Marmish

My favorite is the pot roast in the Complete Meat Cookbook. Here's someone's (not mine) blog post about it. Clicky

I miss Crum Farm, too, and the Crums! That really was the highlight for me--not just because the food was great, but the Crums were so warm and welcoming. My mom really enjoyed talking to Mr. Crum (Jim?). Marmish--did you notice you were promoted to principal? ← That's the easiest promotion I've ever gotten! (I'm the assistant principal, not the principal) Luckily, the crabby parent at school waiting when I got there today didn't know. She wanted the PRINCIPAL, not little old me. Crum Farm definitely started the let's-run-away-to-the-country-and-have-brunches-and-dinners-and-grow-stuff conversation in my house. Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. I probably should have spent more time really talking to them about the reality, but I was too busy swooning in my own little fantasyland. And eating.

YAY! I think they did a nice job overall. I miss Crum Farm.

Thanks, Ruth. Anyone know if I can easily double the Dimply Plum cake and use a 9x13 pan? I want to make it for tomorrow's luncheon at school, but the recipe as is will be too small. (I am also making the blueberry crumb bars from smittenkitchen.com)

YAY! That looks great Kerry! I can't wait to see it all set up.

You might find something in this old thread http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showto...8&mode=threaded I thought of it when you asked for lots of calories.

I think that sounds good for what my friend and I call "Back Home Food" type shower. I might suggest chicken salad as a sandwich option, and rainbow sherbet with 7 Up makes a good "Back Home" punch.

OK, so I get the square not the tube square? The measurement are a little weird--for example, if I get grade 202T43, I could get 1.5", but it doesn't tell me the rest of the dimensions (I'm assuming the 1.5" refers to height). Does it matter what grade I get? Can I just get the cheapest kind? It's so confusing being a girl! (I just set the women's lib movement back a few decades. . . ) ← Oh geez, it's not genetic you know! You just don't have experience in that area.

jgm, I agree. I skipped the market tour to go to the art museum. I only made it halfway through. I also so saw other interesting shopping that would have been fun to check out. I think KC was well planned and I never felt like we had a packed schedule, or felt rushed, which I appreciated, nor did I feel it was underplanned. But I certainly could have found things to do if there was more free time. I definitely want to return to KC to see some of those things. And eat more burnt ends. Also, I know in Chicago a number of people struck out on their own part of the time.

My favorite drink from Manifesto during the recent Heartland Gathering was the edited to fix link

Please do! I am getting back into ice creams having not made any this summer until about 2 weeks ago. Dorie, thanks for your note re: the rice pudding. I thought someone here had made it, but I must be thinking of TWD.

Did I miss them, or you are surprised they weren't mentioned?

Catherine, I'll move them over to the other list.

I suggest not pursuing the nut free line of conversation in this thread because it generally spirals out of control and will not give Fat Guy any lunch ideas for his kiddo. As a school administrator, we hate to have these types of restrictions, but it is truly in the interest of protecting the kids - and to a lesser extent avoiding putting staff in what is potentially a life threatening situation.

I would love to go to Toronto again. I haven't been there in almost 14 years. Kerry, aren't some of our chocolate friends in Toronto, Kerry? I also don't think that the passport issue is a big one.

I like Food and Wine and also will second Cuisine at Home. It has no ads and the recipes are good and well categorized. I also have a couple of their books, the grilling one, and one other. Most recipes appeal to me and there is a good balance of simple and more complicated dishes.

Thanks, Judy, for the detailed info. I didn't realize they also farmed another field.

