I am happy to report that nobody sustained any injuries during Chris’s meal from My Paris Kitchen. No bleeding, no accidental finger slicing, no probably-should-have-gone-to-the-emergency-room-but-choosing-to-drink-wine-instead. Phew. For his two recipes, Chris chose to make the Smoky barbecue-style pork (pg 190) with Herbed fresh pasta (pg 230) on the side. I just asked him why he… Continue reading My Paris Kitchen: The Revenge
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Week 3: My Paris Kitchen
Unlike a lot of people, I discovered David Lebovitz via someone else’s blog, as I was searching for a lemon ice cream recipe and came across this one (which by the way is amazing). I subsequently discovered that he was responsible for these incredible Peanut Butter Granola Bars that my ex-husband used to make. For… Continue reading Week 3: My Paris Kitchen
Week 2: Williams-Sonoma Foods of the World: Paris
Hi, Virginia here. I discovered this website, eatyourbooks.com (no commission on mentioning this, and no benefit to us at all, it’s just a great site) where you can log all of your cookbooks, magazines and internet recipes in a searchable database, which is awesome, because as previously mentioned, I have a lot of cookbooks. I’ve… Continue reading Week 2: Williams-Sonoma Foods of the World: Paris
Week 1: The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook
In a complete and utter coincidence, Chris chose the first cookbook in the upper left hand side of our cookbook shelf, The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook: 500 Vibrant, Kitchen-Tested Recipes for Living and Eating Well Every Day by America’s Test Kitchen Editors. I (Virginia) chose the Spicy Moroccan-style chicken and lentil soup (page 60) as it’s… Continue reading Week 1: The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook
So What’s For Dinner?
Hi, my name is Virginia, and I have a bit of a cookbook problem. As in, I have a whole heck of a lot of them. I read (and buy) cookbooks for pleasure, and have managed to accumulate more than 250…so far. Over the course of my life as a home cook, I find myself… Continue reading So What’s For Dinner?
Cooking the Books 