulatto Rice. Evidently, it plays a big part in "Their Eyes Were Watching Go...
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Monday, July 21, 2008

Baked Ham, or Who Needs An Ingredients List First Thing?

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I mentioned yesterday the abundance of recipes in The Savannah Cook Book without ingredients lists at the start. The following recipe subve...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

On Buying "Sea Food" From Hucksters, and Mrs. Habersham's Terrapin Stew

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The Savannah Cook Book aims to make its readers feel like they could be locals. As we saw yesterday, one of the techniques for that is ...
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Saturday, July 19, 2008

The Savannah Cook Book, by Harriet Ross Colquitt: Chatham Artillery Punch

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The New Georgia Encyclopedia says this about The Savannah Cook Book , by Harriet Ross Colquitt : Harriet Ross Colquitt was the author of Th...
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