I saw a recipe on 177milkstreet.com for a classic Turkish mezze, which I thought could be the basis for a good one-pot Lenten dinner with the addition of cod (or some other seafood) and some good bread. It was in fact very tasty. This recipe is for 4 servings. (In fact, we made 4 servings Read More …
This is a Southern breakfast classic, combining Cathead Biscuits and Sausage Gravy .
This version of the Southern breakfast classic is adapted from the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It will make 6 servings. A key issue is how much fat is given off by the sausage. You will need at least a ¼ cup of fat for the gravy. If there is not enough from the sausage, add some butter. Read More …
These are large drop biscuits which could be eaten with butter and jam or with sausage gravy for a classic Southern breakfast. This is an adaptation of a recipe in the Richmond Times-Dispatch sized for 2 servings. The original used a 50/50 blend of all-purpose flour and cake flour to get a very low protein Read More …
I made these Italian-influenced wings for the Super Bowl. They are shallow fried and then baked and coated in a garlicky and spicy sweet and sour sauce. This is an adaptation from a recipe in www.sipandfeast.com. It will serve about 6 as a main course and will take about an hour to prepare. For the Read More …
This is my first experiment using King Arthur Flour’s “Keto Wheat Baking Flour”, which is an ultra high fiber substitute for all-purpose flour. (Of the 14g of carbohydrates in a ¼ cup, 10 g. are dietary fiber.) I made a small focaccia to accompany an entrée salad, substituting about a third of the bread flour Read More …
This is my first attempt at making something from Morgan Morano’s The Art of Making Gelato. Morano worked in a gelato shop in Florence and then opened Morano Gelato in Hanover, NH which Forbes magazine in the July 5, 2011 issue called the best gelato in America. She had 2 shops in New Hampshire when Read More …
This is a variation of the Taiwanese classic Three Cup Chicken using chicken wings and Thai basil, and which I found on The Spruce Eats website. It was very tasty although a bit messy to eat. This made about 6 servings and took about 90 minutes. The original author comments in his notes that to Read More …
This is an adaptation of a recipe in Peter Reinhart’s Bread Revolution. It uses a heritage wheat, Red Fife, which I got from Anson Mills in South Carolina. It turned out very light, which is an achievement for a 100% whole wheat bread. I also liked that there was no need to discard any dough Read More …
This was another variation on the basic recipe in Honey Oat Porridge Loaf . These were: All these variations worked well. The loaf was baked for 30 minutes at 450 degrees.