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Healthy oils for passover cooking?
Besides extra virgin olive oil, are there other healthy cooking oils (or specific brands of those oils) that don't require special labeling for Passover?
what is a "rolled chuck roast" (and how do I cook it?)
I bought a frozen roast labeled "rolled chuck roast" from a local meat source (farmer who hires someone to butcher, but you never quite know what you are going to get...). It's a little under 3 pounds. I want to prepare it for Passover. I actually have no idea what I have or how to cook it. Can anyone help me out?
"Crisco" for Passover
I would go w/spectrum organic coconut oil over pesach margarine - http://blog.beliefnet.com/homeshuling/2012/03/guess-whats-kosher-for-passover-this-will-change-your-life.html
Spectrum Coconut Oil, Kosher for Passover
After years of horrid baking w/passover margarine, I followed up on a rumor I heard that Extra virgin coconut oil was KFp without special certification. I've posted the email conversation I had with the OU on my blog confirming that Spectrum Unrefined is KFP with a regular OU.
http://blog.beliefnet.com/homeshuling/2012/03/guess-whats-kosher-for-passover-this-will-change-your-life.html
Romantic Dinner, staying in Beacon Hill
Thanks, everyone. I changed my reservation to Bistro du Midi. Unfortunately, i had to take a 6pm, but we'll just go out for drinks after...
Romantic Dinner, staying in Beacon Hill
My husband and I are coming into Boston from Northampton for the weekend of Feb 10 for our anniversary. We'd are looking for a romantic (on the quiet side) dinner for Sat night - flexible about price range though would prefer to walk away for under $150 with a drink or two. We prefer simple delicious food (think french bistro, mediterranean) over fancy, modern fare (tall food sculptures with drizzles of various reductions) and are not knowledgeable enough about wine to care about the wine list that much. We'd like to stay within a few miles or a short T ride from our hotel as we aren't bringing our car into the city. Lastly, we want to be able to make a Sat. night reservation.
Based on my research this board, I was considering Troquet. I've held a table there but am open to changing our reservation.
Thanks!
tips for reheating a lot of frozen (sliced) bagels for a party
I live in an area with no good bagels so had a friend pick up bagels for me in Boston. They were day old when I received them and really not as fresh as I had hoped, but since I now have 10 dozen, I had no choice...I sliced them and froze them and need to serve them at a party next week. My feeling is they would do best being toasted, but I obviously can't stick 10 dozen bagles in an electric toaster - any tips about how to best serve these bagels? I will be at a kitchen with 2 very large ovens and don't need to have all the bagels ready at once, but within a 20 minute time frame...
thanks.
Dinner near Embassy Suites - Perimeter Center?
Spending Sat night in Atlanta and on my own for dinner w/out a car. Recommendations in the neighborhood for a veg or fish meal, dining solo, something interesting and not super expensive (entreees under $30)? Could take a cab, but would prefer not to stray too far.
tx
dinner near La Jolla Mariott
I'm staying at the La Jolla Mariott and looking for a fish or vegetarian not-too-fancy but delicious dinner that's moderately priced (entrees less than $30.) Open to any kind of cuisine, would prefer something interesting, and w/in a few miles of the hotel. Suggestions?
cornflake cookies
i realize this is an old thread, but those are just about the best cookies i have ever made.
storage of b-day cupcakes
I am baking cupcakes for my daughter to take to school tomorrow. I made an oatmeal cake last night which I baked before I went to bed, and this morning I put them in covered storage containers and left at room temp. Tonight I made a batch of strawberry cream cheese frosting, which is sitting in the fridge.
The cupcakes will be served around 10am. The latest I can frost them is 7:30 am tomorrow before I go to work.
Should I leave the cupcakes unfrosted until then? Should they stay at room temp? After I frost the cupcakes, can they stay out (we are in new england, it will probably be mild temp in her school) until snack time? Can I frost them tonight?
Thanks!
question about polenta
I've made this recipe numerous time, and have always used the prepared polenta roll, as recommended in the recipe:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Polenta-and-Black-Bean-Casserole-106209
Forgive a stupid question, but if I wanted to make polenta from scratch, how much would I need to make, and how would I substitute it for the roll - chill it in a loaf pan and slice it?
