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eldereno

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  1. I have found most of Ina's recipes that I have tried have been very successful. I am happy when I get home early enough to catch her show...even if it is a repeat. I own, I think, 4 or 5 of her cookbooks (which I use) and one of them is autographed (thanks to my good friend, Betsy, who lives in Boston).

  2. Used some old (maybe 2 years) to make AB's chili powder recipe recently and they worked great. They may have been hotter if they were fresh BUT there was still plenty of flavor there!!! :rolleyes:

  3. Spent the day yesterday making 3 kinds of chili....a "lighter" chicken chili with no beans, a cincinnati chile, and a beef and pinto bean chili. I had made my own chili powder (AB's recipe). Today I will make some corn bread mini muffins to serve with honey butter, chicken wings to serve with a blue cheese dip and hot sauce, cut vegies for dipping into the blue cheese dip, make blender salsa to serve with chips, and assemble the assorted garnishes for the chili (sour cream, shredded cheese, chopped onions, chopped hot peppers, etc.). Someone is bringing dessert and appetizer. There is way too much chili for the 10 of us but I will freeze whatever is left over for quick dinners later.

    Need to clean my kitchen in order to get started!!!!! It was late when I finished the chilis last night!

    Enjoy the game and the commercials everyone!

  4. Storzapretis (Corsican spinach and mint gnocci), pp. 376-377

    A couple of weeks ago, I spent a snowbound afternoon cooking and put some leftover ricotta cheese to good use by making these gnocci and freezing them. Today, snowbound again, these were my reward for a morning of heavy shoveling.

    The spinach and mint make them especially savory and unusual, and the ricotta makes them rich and delicate. You really need fresh, firm ricotta or they will likely fall apart. I can only imagine how tasty these would be with the fresh sheep’s milk cheese that Dorie says is used in the original Corsican version.

    Here they are ready for saucing and baking:

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    Here they are fresh from the oven, ready for my lunch:

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    Though the recipe is easy, I found it awkward to shape the gnocci as instructed with the “two spoon” method. After a few tries, I gave up and used well-floured hands to lightly roll/pat a lump of the mixture into shape. They froze perfectly, though. Next time I make these, I'll make plenty so I have a stash in the freezer.

    That looks sooooo good!

  5. I received the cookbook last week and had a wonderful evening perusing it. Glad to see the photos of those cooking from it and recommendations of what is truly worth trying first (though looks like most recipes are worth trying)! Thank you, Chris!

    I, personally, have been cooking less because I have been eating less (have lost 32 lbs in the last 4 months) and I have in the past usually thrilled my family with foods I loved. Poor family must now just scrounge on their own with store bought stuff. Now that I have my eating demons in check, I may be able to start cooking more again. I think I have learned that I just need to eat less? Looking forward to cooking from this cookbook. I certainly have loved cooking from other of Dorie's cookbooks!

  6. Made a recipe that I have had in my file for quite awhile but had not made it until last night. Pretty easy and wildly good. My husband, who eats to fill his stomach, commented repeatedly on how good this was.

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    I also thought it was yummy!

    BTW, I did not make the sauce or Romesco. Served with a Caesar Salad.

    edited to add stuff

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