[Crazy Good e-Book Bargains]

4 hours ago, Toliver said:

One of these cookbooks came in my morning BookBub, and after going down an Amazon rabbit hole I came across the other two. I apologize if any of these cookbooks have been posted before:

 

Charles Phan's "The Slanted Door: Modern Vietnamese Food" Kindle Edition $1.99US
Use the "Look Inside" feature so see the list of recipes.
There are also 3 recipes from the cookbook on its Amazon info page (as downloadable PDF files).

 

Molly Yeh's "Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from An Unlikely Life on a Farm" Kindle Edition $1.99US

 

And priced slightly more than the usual sale-priced cookbook:
Dominique Crenn's "Atelier Crenn: Metamorphosis of Taste" Kindle Edition $3.99US
Use the "Look Inside" feature so see the list of recipes. However, be forewarned what may sound straight-forward may not be. From the blurb/cookbook description:
"Even the dishes that sound familiar, like Fish and Chips, or Broccoli and Beef Tartare, challenge the expected with their surprising components and her signature creative plating."

 

I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

 

I already had The Slanted Door.  I've cooked from it.  But I was gouged for $2.99.

 

[Gardening: (2016– )]

I would be sanitizing without plants.  I need to be sure that whatever I use doesn't affect the plastic.  I'm not quite ready to sanitize because one pea plant is currently struggling to produce a pod.

 

Meanwhile I put my Burpee order in today.  I was a bit tardy this year and zinnia* seeds I wanted were out of stock.  How can you be out of stock of zinnia seeds?

 

 

*note:  zinnia are edible.

 

[Grocery Shopping]

Tonight I needed to go to the pharmacy so I stopped at Shoprite for a couple things.  A girl cannot have too many limes.  And I was short on sour cream.  However grocery shopping after dark around here is ill advised.  Coming home I was almost run over twice, once by a police car in the parking lot.

 

[How To Make Transfer Sheets]

4 hours ago, A Polderman said:

 

 

This looks like something @gfron1 could help with.  I believe it requires fried chicken.

 

[Gardening: (2016– )]

Starting from household laundry bleach, what would be a good dilution for sanitizing my Click & Grow growing unit?  I seem to have a fungus problem.

 

[Chocolate making: Things I learned in my early months]

@jbates any US customs fees?

 

[Chocolate making: Things I learned in my early months]

Brunner contacted me today to ask how I liked the egg.  Indeed I like it.  The interesting news is that policy has changed and Brunner will now ship to the United States.  I feel like giving the catalog another look!

 

[Rancho Gordo: Beans and More]

Mine came!

 

I think I may need to rehome some legumes.

 

[Aprons: Do you use one?]

I asked Rustic Linens how to tell whether the apron I received actually has extra length straps.  I measured and it does.

 

[Amazon buys Whole Foods]

Though most of the NY Times items were not things I would buy.

 

[Aprons: Do you use one?]

4 hours ago, lindag said:

which color did you choose?

i got natural in a size regular.  i liked all the colors and it was hard to pick just one.

 

 

I too got natural in regular but I asked for longer straps.  I'm not sure I really received longer straps.

 

 

Edit:  does the bottom reach your knees?

 

[Dinner 2019]

Tonight's pizza did not deserve a picture, nor does the inside of my stove.  Tasted OK though.

 

[Rancho Gordo: Beans and More]

12 hours ago, Shelby said:

I won't ruin the surprise...but there is something non-bean in there that I cannot WAIT to try.

 

Huzzah!  I am relieved.  I'm minded of an ancient Goon Show skit [from memory]:  "Sir there are rumblings among the crew down in the hold!"  "Insolent cur, how would you like a taste of the cat?"  "Oh, please, sir!  Anything but more beans!"

 

 

[Aprons: Do you use one?]

11 hours ago, lindag said:

Apparently mine is waiting in my mailbox; I didn’t make out to get my mail yesterday.

i assume you put it on over your head, correct?

 

When I posted earlier I had put it on over my head.  I have the pinafore on now but I confess I could not replicate my success.  This time I stepped into it and looped the straps over my shoulders.  Don't tell.

 

There is a problem with the apron though, at least for me.  It is not as long as I had hoped.  It does not quite reach my knees.  I'm thinking about what to do.  But I have to say lovely material, workmanship, and color.

 

 

Edit:  though looking at the picture the pinafore sits on the model about where it sits on me.  I guess it's working as intended.

 

[Using commercial stabilizer in home made ice cream]

12 hours ago, Darienne said:

I've been following this thread because I am a home-made prolific ice cream maker...husband eats a lot of it and I give it as gifts in our neighborhood.  Make a large amount and many flavors each August for our Annual Dog Weekend.  I have never used stabilizers ...just don't...no real reason...and my little machine, complete with separate bowl to be frozen pre-churning,  I bought second hand years ago.  It's so old that the only words still legible on the front of it are 'Cuisinart' and 'Ice'.   

My point is that I have never had ice crystal problems.  Not once.  (Watch out for the next batch...)  And paulraphael has been my ice cream mentor since Day One.  

 

Though you've mentioned many times you use cornstarch in your recipes.  Cornstarch is a stabilizer.

 

[Aprons: Do you use one?]

My Rough Linen pinafore arrived.  Took a while to figure how to put it on.

 

[Amazon buys Whole Foods]

I must speak favorably of the WF dry aged steak.

 

[The Bread Topic (2016–)]

P.S.  For the color I don't even cheat in Photoshop.

 

[The Bread Topic (2016–)]

3 minutes ago, Ann_T said:

Looks great to me  @JoNorvelleWalker.  I really love the golden colour. 

 

Forgive me for poor taste* but what came to mind for my baguette tonight was Thalidomide loaf.

 

 

*I knew a Thalidomide victim and, yes, it is not all that funny.

[The Bread Topic (2016–)]

 

@Ann_T jinxed me.

 

[Food Funnies]

The cologne is not the joke.  The anova oven is the joke.

 

[Amazon buys Whole Foods]

Not a good experience tonight:  the* cheese was moldy and not in a nice way.  They can't tell the difference between broccoli and broccolini.

 

More troubling the delivery time slots seem to be reduced.  Yesterday I was unable to get delivery.  Today I had to pay extra to get any delivery at all.  I called to enquire about this and spent a half an hour on the phone.

 

Plus, I received two bunches of asparagus.  Totally my fault but an error I would hardly have made shopping at the store in person.  Oh, and before I forget the driver couldn't find my home.  Not an uncommon problem and I don't hold that against amazon.

 

 

*expensive

 

[Crazy Good e-Book Bargains]

19 minutes ago, FauxPas said:

We have a new member, @pedromariachi, who lives in Brazil and who recommended this book. When I checked, I saw it was on sale for the Kindle version at $3.99 and decided to grab a copy. 

 

Brazilian Food (by chef Thiago Castanho)

 

 

 

Thanks, I bought the Kindle.  But the book is clearly promotional.  It calls for Amazonian ingredients.

 

[Anova Precision Oven: Features, Accessories, Troubleshooting, and "Should I Buy One?"]

@rotuts I emailed them a while back.  They assured me it was still coming.  Projects like this take time.  I read that it took India two years to develop the technology to shoot down a satellite.

 

 

[Crazy Good e-Book Bargains]

Thanks, I went with Negrin's.  Though I had not heard of her.  Anyone who lives on a small lake in New Jersey can't be all bad.