by Brian | Nov 23, 2011 | Recipes
Your Thanksgiving meal is done. The football games are over. Guests are gone. Cleanup, sadly, is necessary. Here is what NOT to do. Don’t throw away that leftover turkey carcass. Even if most of the meat is devoured, save the carcass. You are about to make quarts and...
by Brian | Nov 23, 2011 | Recipes
Gravy. After blood, the most precious liquid known to man. And that turkey gravy recipe you have may well call for using turkey stock. Here is a fast, easy, but delicious stock recipe from The New Thanksgiving Table by Diane Morgan. This recipe uses those “extra...
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by Brian | Nov 18, 2011 | Recipes
“How long have you had these symptoms?” the doctor asked me. “A week or two,” I answered. “About a month at this level. Decades at a reduced level.” Suzen was contributing to my diagnosis. I did not appreciate the “decades” bit. “So,” the doctor continued,...
by Suzi | Oct 30, 2011 | Recipes
I had a recipe that called for roast chicken and, you know what, I just did not want chicken. My clients at Cooking by the Book often order a chicken entrée for their team building outings here. Chicken is both delicious and the “safe” thing to order when...
by Suzi | Nov 27, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
When we plan our Thanksgiving weekend, we plot out each meal and how we’ll use leftovers. We have a standing joke between us now. “And for Saturday?” Brian will ask. “Smokey Joe’s tart,” I will laugh. There is no question that one weekend meal has to be this tart. In...
