Sunday, August 31, 2008

Easy Apps: Spiced Pecans

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One of the things I love about The Kitchen Survival Guide is that it expects you not only to feed yourself properly, but your guests as wel...
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Saturday, August 30, 2008

The Kitchen Survival Guide, by Lora Brody; Applesauce

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If you've never cooked much before, and want to start, or if you're sending someone off to school, away from home for the first tim...
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Friday, August 29, 2008

It Had To Happen: Tart Burgundy Gelatin Salad

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I hail with joy -- for I am a temperance man and a friend of temperance -- I hail with joy the efforts that are being made to raise wine in ...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Hoppety: Frog Legs In Wine

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Wine rejoices the heart of man, and joy is the mother of all virtue. -- J. W. Goethe One more froggy recipe from Adventures in Wine Cookery ...

Hippety: Frog Legs Pinot Blanc

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I drink to the general joy of the whole table. -- William Shakespeare As promised, today we'll have two, two, two posts from Adventures ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Nothing To See Here; Double Post Tomorrow

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Feeling a little green around the gills and can't contemplate writing or reading or thinking about food right now. I'll post two rec...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Wine Country Soap Opera; "For Leg Of Lamb"...

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Wine can clear The vapors of despair, And make us light as air. -- John Gay: "The Beggar's Opera" There's not a lot of con...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Breakfast With The Winemakers: Sunday Morning Sausage

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If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul. -- Clifton Fadiman Let's start by stating our position on Sauternes one more time:...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Say It Five Times Fast: Nutty Cheese Ball Cucamonga

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Where there is no wine, there is no love. -- Euripides There are far too few crazy recipe titles in Adventures in Wine Cookery . No, this i...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Adventures in Wine Cookery, by California Winemakers; Mulled Sauterne Cup

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In water one sees one's own face; but in wine, one beholds the heart of another.... --French Proverb Adventures in Wine Cookery by Cali...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

So You Have Your Starter...: Sourdough Hot Cakes

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It makes no sense to find or make a sourdough starter and just use it for one recipe. It's not that it takes expensive ingredients -- it...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Not Just A Colorful Term For Prospectors: Sourdough Blackberry Cobbler

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I mentioned at the start of the week that "sourdough" meant "Alaskan old timer." That's true, of course, but we can...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Egg Safety? Bah! Mt. Miller Chocolate Cheese Pie

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I'm off tonight to a place where I can get a deep fried Mars bar . Thinking about it has me in a chocolate-y mood, which means this rec...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Bad Titles Work, Too: Valdez Clam and Onion Soup

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Sometimes, recipe choice is all about a good title. Sometimes, though, it's the really bad title that wins the day. My sister told me t...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

The Power Of A Good Title; Forget-Me-Not Moose Bologna

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I sit down at the start of the Take One Cookbook week and flag all the recipes for the week. I try to get a balance of different types of di...
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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Alaska Sweet Sea Pickles; Pickled Kelp, That Is

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I'm a fan of almost anything pickled or preserved (I draw the line at pickled fish products -- I may have Icelandic blood in me, but I c...
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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Alaska "Sourdough" Cookin', by Herb Walker; Alaskan Roast Beaver

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You have to love a book that was meant to be mailed, on its own, without an envelope. Alaska "Sourdough" Cookin' by Herb Walk...
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Friday, August 15, 2008

Cranberry Soup Peasant Style (Broosnika Soop po Derevensky)

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Oh, this little gem from Nothing Beets Borscht is going to be filed away for Thanksgiving dinner, you can bet... Cranberry Soup Peasant Sty...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

This Is Not A Beef Pancake Pie; Brew Your Own Kvass: Bread Beer

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I was going to post Nothing Beets Borscht 's recipe for Beef Pancake Pie ( blinchaty pirog ), but the blessed recipe is 6 pages long. Si...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Okroshka: Cold Beer Soup

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It's sticky with humidity here in DC today. I just got back from a run to Whole Foods for some tomatoes to make a salad, and ended up g...
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