Home Cooking

by MidwesternerTT 3 days ago

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

Hi all, I wonder if people could offer some suggestions on a cookbook or two that they recommend for salads and dressings? There are lots of books on salads for sure, but I'm sure people have th...

by Amandarama 26 days ago

Is it deep in the throes of winter where you are? Are you keeping warm with comfort food or are you already looking ahead to warmer weather? Here's where we help each other decide "What's for ...

by LulusMom 1 day ago

Thanks to those of you who contributed to the nominations thread. There were 14 nominations, and 6 of them had 7 or more votes. Exciting, and a little tough as the moderator. But two, LAKSA and DAL...

by Caitlin McGrath 25 days ago

In time for Groundhog Day and a polar vortex in the Northeast, some species of winter everywhere. What are you preheating your oven for this month?

by islandmermaid 26 days ago

Welcome to Lidia Bastianich Month! Please use this thread to post reports on recipes from Lidia's Favorite Recipes: 100 Foolproof Italian Dishes, from Basic Sauces to Irresistible Entrees. If y...

by MidwesternerTT 1 month ago

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

I remember making a wonderful chicken breast recipe back in the mid to late 1970's or maybe even the early 80's. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it was from a Bon Appetite magazine and I seem to rem...

by islandmermaid 3 days ago

Our next cookbook of the month will be Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Marton. We can use this thread to share our excitement, questions, and thou...

by Caitlin McGrath 1 month ago

The vagaries of 2020 didn’t stop the new-cookbooks pipeline, and surely 2021 will be no different. And then there are all the thousands that have come before, but are new to each of us. What cookin...

I bought this at a nice grocery store and just assumed that I could put it in the oven for 30 minutes and eat it. I cooked it to a med/med-rare temp and found it to be VERY chewy. So I guess I have...

by herby 27 days ago

Welcome to DOTM reporting thread for February 2021. Our dish this month is Posole which won over Laksa by a large margin. It’s been awhile since I last made posole and look forward to reading your ...

September 2006 Cookbook of the Month: Please post your reviews of meat and seafood recipes from Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking here. Please mention the name of the recipe yo...

by herby 1 month ago

Thank you all for taking time to nominate a dish! We had lively nominations round where twelve dishes were nominated and two dishes emerged as contenders for February 2021 DOTM: LAKSA and POSOLE. ...

by LulusMom 7 days ago

It’s nomination time here at Dish of the Month. What dish sounds especially exciting to cook together this month? Most of us are still stuck in winter, although spring will likely start peeking out...

by LulusMom 2 days ago

Gradually getting more comfortable with pizza dough, and would like to make a pizza with pesto and potato. But I can’t find a recipe that gives advice about how to do this to make sure the potato c...

Thinking I was getting a great deal, I bought 1kg of ground (with skin) almonds direct from an almond farmer here in France. Now I'm panicking as I know once I open the vacum packed packet I need ...

by islandmermaid 26 days ago

Welcome to Lidia Bastianich Month! Please use this thread to post reports on recipes from Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Great Italian Cook. I...

by islandmermaid 7 days ago

Welcome to another Cookbook of the Month (COTM) vote! Here are our nominees! I included links to a profile on each author. ☆Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking by Ton...

by islandmermaid 1 month ago

Welcome to another Cookbook of the Month (COTM) vote! Here are our nominees! I included links to a profile on each author, the author's web site, and a selection of recipes available online. JU...