tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74613588231973956922024-03-13T14:57:59.746-05:00Cookbooks EtcMostly about collecting cookbooks, food, recipes, knitting or crocheting -- those things that keep me sane...or make me crazy!MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-51594868382870453642015-06-20T10:29:00.001-05:002015-06-20T10:29:31.886-05:00Deep South Dish<br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best of the Best has published another winner in "Deep South Dish" by Mary Foreman. The cover photo alone is enough to make you homesick for the south and all the summer veggies that many southerners plant in their summer gardens -- peas, corn, butter beans, turnip greens, a chunk of buttered cornbread, sweet tea in a mason jar and sliced tomatoes with dollops of sour cream dusted with black pepper! Did I say, "heaven on a blue plate"?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I first saw this cookbook on QVC, but it was in sold-out status within minutes of it coming on air and it would be a while before they could get more. One of the recipes QVC's Kitchen King, David Venable, sampled that day was Chicken and Dumpling Casserole. It sounded delicious, easy, and simple that I knew I wanted to try it. David did the "Happy dance, happy dance!" when Mary Foreman gave him a taste of chicken and dumplings. I could only imagine what it tasted like, until a few days ago when I found a copy of "Deep South Dish" in my mailbox! Now I was the one doing the happy dance, happy dance! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first recipe I tried was that Chicken and Dumpling Casserole and while my mother-in-law never used a can of soup in her version of the recipe, the taste of Mary Foreman's recipe came close to the same taste of my mother-in-law's. It was delicious and we all loved it here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second recipe I tried was the Wedge Salad with Comeback Dressing. For a long time now I've wanted to try a Comeback sauce recipe, so this was the logical recipe to try next. I had the Wedge Salad 'down pat' as we sometimes say here in the south, but I've always bought salad dressings ready-made. Never again will I buy a salad dressing when this one tastes so much better. We have used it up as dressing on that lettuce wedge, sandwich spread, and dip for corn chips and it just got better and better as the days passed by. I made a second batch today and will probably keep some in the fridge at all times. It's that good!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is something southern for everyone in this cookbook. There are only four beverage recipes but they are for southern tastes such as sweet tea, watermelon margaritas, hurricanes, and lemonade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Southern breads include buttermilk biscuits, ham and cheese biscuits, hushpuppies, cornbread, pecan pie muffins, just to name a few. Garlic cheese grits and sausage gravy are covered also. There are soups, stews, gumbos, and chili recipes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every southern dinner table has a version of Fire 'n Ice Summer Salad on it, or seven layer salad or coleslaw. This cookbook delivers on salads and dressings! It also delivers on side dishes like Maque Choux, Creamed Corn, Fresh Corn Casserole and countless recipes for fried okra, collard greens, fried cabbage, and squash casserole.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are even recipes for Cajun Dirty Rice and yellow rice, bacon and egg fried rice and many pasta recipes. There is a whole chapter of chicken recipes -- again, something for everyone. Many recipes for seafood, beef and pork are also included.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've saved the desserts for last, even though there is a southern saying that says to "Eat dessert first, life is short". Pies, cakes, cookies, galore! Red Velvet, Caramel, 1-2-3-4 Yellow Birthday Cake, Mississippi Mud Cake, Snickerdoodles, Sugar Cookies, Bourbon Balls, Hello Dollies, Southern Bread Pudding, Baked Custard, Banana Pudding -- where do I even start in picking out one or two to try? Heck, I'm going to try them all. I need new favorites anyway!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't believe I've ever looked forward to a trying out a new cookbook as much as this one. I just need to decide which recipes I want to try next and get my inner southern girl into the kitchen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mary Foreman has a wonderful food blog at <a href="http://www.deepsouthdish.com/">www.DeepSouthDish.com</a> Go check it out and make friends with a style of cooking that you may have been missing out on. No more excuses that you can't cook that way because you aren't from the south. Once you open Deep South Dish, there is no turning back!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quail Ridge Press publishes the Best of the Best series of cookbooks and have graciously offered to let me host a "giveaway" of Deep South Dish on my cookbook website. I'm offering it here and all you have to do to be in the drawing is leave a comment about why you’d like to have it at my website <a href="http://www.knitncook.com/">www.knitncook.com</a>. With my retirement looming in the near future, it's time I got that blog going again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These ladies are known in their communities, for their cake baking skills, and are called upon often to contribute their specialty cakes for momentous occasions. Evofery celebration in the south calls for a cake of some kind to mark the occasion.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being from the south myself, I can confirm that the local cake ladies seem to have the best recipes for Pound Cake, Pineapple Upside Cake, Lemon Cake, Italian Cream Cake, Caramel Cake and Carrot Cake -- a few of the recipes featured in "Cake Ladies".