The Ones We Have NOT. I'm sure some of you have made some of these. Can I move them to other column? Like the rice pudding, vanilla ice cream, Katz brownies. Surely someone has made those. I think I'll do the Brioche Plum Tart next week. 1. All American All Delicious Apple Pie 2. Apple Apple Bread Pudding 3. Banana Coconut Ice Cream Pie 4. Banana Cream Pie 5. Brioche Plum Tart 6. Burnt Sugar Ice Cream 7. Café Volcano Cookies 8. Chestnut Scones 9. Chockablock Cookies 10. Chocolate Armagnac Cake 11. Chocolate Banded Ice Cream Torte 12. Chocolate Blueberry Ice Cream 13. Chocolate Cream Tart 14. Chocolate Spice Quickies 15. Citrus Current Sunshine Muffins 16. Coconut Butter Thins 17. Coffee Ice Cream Tart 18. Cornmeal Shortbread Cookies 19. Crème Brulee 20. Date Nut Loaf 21. Double Crusted Blueberry Pie 22. Dulce de Leche Duos 23. Fig Cake for Fall 24. Flip Over Plum Cake 25. Floating Islands 26. Fluff Filled Chocolate Madeleines 27. Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake 28. Gingered Carrot Cookies 29. Granola Grabbers 30. Hidden Berry Cream Cheese Torte 31. Honey Almond Fig Tart 32. Honey Nut Scones 33. Honey Wheat Cookies 34. Kugelhopf 35. La Paletter’s Strawberry Tart 36. Lemon Cup Custard 37. Lime Cream Meringue Pie 38. Lots of Ways Banana Cake 39. Low and Lush Chocolate Cheesecake 40. Marshmallows 41. Mixed Berry Cobbler 42. Mrs Vogel’s Scherben 43. My Favorite Pecan Pie 44. Pecan Powder Puffs 45. Pecan Sour Cream Biscuits 46. Puffed Double Plum Tart 47. Raisin Swirl Bread 48. Raspberry Blanc Manger 49. Real Butterscotch Pudding 50. Rice Pudding 51. Rick Katz’s Brownies for Julia 52. Sour Cream Chocolate Cake Cookies 53. Strawberry Rhubarb Double Crisp 54. Summer Fruit Galette 55. Sweet Potato Biscuits 56. Tarte Fine 57. Toasted Coconut Custard Tart 58. Tourtely Apple Tart 59. Translucent Maple Tuiles 60. Tropical Crumble 61. Vanilla Ice Cream

