Carol and I learned how to make bagels at King Arthur Flour’s baking school in Norwich, VT about 5 years ago, and this post is adapted from their recipe. Authentic bagels are not hard to make, but they do use some specialized techniques and specialized ingredients. The dough is very stiff, and if I had Read More …
This posting is more about technique than recipe, and is a way to get crispy chicken wings without frying them, and is adapted from an article in bonappetit.com 3 lbs. of chicken wings will make about 4 entrée servings. The resultant wings can be eaten plain (Carol’s preference) or with Buffalo chicken sauce (or some Read More …
The Irish Brown Bread reminded me of a very lightly sweetened and low fat bran muffin, so I have thought for some time that I should make it as individual muffins rather than as a loaf. This was a success and had the key advantage of cooking faster (18 minutes vs. 50 minutes for the Read More …
This is adapted from Ray’s Meatloaf in Jeff Phillips’ Smoking Meat. Carol really liked it, I think in part because this is a meatloaf without any sweet sauce on the top. (Thus she could enjoy it plain and I could enjoy it with ketchup.) I have modified this a bit since I think it would Read More …
This fish stew goes very well with some crusty bread. The sauce can be made in advance and refrigerated or frozen. I made enough sauce for 4 servings, and froze half and made the stew for 2 servings. This is adapted from a recipe in SFGate which originally appeared in the Washington Post. Amounts shown Read More …
Carol challenged me to make a scalloped potato dish which has enough ham to be a main course vs. a side dish. This version was adapted from a recipe in Maria Luisa Scott & Jack Denton Scott’s The Meat and Potatoes Cookbook, with twice as much ham and less salt to compensate. This made 6 Read More …
This recipe for a white lasagna with ham and mushrooms and a béchamel sauce is a bit of a work in progress. Many years ago, we clipped out a recipe for a white lasagna which was the signature dish of Ristorante Taverno Del Lupo in Umbria. I was looking around for a use for a Read More …
This recipe is the culmination of several small recipes in the blog. Once you have the components, it would be easy to make a set of 8 sandwiches – the marginal time per sandwich is very low. This whole process was adapted from Israeli Soul by Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook. Amounts shown below are Read More …
This is a modification of a recipe in Israeli Soul by Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook. Since I had some turkey thighs in the freezer, I actually used them instead of chicken thighs. Originally, I followed the recipe by poaching the wrapped thighs in simmering water for 15 minutes. When I cut the thigh cylinders Read More …
This recipe is based on the excellent Time-Life International Cookbook. It was one of the first cookbooks we ever received, and our copy is now literally falling apart from heavy use. As the book points out in its introduction to its version of the recipe, in the US the name beef stroganoff is sometimes used Read More …