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I'm addicted to cookbooks, food writing, recipe collecting, and cooking. I have a lot of recipes waiting for me to try them, and ideas from articles, tv, and restaurants often lead to new dishes. I started losing track of what I've done. So now I'm taking photos and writing about what I've prepared—unless it's terrible in which case I forget it ever happened.
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Recent Posts Tagged With 'potatoes'
Jul 05
When I was looking for an interesting meal idea last week, I turned to the summer chapter of Sunday Suppers at Lucques. I found this Nicoise-style salad that could be made with several things I had on hand with just a few minor changes. First, in the (read full article)
green beans, nicoise olives, potatoes, salmon, spinach, sunday suppers at lucques, wild salmon
Feb 25
My sourdough starter just turned one year old. I’m proud of everything it did in that first year, but I think it can do a lot more. Out of fear, I stuck pretty closely to the Breads from the La Brea Bakery book all year since that’s where it all (read full article)
bread, chowder, corn flour, cornmeal, potatoes, rutabaga, Soup, sourdough starter, Turnip, vegetarian cooking for everyone
Feb 05
Last weekend, I flipped through the A16 book looking for something interesting and seasonal for a dinner meal. I decided on a braised fish dish and this warm roasted potato salad to go on the side. The fish was fine, we were happy with it, but it was (read full article)
a16: food + wine, capers, cauliflower, onion, potatoes
Jan 27
"This dish is for when you want to fuss a bit" is how Deborah Madison begins her intro to the recipe. True. It’s also for when you want incredible, lingering aromas in your kitchen and a richly flavored sauce. I would also say this is a mind-changi (read full article)
carrots, lentils, local flavors, mushrooms, parsnip, porcini, potatoes, Vegetarian
Jan 09
While my couch and I were re-connecting during that lovely, lazy week before the new year began, one of the books I read was Nigella Christmas. This was my first experience with a Nigella book. So, the references made to her previous books regarding (read full article)
blue cheese, hors d'oeuvre, nigella christmas, potatoes, smoked salmon
Dec 07
To say that I am a fan of truffles and anything with the flavor of truffles would be an understatement. Kurt suggested I would probably like dog food if it had some shaved truffles on top or truffle oil drizzled over it or truffle cream stirred into (read full article)
cream, gratin, potatoes, truffle cream
Oct 07
I think Donna Hay might be a food magician. Every recipe she presents is so pretty and seems so doable, and every time I make one of her dishes, it turns out great and never presents a problem. I cut several recipes from an issue of her magazine a fe (read full article)
lemon, parmigiana, potatoes, salad, spinach