Ok, I'm in list making mode. I updated the list of recipes we have made from this book since I last posted the list. It's pretty darn impressive. I think we can easily bake the entire book. In all the cook-the-book threads, I don't think any book has been entirely completed. By my count, we have made 182 recipes, leaving about 61 not counting "playing arounds" and other variations. The Ones We've Baked 1. Allspice Muffins 2. Almost Fudge Gateau 3. Alsatian Apple Tart 4. Apple Cheddar Scones 5. Apple Coconut Family Cake 6. Apple Nut Muffin Cake 7. Apple pie cake 8. Applesauce Spice Bars 9. Arborio rice pudding 10. Basic Biscuits 11. Bill’s Big Carrot Cake 12. Biscotti 13. Bittersweet Brownies 14. Black and White Banana Loaf 15. Black and White Chocolate Cake 16. Blackberry Cobbler 17. Blueberry Brown Sugar Plain Cake 18. Blueberry Crumb Cake 19. Blueberry Sour Cream Ice Cream 20. Bostock 21. Bourbon Bread Pudding 22. Brioche Raisin Snails 23. Brown Sugar Apple Cheesecake 24. Brown Sugar Bundt Cake 25. Brown Sugar Pecan Shortbread Cookies 26. Brownie Buttons 27. Brrrr-ownies 28. Buttermilk biscuits 29. Buttery Jam cookies 30. Caramel Brownie Cake 31. Caramel Crunch bars 32. Caramel peanut topped brownie cake 33. Caramel Pumpkin Pie 34. Caramel Topped Flan 35. Caramelized Apple Bread Pudding 36. Cardamom Crumb Cake 37. Carrot Spice Muffins 38. Cherry Fudge Brownie Torte 39. Cherry Rhubarb Cobbler 40. Chewy Chunky Blondies 41. Chipster Topped Brownies 42. Choco-ginger Crackles 43. Chocolate Amaretti Torte 44. Chocolate Biscotti 45. Chocolate Bread Pudding 46. Chocolate Caramel Chestnut Cake 47. Chocolate Cherry Biscotti 48. Chocolate Chocolate Chunk muffins 49. Chocolate Chunkers 50. Chocolate Crunch Caramel Tart 51. Chocolate Cupcakes 52. Chocolate Ganache Gelato 53. Chocolate Malted Whopper Drops 54. Chocolate Mint Chip ice cream 55. Chocolate Oatmeal Almost Candy Bars 56. Chocolate Oatmeal drops 57. Chocolate Pudding 58. Chocolate Shortbread Cookies 59. Chocolate Soufflé 60. Choco-nana Bread 61. Chunky Oatmeal and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chipsters 62. Chunky Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Chocolate Chipsters 63. Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread 64. Cinnamon Squares 65. Classic Banana Bundt Cake 66. Classic Berry Tart 67. Classic Brownies 68. Cocoa Almond Meringues 69. Cocoa Buttermilk Birthday Cake 70. Coconut Orange Tea Cake 71. Coconut Roasted Pineapple Dacquoise 72. Coconut Tea Cake 73. Coffee Break Muffins 74. Corniest Corn Muffins 75. Cornmeal and Fruit Loaf 76. Cottage Cheese Pufflets 77. Cranapple Crisps 78. Cranberry Lime Galette 79. Cranberry Shortbread Cake 80. Cranberry Upside Downer 81. Cream Puff Ring 82. Cream Scones 83. Creamy Dark Chocolate Sorbet 84. Crunchy and Custardy Peach Tart 85. Depth of Fall Butternut Squash Pie 86. Devil’s Food White Out Cake 87. Devilish Shortcakes 88. Dimply Plum Cake 89. Double apple bundt cake 90. Double Chocolate Chunk Muffins 91. Dressy Chocolate Loaf 92. Earl Grey Madelines 93. Espresso Cheesecake Brownie 94. Espresso Chocolate Shortbread 95. Far Breton 96. Flaky Apple Turnovers 97. Florida Pie 98. Fluted Ricotta Cake 99. Fold Over Pear Torte 100. French Chocolate Brownies 101. French Pear Tart 102. Fresh Ginger and Chocolate Gingerbread 103. Fresh Mango Bread 104. Ginger Jazzed Brownies 105. Golden Brioche 106. Good for Everything Pie Crust 107. Gooey Chocolate Cakes 108. Grandma’s All Occasion Sugar Cookies 109. Great Grains Muffins 110. Holiday Bundt Cake 111. Honey Nut Brownies 112. Honey Peach Ice Cream 113. Honey’s Apple Cake 114. Key Lime Cheesecake 115. Lemon Cream Tart 116. Lemon Poppyseed muffins 117. Lenox Almond Biscotti 118. Linzer Cookies 119. Lots of Ways Banana Cake 120. Madeleines 121. Maple Cornmeal Drop Biscuits 122. Marbled banana chocolate loaf cake 123. Marbled Cheesecake 124. Marbled Loaf Cake 125. Midnight Crackle cookies 126. Milk Chocolate Mini Bundt Cakes 127. Mini Madeleines 128. Mocha Chocolate Bundt Cake? 129. Mocha Walnut Marbled Bundt Cake 130. My Best Chocolate Chip cookies 131. Normandy Apple Tart 132. Nutty Chocolaty Swirly Sour Cream Bundt Cake 133. Oatmeal Breakfast Loaf 134. Oatmeal Nutmeg Scones 135. Orange Berry Muffins 136. Orange Cream Tart 137. Orange Current Sunshine Muffins 138. Parisian Apple Tarts 139. Peanut Butter Crisscrosses 140. Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chipsters 141. Peanut Butter Torte 142. Peanuttiest Blondies 143. Pecan Honey Sticky Buns 144. Perfection Pound Cake 145. Pot de Crème 146. Pound Cake 147. Pumpkin Spice Marshmallows 148. Pumpkin Spice Muffins 149. Quintuple Chocolate Brownies 150. Raspberry Coulis 151. Rhubarb Strawberry Crisp 152. Rosy Poached Pear and Pistachio Tart 153. Rugelach 154. Rum-Drenched Vanilla Cakes 155. Russian Grandmother’s Apple Cake 156. Sables 157. Salt and Pepper Cocoa Cookies 158. Savoury Corn Muffins 159. Snickery Squares 160. Soft Chocolate and Raspberry Tart 161. Sour Cream Pecan Biscuits 162. Sour Cream Pumpkin Pie 163. Split Level Pudding 164. Sugar Topped Molasses Spice Cookies 165. Swedish Visiting Cake 166. Sweet Cream Biscuits 167. Sweet Potato Biscuits 168. Tarte Noir 169. Tarte Tatin 170. Tartest Lemon Tart 171. Tenderest Shortcakes 172. Thanksgiving Twofer Pie 173. Thumbprints 174. Tiramisu 175. Toasted Almond Scones 176. Toffee Brown Sugar Ice Cream Bars 177. Tribute to Katherine Hepburn Brownies 178. Vanilla ice cream 179. White Chocolate Blonde Raspberry Brownies 180. White Chocolate Brownies 181. World Peace Cookies 182. Yogurt Cake

I loved the shop and bought a 21 piece box. My husband and I have been sharing them each night after dinner. There were a few we thought were ok or were not to our taste like the bourbon pecan, which we thought had little to no bourbon taste, rosemary, which was better than I thought it would be and would probably be deemed excellent by someone who preferred that flavor more than I do, and lavender, which was rather nice, not like eating soap as I often find rose and lavender things. I wouldn't eat more than one, though. Everything else was excellent, especially the fleur de sel, vanilla caramel and some of the spicy ones. I took notes each night and will post more when I find them again. Note to Chicagoans, the website says they are available at Trotters To Go.

