Home Cooking

Here's where we help each other decide "What's for Dinner,” celebrate (or commiserate about) our nightly dinner results, and share recipes - with our modifications noted. What's for Dinner? Phot...

by Njchicaa 4 days ago

I do! I cleared out a bunch of them when I was moving but there were some that I decided to keep anyway. My list: --How to Bake Everything --Bon Appetit's The Grilling Book --Cook's Illust...

by Caitlin McGrath 3 days ago

Autumn and the run-up to the year-end holidays is a big season for new cookbooks (in North America, at any rate), and there are countless existing books still to discover. What's piquing your inter...

Autumn begins in earnest. What's in your oven?

Hi all - I bought a few pounds of grapes labeled as muscadine "black" grapes. They're tasty, but between the, um, quite substantial peel (it actually pops and crackles as you try to chew it) and t...

by ad7yn 3 days ago

Hello friends! November nominations are up. Please nominate as many books as you like, and CAPITALIZE THE TITLE as you nominate. If you’re mentioning or discussing the book but not nominating, just...

by herby 16 days ago

Please use this thread to report on falafel that you make this month and in many months to follow. In your reports, do share ingredients, methods, sources, inspirations, successes and failures, pho...

by delys77 5 years ago

Greetings all! Please use this thread to post your reviews for recipes pulled from Diana Henry books other than those identified in the main thread (Pure Simple Cooking/A change of Appetite/Food...

Hi y'all. I have a deep freeze and 2 stand-up fridge side-by-sides, one of which keeps foods in the freezer almost as cold as the deep freeze. As a result, I tend to toss stuff in that super cold...

by ad7yn 16 days ago

Welcome to October 2019 Cookbook of the Month! Please use this thread to post reports on recipes from the following chapters of VIETNAMESE FOOD ANY DAY: CHICKEN AND SEAFOOD (pages 95-122) PORK A...

got a bunch and now must bake! do you have a favorite recipe to share?

by ad7yn 16 days ago

Welcome to October 2019 Cookbook of the Month! Please use this thread to post reports on recipes from the following chapters of VIETNAMESE FOOD ANY DAY: BASIC RECIPES AND KNOW-HOW (pages 25-44) ...

by ad7yn 16 days ago

Welcome to October 2019 Cookbook of the Month! Please use this thread to post reports on recipes from the following chapters of VIETNAMESE FOOD ANY DAY: SALADS AND VEGETABLE SIDES (pages 161-182)...

I lost my recipe for mac and cheese. It didn't use a roux. From what I remember, cooked pasta was layered in the casserole dish with grated cheese. It had onions in it, raw I think. Then hot mi...

by MidwesternerTT 22 days ago

Let’s use this thread to share concise weekly dinner menus for each week in October. It's helpful if you can include your location and how many people you are feeding. Links to recipes are always a...

by Caitlin McGrath 10 months ago

Here's the place to share those great cookbook deals that come up for ebook versions in various formats this year. These deals seem to go by so fast, so just a reminder the sale might be over by th...

by ad7yn 18 days ago

Hi everyone, our next Cookbook of the Month will be VIETNAMESE FOOD ANY DAY: SIMPLE RECIPES FOR TRUE AND FRESH FLAVORS by Andrea Nguyen! We can use this thread to chat about the book before our rep...

I have a can of Hormel chili (no beans) that I don't know what to do with. I bought two cans with a coupon I had. The first was served on a baked potato with sour cream and jalapenos. It was ok, bu...

by ad7yn 16 days ago

Welcome to October 2019 Cookbook of the Month! Please use this thread to post reports on recipes from the following chapters of VIETNAMESE FOOD ANY DAY: SWEETS and COFFEE (pages 209-225) Link ...

We are hosting Thanksgiving this weekend and I haven't cooked a Thanksgiving dinner for years and years so have been combing the CH boards and recipe sites for tips. There will only be six of us, ...