Mother’s Day Entertaining, Part One
Today we had Bappa and Nana over for dinner for birthdays and Mother’s Day celebrating. I made a green bean salad from the Simply Classic cookbook (to go along with chicken and veggie skewers and white rice). I also updated the chalkboard entry table:
Happy Pi Day!
In honor of Pi Day (3.14) I made a savory Onion Tart. I used a recipe from the cookbook 1080 Recipes, with a few modifications – mostly that I ended up with twice as much filling as space in my pie shell so I…
Cookbook Still-life
I’ve got an idea percolating for another web project (I think I might be crazy!). It involves cookbooks, so today I set up a little still-life with some books and did a bit of photography. Then Viv set up her version and we photographed…
Beef Stroganoff
I never ate Beef Stroganoff growing up. I don’t remember ever eating it even one time at home, but a few years ago I got a craving for it, made it, and it turns out I really like it. I don’t use any particular…
Sandwich Bread
I felt like making bread today. I knew there was a simple recipe for white sandwich bread in The Best Recipe cookbook (by the editors of Cook’s Illustrated magazine) so I pulled out the book, checked the ingredients, and got underway. American Sandwich Bread…
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