Can someone list the crops in the Crum's fields? I didn't make the walk all the way up to the back and regret it. Tomatoes, chard, eggplant, herbs, potatoes, and ...

Apparently I have too much time on my hands, as I went back through the thread and listed all the books mentioned. I did NOT have enough time on my hands to correct capitalization, but did try to eliminate duplicates and fix spelling where it was obvious. I removed "the" from titles, but not 'a' or 'an'. Just didn't seem right. I have it in a table format, which smushes title and author together when I cut and paste. Sorry about that. If you know a fix, do tell. Where there is a specialty that is not obvious from the title and was mentioned by the poster, it follows the author. Here's the list to date, alphabetically by title: Title Author subject Anything by: Amanda Hesser Bryanna Clark Grogan vegan Chris Schlesinger Damon Lee Fowler Southern Escoffier James Beard Jamie Oliver Joel Robuchon John Thorne Laurie Colwin Lidia Bastianich Maida Heatter Martinez Vera Cruz Michael Fields Mollie Katzen Nigel Slater Patricia Quintana Mexican Paula Wolfert Pierre Franey Simon Hopkinson Trilling Oaxaca 60 Minute Chef Pierre Franey 60-Minute Gourmet Pierre Franey A Book of Middle Eastern Food Claudia Roden A Bowl of Red Frank Tolbert chili A Commonsense Guide to Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables Elizabeth Schnieder a fresh look at saucing foods deidre davis A New Way to Cook Sally Schneider A Real American Breakfast Jamison & Jamison a return to cooking with eric ripert A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen Jack Bishop Advanced Professional Pastry Chef Bo Frieburg Amuse-Bouche Tramonto An Ocean of Flavor: the Japanese Way with Fish and Seafood Elizabeth Andoh Any New York Times Cookbook Appetite Nigel Slater At Home with Japanese Cooking Elizabeth Andoh Balthazar Barbeque Bible Steven Raichlen Barefoot Contessa Best American Recipes edited Fran McCullough and Molly Stevens Best Recipe Cooks Illustrated Big Fat Duck Big Flavor Jim Foebel Biscuits, Spoonbread and Sweet Potato Pie Bill Neal Southern baking Bistro Cooking Patrica Wells Bistro Cuisine Patricia Wells Bittersweet Alice Medrich Book of Jewish Food Claudia Roden Book of Middle Eastern Cooking Claudia Roden book on Catalan cooking Colman Andrews Bread Bakers Apprentice Peter Reinhart Bread Bible But the Crackling Is Superb: An Anthology on Food and Drink by Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society Cake Bible Rose Levy Beranbaum Campanile cookbook Mark Peel and Nancy Silverton. Italian Catalan Cuisine: Europe's Last Great Culinary Secret Colman Andrews Charlie Trotter Cooks At Home Chesapeake Bay Cooking John Shields Chez Nous (Passion for Provence reissued name) Lydie Marshall Chez Panisse Cooking Chez Panisse Vegetables China Moon Cookbook Chinese Gastronomy Hsiang-Ju Lin, Tsuifeng Lin Chocolate and the Art of Low-Fat Desserts Alice Medrich Christmas Delia Smith CIA's Book of Soups Classic Cuisine of Italian Jews Edda Servi Machlin Classic Home Desserts Sax Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking Sahni Classic Pasta Giuliano Hazan Complete Asian Cookbook Charmaine Solomon Complete French Cooking Course Complete Illustrated Cookery Course Delia Smith Complete Meat Cookbook Bruce Aidells and Denis Kelly Complete Technique Jacques Pepin Cookies and Brownies Alice Medrich's Cookies Unlimited Nick Malgieri Cooking at the Merchant House Shaun Hill Cooking from New England Jasper White Cooking Light Cooking of South-West France Paula Wolfert Cooking with Claudine cooking with Daniel Boulud Cooking with David Burke of the Park Avenue Cafe David Burke Cooking with the Seasons Jean-Louis Pallidin Cook's Bible Cordon Bleu Cook's Companion Stephanie Alexander Cook's Illustrated annuals Cookwise Shirley Corriher Cotton Country Collection Junior Charity League of Monroe 1972 Southern Country Weekends Lee Bailey Craft of Cooking Tom Colicchio Creole Feast Burton and Lombard Cucina Simpatica Killeen and Germon Cuisine Economique Jacques Pepin Culinary Artistry Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, Cuisine Du Terroir Celine Vence Dakshin, a book of Southeastern vegetarian cuisine. Dear Francesca Mary Contini Desert Island Cookbook: Lulu's Provencal Table Dessert Bible Christopher Kimball Doubleday Cookbook Early French cookery: Sources, history, original recipes and modern adaptations Eleanor Scully medieval food El Bulli Elegant Taste of Thailand: Cha Am Cuisine Pinyo Srisawat Elements of Taste Gray Kunz Escoffier Cook Book. Essentials of Classical Italian Cuisine Marcella Hazan Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook Ruth Van Waerebeek-Gonzalez Family food Heston Blumenthal Fannie Farmer Baking Book Marion Cunningham Fannie farmer Boston cooking school cookbook Feasts for All Seasons Roy Andre De Groot Fields of Greens Fish and Shellfish Peterson Flatbreads and Flavours Jeffery Alford and Naomi Duguid Flavors of France Alain Ducasse Food From My Heart Zarela Martinez Mexican Food of Southern Italy Carlo Middione Foods and Wines of Spain Penelope Casas Forever Summer Nigella Four Seasons Cookery Book Margaret Costa French Country Cooking Elizabeth David French Kitchen Joanne Harris French Laundry Thomas Keller French Market Joanne Harris French Provincial Cooking Elizabeth David French Regional