Home Cooking

by islandmermaid 10 days ago

A warm and cozy greeting to everyone in our Cookbook of the Month community! Let's put on our thinking caps and share ideas for our February selection. For many of us, February means chilly days,...

by L.Nightshade 5 years ago

Chowders won the voting round by a landslide! If you’d like to see how we selected this dish, you can view the voting thread here: http://www.chowhound.com/post/home-cooking-dish-month-november-20...

Hi all. Like many people I’ve always loved to cook, but after all the lockdowns it’s getting to feel more like a chore! What is everyone doing to find energy to have fun cooking again?

With the ground beef/chuck we have used from the freezer the last several months, our hamburger patties have crumbled/broken apart. The last time I added an egg but that didn't help; we had to sco...

There was a Sir Beef restaurant in Evansville Indiana that had a "Help Ye Self" relish bar with Kraut, Pickles, Beets, and these Green Beans that were awesome! I tried to get the recipe and the o...

by Dave MP 2 days ago

My mom wants to make homemade onion rolls (like the kind that's used for deli sandwiches). I'd love to know if anyone has a tried and true recipe that works? A quick google search uncovers some pos...

by islandmermaid 20 days ago

Welcome to Cookbook of the Month! Please use this thread to post reports on recipes from the following chapters of JapanEasy: Everyday Salads, Sides, & Snacks, page 24 Small Dishes, page 54 ...

hey! which alcohol is more preferred between rum and vodka for making pure vanilla bean extract ??? and can anyone suggest some authentic recipe of that PVBE?

by Caitlin McGrath 8 days ago

Here’s the place to share those great deals that come up for ebook versions of cookbooks in various formats this year. Fair warning that these deals can come and go quickly, so a sale might be over...

by Shrinkrap 11 years ago

I've been making preserved lemons from my meyer lemons for years, and wonder if there is room to "hack" the recipe. For instance, I have a half lemon I would like to add (okay, I cut off a moldy pa...

by Jim Leff 2 months ago

I don't often follow these cookbook of the month discussions, so I have a very specific question: which cookbooks have appeared to provide the most unanimously and consistently successful recipes? ...

by Dave MP 1 month ago

This winter holiday season I'd like to make my own lox or gravlax. I've never done it before. I was inspired by the NY Times gravlax recipe, which seems easy enough. But I'm wondering if folks have...

by Caitlin McGrath 12 months ago

Here’s the place to share those great deals that come up for ebook versions of cookbooks in various formats this year. Fair warning that these deals can come and go quickly, so a sale might be over...

by Caitlin McGrath 2 months ago

In December, we’ll be cooking from the FOOD52 WEBSITE. This thread will cover both discussion of and reporting on recipes from https://food52.com/recipes, so don’t hesitate to post about either fro...

by kySafran 8 days ago

Just in case you need to knock up a curry for 800 once lock-down is over and group gatherings are something to be celebrated again, instead of shunned. Here's a recipe. 4.5kg/10lbs of chilli & 7kg...

by islandmermaid 20 days ago

Welcome to Cookbook of the Month! Please use this thread to post reports on recipes from the following chapters of JapanEasy: Sushi, page 86 Big Dishes, page 98 If you are the first one to ...

My grandmother used to grow grapes and would use the juice to make a candy like treat that I fondly remember. She would pour a liquid into little shallow bowls and leave them all over the spare roo...

by Caitlin McGrath 4 months ago

Welcome to our Fall Quarter Baking COTM, running through the end of 2020, MIDWEST MADE: BIG, BOLD BAKING FROM THE HEARTLAND by Shauna Sever. We’ll use this thread for all reports and discussion of ...

by Caitlin McGrath 7 months ago

So, 2020 has turned into a weird year. But there are still new cookbooks to anticipate, existing cookbooks to discover, and lots of home cooking. Which books are catching your fancy?

I´ve learned to make indian food lately. And quite well too. We´re talking currys here with the standard sauces of ground nuts, tomatoes, cream or coconut milk etc. But have you all noticed that...