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What cookbooks have you bought lately? Springtime edition, part 2
Caved again to Thegoodcook.com's Memorial Day sale, though three of the four books are pre-orders. As buttertart wickedly pointed out, there was an interesting Greek book as well as a Turkish one. I have no Turkish cookbooks, so I am excited to see this one. I preordered Vintage Cakes, and I'm looking forward to The Apple Lover's Cookbook. It's so hard to resist when they're only $9 each -- and no shipping!
What's for Dinner? #146 - Memorial Day Edition
Dinner was standard Memorial Day fare: burgers and dogs with potato salad preceded by some guacamole and chips. With the sudden appearance of hot and humid summer weather, enervation precluded anything more creative. Besides, I got to watch lots of the French Open on TV. That was MY Memorial Day treat!
What's for Dinner? #146 - Memorial Day Edition
Good for you! It will likely be superior to anything you could buy for lunch.
What's for Dinner? #146 - Memorial Day Edition
I read that lemon caper dressing is great with artichokes too!
What are you baking these days? May 2012
Wow, that looks great! Maybe I should make this one for my birthday!!
What's for Dinner? #146 - Memorial Day Edition
Much better today, thanks. As soon as I finish what I am doing in the kitchen, I'm going to take the bandage off and have a look. Ick.
Problems clicking on a thread
I'll bet that this is happening to many more people than are posting on this thread. It took me awhile to figure out that it wasn't just me or my computer. Also, I have had the same problem as small h has had in navigating to other boards.
What are you baking these days? May 2012
Well, I do so love Malgieri's coconut cake. That, with the rest of the coconut milk used in the flour frosting, can't be beat. Raspberry heart made in a round pan appeals to me. Check the volume though. When I tried (and failed) with her Rose's Red Velvet cake, I didn't think there would be enough batter for two layers. Maybe if you made a small ( like 6") cake?
What's for Dinner? #146 - Memorial Day Edition
I love that you pickle your own jalapeños,
What's for Dinner? #146 - Memorial Day Edition
Argggg is right! You most definitely don't deserve that!
What are you baking these days? May 2012
Happy birthday! So I'm not the only one who makes her own birthday cake!
What cookbooks have you bought lately? Springtime edition, part 2
You're more clever than I -- I missed that Greek and that Turkish cookbook. Vintage cakes is definitely on my radar though!
What's for Dinner? #146 - Memorial Day Edition
I can top that: we have the New Year's Day Open House Party incident, at Chex Roxlet. My husband, who only has very sharp knives, was slicing a lemon when someone said something to him. He looked up, and put the knife almost all the way through his hand. As he went off t the emergency room, I was told to not tell anyone, and if anyone asked where he was, to tell them that he had gone out for ice. Hours passed. Everyone asked where he was, and I kept on saying he had gone for ice. Finally, I gave up and told the truth, and he finally got stitched up and told to "see someone about that hand," and by the end of the party appeared -- without ice, lol! The next day he saw a hand doctor at the Hospital for Special Surgery in NY, and immediately had micro-surgery to reattach the nerve that he had severed. Now THAT'S an accident. Mine hurts, but is not so dramatic!
What's for Dinner? #146 - Memorial Day Edition
Yes, thanks! I meant to say the tip of the nail of the left ring finger. It hurts a lot as soon as I touch anything with it, but I'm trying to be very careful!
What's for Dinner? #146 - Memorial Day Edition
Last night's dinner was T-bone steaks and corn salad made from the left over corn from our lobster fest the night before. The only bad part was that when I went to slice a serrano in half, the knife slipped and I cut off part of the tip of my left hand ring finger. It hurts like a dog.
Tonight's dinner will be a hot smoked salmon dressed with green goddess, and a really delicious salad of haricotes verts, thinly sliced red onion and arugula dressed with this fantastic mustardy-capery-lemony dressing from April Bloomfeld that I found on Food52:
http://www.food52.com/blog/3186_april_bloomfields_lemon_caper_dressing
It would be delicious on almost anything, I think, so if you're a fan of strong flavors, try this one out. I may also toast some pignoli and sprinkle those on top before serving.
What's for Dinner? #146 - Memorial Day Edition
Sounds great, Linda! A labor of love, for sure.
How do you cook basmati rice?
We have the Tilda rice, which, not being as experienced in the different brands of basmati as you are, should be fine for our purposes.
Things you want to bake
Why don't you try making a lemon tart instead of the lemon meringue pie? I have made this one:
http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Lemon-Tart
I find that the problem with lemon meringue pie is that, unless you eat it all at once, the meringue becomes weepy. This one lasts for days.
Recipe: Chicken Salad with Anchovies
I never though of anchovies with chicken salad, but what a great idea! Thanks for posting this!
What cookbooks have you bought lately? Springtime edition, part 2
I just received STIR, which is a really interesting books with quite a number of inventive, yet simple-sounding dishes. I see that breadcrumbs has commented a lot on this book on EYB, and she seems to be a fan.
How do you cook basmati rice?
That is the method the package recommended and the one I was curious about. Very informative. I love that the water could be used for ironing clothes!
How do you cook basmati rice?
We just got a bag of basmati from India, and it has you boil the rice and then drain it. It also suggests that you rinse/soak it first. Does anyone make basmati that way?
Calling all bread bakers...
With all that molasses, brown sugar, and whole wheat flour, you would think the bread's crumb would be darker in color than the OP's photo indicates...
What are you baking these days? May 2012
There was, not unexpectedly, not an iota left. I have more chocolate chip dough in the fridge to make my son's coach a batch of cookies before he leaves for Cairo tomorrow afternoon.
