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by Brian | Oct 11, 2018 | Recipes
Today’s TBT recipe is all about fall and feeling warm. You’ll see. Comfort food. We all respond when we hear this term, and we all have that short list of favorites that we can instantly taste in our brains, in not in our mouths. If you survey people,...
![Lamb Ragu with Pappardelle [with Chocolate!]](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wc-Lamb-Ragu-with-Pappardelle-1080x675.jpg)
by Brian | Oct 10, 2018 | Recipes
There are many savory dishes where a touch of chocolate is a key flavor accelerator. Just a little chocolate or cacao gives your dish deeper dimension. What kind of dishes are we talking about? Here’s one: lamb prepared in a ragu with all the traditional ingredients...
by Brian | Oct 7, 2018 | Recipes
I love trout. Pan-fried and served with splashes of lemon juice, the taste of trout is distinguished and unforgettable. Now, this recipe is different. The prominence of the trout flavor itself is muted. It’s there, it’s there, but there are so many other flavors that...
by Brian | Oct 5, 2018 | Recipes
On Tuesday I gave a belated, but most positive, cookbook review for Acadiana Table. The book arrived in 2013 and I hope you’ve had a chance to scan through it during your bookstore meanderings. Written by George Graham, a native of South Louisiana, the book is...
by Brian | Oct 4, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
Oh, it may be October but in our hearts we cling to summer. This recipe will help you with that effort. I was not a fennel fan until we had this dish. Now, I’m happy to see fennel employed near and far. At Cooking by the Book, Suzen has surrendered. There...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2018 | Recipes
You may want to make every single recipe in the new John Whaite cookbook: Comfort, Food to Soothe the Soul. Suzi and I do. I’ve been collecting the ideas we will test first and this one pops to the top. Roasting meat with veggies is a technique that does, truly,...
