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Smitten Kitchen’s recipe for Chocolate Pecan Slab Pie and Cookbook review: Smitten Kitchen Every Day by Deb Perelman

jenniferguerrero1 November 3, 2017

Cooking with Deb Perelman’s book, Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites, is like having a funny friend hanging out in the kitchen with you. The food is terrific and just as unfussy as the title promises. I just made her Chocolate Pecan (and bourbon!) Slab Pie and it’s delicious! A huge thanks to Knopf for giving me permission to share the recipe so that you can taste the book! And just in time for Thanksgiving!

My review of the book with my pics and thoughts of the dishes I tried is right below the recipe.

Zingerman’s recipe for Detroit-Style Pizza and Cookbook Review: Zingerman’s Bakehouse by Amy Emberling and Frank Carollo.

jenniferguerrero1 October 28, 2017

It’s chilly outside. Fire-pits and fireplaces, sweatshirts and sweaters, cocoa in warm mugs, crinkly orange leaves, cozy socks, baking, and melted cheese. This weather has me reaching for the book, Zingerman’s Bakehouse to make their pizza with a caramelized, crusty cheese edge and an oh-so-pillowy interior. It’s divine.

A huge thanks to Chronicle Books for letting me share the recipe for Detroit-Style Pizza with you so that you can taste the book!

My review with my pics and thoughts on the dishes I tried is below the recipe. Read More

Marie Forsberg’s Meatballs with Parsnip and Cardamom Puree recipe and Cookbook Review: The Cottage Kitchen by Marte Marie Forsberg. Norwegian British Fusion.

jenniferguerrero1 October 22, 2017

You’ll want to get on your cozy socks and grab a warm cuppa to peruse Marte Marie Forsberg’s The Cottage Kitchen: Cozy Cooking in the English Countryside. Her home put me in mind of that charming cottage in The Holiday, which would make a delightful movie accompaniment.

A huge thanks to Marte Marie Forsberg for letting me share the recipes to make this scrumptious dinner with you!

My review of the book with my pics and thoughts on the dishes I tried is below the recipes for this lovely dinner. Read More

Jeff Koehler’s recipes for Grilled Marinated Chicken Brochettes, Cucumbers in Sweet Marinade with Oregano, and Carrot and Cumin Salad and Cookbook Review: Morocco

jenniferguerrero1 October 21, 2017

Just about forever ago, my husband and I adventured around Spain, Portugal, and Morocco on our honeymoon. I took tons of pictures, but it was all on physical film, and we’d spent all our money on experiences, and came home filled with amazing memories, a $5 poster from Madrid, and empty pockets. It was awesome. We were young and poor, and the film never got developed.

I stumbled on Jeff Koehler’s cookbook, Morocco: A Culinary Journey with Recipes from the Spice-Scented Markets of Marrakech to the Date-Filled Oasis of Zagora, and thumbed through it. Oh my gosh. The photographs of the landscape, people, architecture ranging from simple to extremely intricate, exquisitely detailed carvings and patterns, the rooftops where you drink mint tea in tall thin glasses, and those glorious open air spice markets flooded the pages between the recipes. It’s a beautiful book.

Then I tried the recipes and was transported right back there.

A big thanks to Chronicle Books for letting me share the recipes for this fantastic dinner with you! The photograph is mine. Jeff’s are much cooler. My review of the book with my pictures and thoughts of the dishes I tried are below the recipes. Read More

Lidia Bastianich’s Wedding Soup recipe and Cookbook Review: Lidia’s Celebrate Like an Italian

jenniferguerrero1 October 17, 2017

Lidia’s Celebrate Like an Italian is an absolute delight! While the recipes range from simple to more complex, and casual to dressy, all of the dishes are holiday and party special!

A big thanks to Knopf Publishing for giving me permission to share the recipe for Wedding Soup with you!

My review with my pics and thoughts on the dishes I’ve tried is below the recipe.

Fireball Whiskey Meatballs recipe and Cookbook Review: The Complete Electric Smoker Cookbook by Bill West

jenniferguerrero1 October 12, 2017

It’s starting to cool down a bit outside. Fall is the perfect smoking weather. The Complete Electric Smoker Cookbook is great for when you’d rather be out throwing a frisbee or bonding with your lawn chair in the sunshine than playing in the kitchen. It’s an easy, yummy book that will get you out in that yard. It’s called an electric smoker cookbook, but the recipes work perfectly in my kamado-style grill with a heat deflector plate, too. Any tweaks I made to the recipes are noted in the review below. Read More

Homesick Texan’s Spinach Queso Blanco recipe and Cookbook Review: Queso by Lisa Fain

jenniferguerrero1 October 8, 2017

Texas is pretty awesome. We get maybe 5 days of snow a year. Just enough to be ridiculous. When it does, kids get sent out in redneck sleds (laundry baskets). I saw an excited dad hand his beer off to his friend, and then he took his kayak down a snowy hill. And we have smoked brisket, queso, kolache, and Mediterranean geckos. It’s a good place. About that queso…. Lisa Fain, author of Homesick Texan and Homesick Texan Family Table, just put out a book of nothing but queso, and it’s fantastic!

Here’s the recipe for her Spinach Queso Blanco, so that you can taste the book. A big thanks to Lisa Fain for letting me share it with you!