Using tuna in a pouch for a recipe
I have a recipe calling for a 6 oz can of tuna. The pouches I bought on sale are 2.5 ounces each. Since they have no liquid, I'm not sure that the quantities correspond - do I use 2 and a half pouches, or less than that?
Sakura Northampton
I'd say that it's no better or worse than places in town like Teapot. Most of the food was fresh and decent (the sushi chef made us rolls to order when there were no cuke only for my kids), but not excellent. It was a fun place to take the kids, and since I live around the corner I might go back once in a while for their benefit. (Really, I can have 3 bowls of miso soup???)
how to store cream cheese brownies - help!
thanks for the quick reply. it's a cool, new england day, so i hope they'll be fine until tomorrow.
how to store cream cheese brownies - help!
I just baked cream cheese brownies to serve at a party tomorrow. Do they need to be refrigerated?
Kindle - New Lewes restaurant
I had a very disappointing meal there last night, although my husband fared better. I had a vegan tomato/squash bisque that didn't have much in the way of flavor other than, well, tomato to start. I had a grilled salmon served over a bed of mixed greens, green beans and pearl pasta which was so over dressed that I sent the salad back asking for less dressing. It returned still so sloppy with avocado mustard vinaigrette that I just didn't eat the salad. (The salmon was, however, perfect.) My martini was generous and prepared to my specifications, and we passed on dessert. My husband thought his mussels were fantastic, but his rib-eye was unevenly cooked.
oven-fried chicken? - moved from Kosher board
Anyone have a good recipe sans buttermilk?
passover vegetarian recipes-HELP
I'm trying this recipe for second seder, and making a vegetarian matzoh ball soup instead of chicken.
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/quinoa_with_latin_flavors.html
I'm omitting the canned chilis since they aren't available KFP and am worried they will be much to spicy if I use fresh.
Chicken Pot Pie recipe?
The recipe I have uses milk. That's why "anyone" who had never made a pot pie before might think kosher pot pies might be different.
I almost can't believe how bad Spoleto's is
I'm local. and I'll go to the Brewery to sit outside and have a snack and a beer in the summer. If I want pub food and a beer any other time I'd go to the Dirty Truth.
I almost can't believe how bad Spoleto's is
I have to confess, I've never actually eaten at an Olive Garden. I guess I really should have said that Spoleto's is what I imagine Olive Garden to be like!
I almost can't believe how bad Spoleto's is
In spite of my better judgement, we ducked into Spoleto's for dinner after finding a parking spot on Main St., because it was too cold to walk any farther than we absolutely had to. I hadn't been there in years and thought perhaps my memory just hadn't been kind.
What a lame menu with such terrible food. Whoever compared it to Olive Garden was right. The only redeeming feature was a good selection of Grappa.
And does everything really need to be soaked in syrupy "balsamic reductions?"
Thoughts on the Pioneer Valley
I don't buy the argument that Northampton is too small to support great restaurants. I lived in Ashland, Oregon, population ~20,000 in rural Southern Oregon. There are numerous fantastic restaurants, and many more just plain good ones. The bar, overall, is just set higher there. They have a good tourist industry for much of the year, but a much more isolated location, so I doubt the town sees more foot traffic than even Northampton alone.
Romantic, delicious, not pretentious - downtown
My husband and I are coming to Boston from Northampton for just one Friday night, staying at the Onyx Hotel downtown. We are not very familiar with Boston. We plan to have lunch in Chinatown, and would like to have a moderately priced dinner (maybe $100 or less for two not counting drinks or tip) in a romantic (as in not tightly packed w/folks and very loud) and down to earth establishment. We're not wedded to a particular cuisine, though not s-e asian, since we're doing that for lunch. We love Mediterranean cuisine and french bistros, or other simple fare, particularly with an emphasis on healthy, seasonal cuisine. We hate places with tiny and/or tall portions. We'd love to walk there (happy to walk 20 minutes) but would also take the T for the right place. Mostly, we just want it to be really tasty. Northampton is full of overrated restaurants, and we're excited to get out of town for a meal.
We'd also love a good breakfast recommendation nearby.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Amy
