Home Cooking

by jen kalb 2 months ago

For December we nominated a total of 15 cookbooks, from which the top nominees were The Christmas Chronicles with 7 votes and Milk Street Tuesday Nights and From the Oven to the Table with 5 votes...

by MonicaMadeIt 17 days ago

Hello hello! As January speeds past us, it's time to consider what cookbook we'd like to work through together in February. Is it still stew/roasting season? Dreaming of future travels? Looking...

by MelMM 1 month ago

After extending the nominations to get a bit more separation so we could narrow this down to a reasonable number of nominees, we finally have a slate of candidates: From the Oven to the Table, b...

by MonicaMadeIt 9 days ago

Hello COTM'ers and newcomers! We nominated 19 books for February. The top 2 nominees are Simple Thai Food by Leela Punyaratabandu (6 votes) and Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten (7 votes). This ...

Last year as a new year’s resolution, I decided to bake a new cake every month that I had never made before. This year I am doing the same thing but just with desserts period. This month was king c...

by EllenCooks 4 months ago

What are you cooking that you’ve made before? Sort of an opposite COTM and DOTM. I’m trying to repeat recipes more often partially so I can cook more without recipes. My norm is to try new recipes ...

by MelMM 4 years ago

Use this thread to report on recipes from the following chapters in SMALL VICTORIES, by Julia Turshen: Meat + Poultry - pp. 151-184 Shellfish + Fish - pp. 190-211 If you are the first to rep...

by migmigmig 3 months ago

I bet it's delicious.

by LulusMom 1 year ago

Here we are almost 8 months into Covid quarantine, and the majority of us decided it makes the most sense to stick with an online source for our COTM. We voted for David Lebovitz’s blog as our Nove...

by prima 25 days ago

So as not to clutter up Masha’s 2021 recipe post, thought I would start a new recipes of 2022 thread. I tried 2 veg recipes from the NYT Thanksgiving Sidesgiving recipe booklet. The photos aren’...

by Caitlin McGrath 9 months ago

Welcome to our May–July 2021 BCOTM, where we’ll be baking our way through Yossy Arefi’s books SNACKING CAKES and SWEETER OFF THE VINE and her baking blog, http://www.apt2bbakingco.com/. You can ...

What recipes did you make for the first time during 2021 that were a hit? Links to the recipe and/or to your earlier CH report on it are encouraged. I'll kick off the discussion: Epicurious's...

by tcamp 5 days ago

Son, 20, is a decent cook and interested in food. I am interested in facilitating the habits of other adults in the house who are willing to make dinner and include a veg or two. Anyway, we made be...

by Melanie Wong 6 days ago

In another discussion some were dreaming of avocado cream pie. Yes, it is a real thing. This is the recipe from the California Avocado Commission that I used to make in college. And for some reason...

Probably a dumb question, but here goes anyway... You know how sometimes there is a set of oil-and-vinegar cruets on the table for dressing your salad? Well, I've only done it a time or two, and ...

I made collard greens with flap meat from spare ribs and with sausage. The greens taste good and the stock tastes great. The sausage pieces and the pork pieces are still good to eat, but they ha...

by jen kalb 2 months ago

This is the reporting thread for the following chapters of Milk Street Tuesday Nights by Christopher Kimball: Easy Additions 212-241 Supper Salads 242-275 Pizza Night 276-309 One Pot 310-335 ...

I am still using the original style dough hook that came with my Kitchenaid K5A mixer. It doesn't do a very good job. Is the spiral dough hook better?

by MelMM 28 days ago

Use this thread to report on the following chapters from Mozza at Home: Umbrian Tavola - pp. 18-47 Sal's Roasted Pork Shoulder - pp. 48-68 Niçoise Deconstructed - pp. 69-91 Saturday Night Chi...

by MelMM 28 days ago

Use this thread to report on the following chapters from Mozza at Home: Grilled Lamb Shoulder Chops with Mint Yogurt Sauce - pp. 104-129 Eggs for Anytime - pp. 130-145 The Ultimate Hamburger -...