Cooking Anne Willian Fresh & Fast Marie Simmons Frog Commissary Cookbook Steven Poses Frozen Desserts Francisco Migoya Gear for Your Kitchen Alton Brown Gift of Southern Cooking Scott Peacock and Edna Lewis Gloria's Gourmet Low-Fat Muffins Good Cook series Time Life Good Housekeeping's Cookery Book Goose Fat and Garlic Jeanne Strang Gotham Bar & Grill Cookbook Alfred Portale Grand Livre de Cuisine d’Alain Ducasse Green on Greens Burt Green Greens Deborah Madison Grit Cookbook Southern vegetarian Harry’s Bar Cookbook Heart of Sicily Anna Tasca Lanza High Flavor, Low Fat Steven Raichlen Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking John Martin Taylor Horizon Cookbook and Illustrated History of Eating and Drinking Throughout the Ages Hot Sour Salty Sweet How to be a Domestic Goddess Nigella Lawson (for baking) How to Cook and Eat in Chinese How to Cook Everything Mark Bittman How to Eat Nigella Lawson How to Play with your Food Penn and Teller How to Read a French Fry Russ Parson Hungarian Cookbook Susan Derecskey I'm Just here for the Food Alton Brown In Madeline's Kitchen Madeline Kamen Intercourses, an Aphrodisiac Cookbook Italian American Cooking Lidia Bastianich Italian Food Elizabeth David Italian Regional Cooking Ada Boni James Beard cookbooks James Beards American Cookery Japanese Cooking, a Simple Art Shizuo Tsuji Jessie Marie DeBoth Cookbook for All Occasions joslin diabetes gourmet cookbook Joy of Cooking Joy of Cooking Just Desserts Gordon Ramsay Kitchen Science Howard Hillman Kitchen Sessions Charlie Trotter La cucina essentiale - Stefano Cavallini La Retertoire de la Cuisine Saulnier La Varenne Pratique Anne Willan Larousse Gastronomique Le Cordon Blue textbook Le Repertoire de la Cuisine Louis Saulnier Lidia's Italian Table, Lidia Bastianich Looney Spoons Has some really good low fat stuff Lord Krishna's Cuisine Yamuna Devi Louisiana Real and Rustic. Emeril Lagasse Cajun ma gastronomie fernand point Making of a Chef Madeleine Kamman Marie Clare" cookbooks Mastering the Art of French Cooking Julia Child Mastering the Art of French Pastry Bruce Henry and Paul Bugal Mediterranean Paula Wolfert Mediterranean Cooking Elizabeth David Mediterranean Feast Clifford Wright Mediterranean Seafood Alan Davidson Mediterranean Vegetables Clifford Wright Mexico One Plate at a Time Rick Bayless Minimalist Cooks at Home Mark Bittman Moosewood Moro My Gastronomy Nico Ladenis Naked Chef Jamie Oliver New Joy of Cooking New Making of a Cook Madeline Kammen New Orleans Cookbook Richard & Rima Collin New Professional Chef CIA New Way to Cook New York Times Cookbook Craig Claiborne New York Times Cookbook New York Times Menu Cookbook Nico Nico Ladenis Noodle, Terry Durack North Atlantic Seafood Alan Davidson Nose to Tail Eating Fergus Henderson old fashioned cookbook jan mcbride carlton On Food and Cooking Harold McGee Oxford Companion to Food Passionate Vegetarian Crescent Dragonwagon Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life Patisserie Roux Brothers Perfect Cakes Nick Malgieri Pies and Tarts Martha Stewart Prawn Cocktail Years Simon Hopkinson Professional Chef Culinary Institute of America Professional Pastry Chef Bo Frieburg Real Fast Food Nigel Slater Real Food Nigel Slater Real Stew Clifford Wright Regional Italian and American Home Cooking Nika Hazelton Return to Cooking Eric Ripert & Mark Ruhlman Rhubarb and Black Pudding Paul Heatcote River Cottage Cookbook Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall River Roads Junior League Book Creole Roast Chicken and Other Stories Simon Hopkinson Roasting Barbara Kafka Sacramental Magic in a Smalltown Cafe Brother Juniper sauces james Peterson Science of Cooking Peter Barham seafood recipes from local waters Jacqueline Pell Tuttle Seattle Kitchen. Tom Douglas Secret Ingredients Michael Roberts Sichuan Cooking Fuchsia Dunlop Silver Palate Cookbook Simple French Food Richard Olney Simple Italian Food Mario Batali Simple to Spectacular Jean-Georges Vongerichten & Mark Bittman Simply French, Patricia Wells introduces the cuisine of Joel Robuchon Patricia Wells Slow Mediterranean Kitchen, Paula Wolfert Sophie’s Kitchen and Sunshine Food Sophie Grigson Sophie's Table Sophie Grigson Soup, Beautiful Soup Felipe Rojas-Lombardi Southern Sideboards Junior League Book Southern Southwest Tastes Ellen Brown Southwestern Vegetarian Stephan Pyles Spice Cookbook Splendid Cooking Splendid Table Lynne Rossetto Kasper Sunshine Food Sophie Grigson Taste of Country Cooking Edna Lewis Tetsuya Tetsuya Wakuda Thai Food David Thompson The Best of the Best of (state) American Regional – by state Thrill of the Grill Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby through the seasons Joel Robuchon Town and Country Cookbook James Villas Trattoria Patricia Wells Trattoria Cooking Biba Caggiono Under Pressure Thomas Keller Union Square Café Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone Deborah Madison Vegetarian Cooking of the East Madhur Jaffrey Village Baker Joe Ortiz Village Baker's Wife Gayle and Joe Ortiz Way to Cook Julia Child When French Women Cook Madeleine Kamman White Heat Marco Pierre White Wild Food from Land & Sea Marco Pierre White Wildwood: Cooking from the Source in the Pacific Northwest Cory Schreiber Working Girl Must Eat Hazel Young World Vegetarian Madhur Jaffrey Zuni Cafe Cookbook Judy Rodgers edited to work on formatting

