Category Archives: Recipe
Glenda Irene Green’s Devilish Eggs
Glenda writes: “I do not have an eggsact recipe, but I add, taste, ya know… To the egg yolks I add mayo, good brown mustard, finely chopped onion or shallots, finely chopped dill pickles, pickled juice, avocados, salt & pepper … Continue reading
I don’t like liver
Chicken Liver Mousse with paprika and pears, served with toast points, raspberry apricot preserves and hot bread and butter pickles. Continue reading
Short & Sweet
August 15th was Julie Child’s 100th birthday and there was quite a bit of media attention paid to her contributions to the world of American cooking. For weeks, I was thrilled to find re-runs of old Julia Child cooking shows … Continue reading
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Tagged pie crust, pie dough, short dough
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Spongeworthy?
As I’ve continued my research into baking, I find more and more elaborate, complex and interesting techniques for making bread. Each nuance, each slight variation creates a broad pallet of different textures, flavors and consistencies. Being such a novice and … Continue reading
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Tagged artisan loaves, baking bread, bread blog, bread made from sponge, bread starter, sponge starter
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Third Time’s the Charm
After my second baking experiment, I felt really encouraged. I’d paid attention to the details, learned a little bit more about the chemical reactions in the baking process and as a result, my white bread loaves were fluffy and buttery, … Continue reading
Second Chance
My first baking experiment wasn’t exactly a failure, but it certainly didn’t yield the kind of results I was hoping for. At the end of the day, I concluded quite accurately that I just didn’t know enough about baking to … Continue reading
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Tagged baking white bread, baking with Julia, bread, king arthur flour, white bread
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Making of a Baker
I have a confession to make. I don’t really know how to bake. To be accurate, I can make a wonderful batch of cookies, I’m pretty good with a pie crust and I’ve managed to learn my way around muffins … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, baking bread, foccaccio, yeast
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My Duck Runneth Over
When it comes to managing the household budget, there are three luxuries I consistently choose to spend money on: a monthly massage, quality hair-care products and high end groceries. When my husband and I began planning our life together, I … Continue reading
I gave my soup the finger
It was a beautiful spring Sunday afternoon. Over coffee that morning, I’d decided to use the three jars of frozen lobster stock I’d made a few months earlier to make seafood soup for dinner. This is one of our favorite … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking injury, cut fingernail, seafood chowder, seafood soup, seafood stew
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Lobster? Again?
Yes, lobster again. I live in New England where lobsters practically jump out of the water into your lobster pot. Not really, but they are plentiful, relatively inexpensive and quite delicious. So, when in Rome, as they say…. I’ve got … Continue reading
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Tagged Lobster, lobster pie, lobster pie recipe, new england lobster
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