by Suzi | Aug 26, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
Farro. Isn’t that a city in North Dakota? That one in the movie with the grisly scene of someone disposing of a body in a mechanical wood chucker? No, that’s Fargo. Farro is, well, actually there is disagreement. Farro is certain grains of some species of wheat. After...
by Suzi | Aug 25, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews
How can you make chicken taste better than chicken? Enfold it with flavor. Inundate it with cool contrasts. In the summer, it’s easier to do than you might think. Take chicken breasts, marinate them in garlic and mustard, then coat with breadcrumbs and Parmesan, cook...
by Aaron | Aug 24, 2010 | Teambuilding Successes
by Brian | Aug 23, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews
As someone who typically posts about brownies and ice cream, you might be surprised that I would now write about bread salad. I would not replace my brownies with this, but having panzanella can certainly reduce those latent feelings of sugar guilt. In fact, I love...
by Suzi | Aug 22, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews
Yesterday’s post for Double Chocolate Brownies suggested adding ice cream. Here is what we serve at Cooking by the Book: a rich, bourbon spiked vanilla treat. This recipe follows the classic technique of carefully making custard. The steps here are well described and...