Oh, Kerry! What an ordeal. I hope they don't call you in today.

I'll add my thanks to Judy and Aaron for their superior scouting and organizing skills. I really appreciate all their hard work in putting everything together. I loved Bluestem and the BBQ tour, and the space for Saturday's dinner was fantastic. Brunch at Crum Farm was a wonderful experience. I really enjoyed seeing their place. I might have to post over in the dream jobs thread now. (Since my thumb is not particularly green, it's definitely a dream). I enjoyed Kansas City and would definitely like to take a trip back for some of the interesting shops we drove by and to see the rest of the fantastic art museum. I only made it 1/2 way through on Saturday. My food pics definitely don't meet the quality of those with better cameras, but I'll post some general shots. Lidia's interior shot Prasantrin, her mom and I went to Christopher Elbow on the way to dinner Saturday. Exterior Interior Counter Case close up Another The production room, taken from the shop. The whole wall is window so you can see. Nothing going on on Sat, though. From Saturday's dinner Aaron and Edsel Crum Farm Root Cellar Challah for French toast Describing the menu The Crum's gave us all a bag of granola to take with. I had mine this morning on some Greek yogurt.

It might be too late, but check your local craft stores, Joann Fabrics, etc for summer picnic clearance. They always seem to have interesting metal trays and containers in bright colors and metal finishes.