I Tackle A “Simple” Dish From Chef Yotam Ottolenghi! This is a new recipe for me, and I’m making it for Bernadette! I love taking part in Bernadette’s terrific “Kitchen Confidential Cookbook Review” series because it has given me a… Read More ›
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Charred Cherries And Lime Soba Noodles! Chef Ottolenghi’s “Simple” Food Reviewed By Dorothy!
Hot, Charred Cherry Tomatoes with Cold Yogurt! This edition of the “Cookbook Confidential” review series continues with Dorothy Grover Read, who delivers a terrific review from Chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s “Simple” cookbook. She begins her review this way – a perfect… Read More ›
I Made The “Sunday Gravy” Recipe From The Sopranos – With A Stanley Tucci Twist!
Cooking With The Sopranos! I have had a few people ask if I’ve ever cooked “italian gravy”, and the answer is “yes yes yes”, with help from The Sopranos! “The Sopranos Family Cookbook” celebrates TV’s greatest crime family with a… Read More ›
Who Loves “Polpo alla Luciana”? Chef Mimi Shares A Delicious Recipe Here!
Chef Mimi Cooks A Traditional Italian Octopus Stew! I’m sharing a great new recipe from Chef Mimi, who posted on her blog the inspiration for the dish! Mimi posts that the recipe she found is from the blog Vincenzo’s Plate, but… Read More ›
Happy “Pi” Day! Making Pies From “Waitress” – Recipes And A Look At This Great Film!
Let’s Bake A “I Don’t Want Earl’s Baby Pie” With “Waitress”! Have I got a delicious way to celebrate “Pi” day! Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used to represent an important and very useful constant: the ratio of… Read More ›
A Delicious Chicken With Morels Recipe – Thanks To “Cook And Drink!”
The Site is called “Cook And Drink: The Art of Flavours!“ I came across these two Chefs when a blogging friend shared one of their recipes – and I’m hooked on their terrific mix of food and wine stories and… Read More ›
“Pulled Pork Pasta In Almond Cream Sauce”! This Recipe Has Me “Cooking Under Fire!”
Dig Into A Recipe That Had Me “Cooking Under Fire!” I’ve shared this before, but since I just cooked this terrific recipe again, I want to return to a show I produced for PBS in 2005, called “Cooking Under Fire”… Read More ›
Have You Eaten “Angels On Horseback?” I’m Shucking Oysters Three Ways!
Alex Loves Oysters! My wife Alex loves oysters – so it was up to me to make her beloved bi-valves THREE WAYS! “The Big Oyster!” I was excited to make some fun, delicious and easy oyster dishes, as I am a… Read More ›
Cookbook Confidential Tackles Goulash! Here Is Jo Tracy’s Take On Claudia Roden’s Recipe!
Day #2 Of Cookbook Confidential Has Goulash! Bravo to Bernadette and her “New Classic Recipe” website for allowing a number of us to cook from this cookbook: This series gives us all a chance to discover new recipes, and to… Read More ›
Cookbook Confidential Has Traditional Jewish Cooking! Here’s A “Holiskes” – Stuffed Cabbage Leaves Recipe!
“Every cuisine tells a story. Jewish food tells the story of an uprooted, migrating people and their vanished worlds. It lives in people’s minds and has been kept alive because of what it evokes and represents.” Claudia Roden With that… Read More ›