</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jodi Rhoden started out learning to bake from her mother in Georgia but not really getting into the joy of it until she was out on her own in Boston where she learned to bake artisan breads, branching out later to include wedding cakes for her friends . She eventually started a baking blog and it wasn't long until she knew she wanted to write a cookbook about other cake ladies. She searched out the "back roads of the south" to find other cake ladies like herself and started writing their stories down.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is well-written with a little history, traditional southern cake recipes and gorgeous photos of cakes, cake ladies, and their countryside.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Biblical Feast" by Kitty Morse, though a smallish paperback cookbook, has much to offer inside the beautiful red themed cover. There are red grapes, red pomegranates and red wine on a red striped cloth for a very striking eye-appeal on the front cover. The photo just begs the cookbook to be opened to see what else might look so good within.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Go to </span></span><a href="http://www.KittyMorse.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.KittyMorse.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or </span></span><a href="http://www.ABiblicalFeast.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.ABiblicalFeast.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to learn more about Kitty Morse, the other nine books she has written, and the gourmet tours she arranges. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></b></span></div>
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My cookbooks are getting a rest this month. They're still piled all around me as I sit on the couch or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sleep in my bed and I still glance through them when I need one of those 45-second vacations. But they are not my focus this month.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to take a little break from everything else going on in my life and go camping. For a whole month! But this is the kind of camping where you never leave the house for the itchy woods, and where you can stay fairly cool under the AC instead of battling 100+ degrees outside in the shade. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My couch has become my campsite -- my cabin, so to speak. I've got the makings for those great and wonderful by-the-campfire S'Mores and they're on the menu tonight! I am really camping, y'all! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I joined </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theloopyewe.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The Loopy Ewe's</span> </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">"</span><a href="http://www.theloopyewe.com/sheri/category/camp-loopy/page/2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Camp Loopy"</span></a> for the summer and our first project is to knit a shawl, a shawlette, or a scarf -- in a month's time! There will be other projects in July and in August but it will be one big miracle if I get this shawl finished before the as-yet-unnamed July camp project. I thought if I joined the June shawl camp project, maybe I would have the pressure/motivation to get it finished by then, but one thing I've learned is that I am definitely a slow knitter. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were given several options and patterns were suggested. After looking at all of them several times, searching out the easiest and fastest one, I decided I would knit Whippoorwill designed by Carina Spencer and available for purchase at<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sweetmamasmallsugar.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> www.SweetMamaSmallSugar.com </span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sweetmamasmallsugar.com/"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sanguine Gryphon Skinny Bugga yarn (handpainted sock yarn)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> at <a href="http://www.theloopyewe.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The Loopy Ewe</span></a>, of course, and am really loving the way it is knitting up. My colors are </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Northern Green Frog (brownish-green) and<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://www.theloopyewe.com/browse/yarn/the-sanguine-gryphon/skinny-bugga/beyers-jewel-scarab/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Beyers Jewel Scarab (lime green)</span></a>. Don't you love the color names! It is really pretty, so far, and I'm keeping fingers crossed that I'm going to like the contrast color <a href="http://www.theloopyewe.com/browse/yarn/the-sanguine-gryphon/skinny-bugga/northern-green-frog/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">(Northern Green Frog)</span></a> when I get to those rows. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">Well, I'd better get back to some knitting I've only got 182 stitches on the needles right now and am working my way up to having a total length of around 400 or so. This will definitely take a while so I need to get going on it. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">The photo above was made last week when I first got started so it's a little bigger now. More photos soon.</span></div>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-72705326041561917882011-06-12T20:43:00.000-05:002011-06-12T20:43:25.902-05:00The Redneck Gourmet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9DqCRu4dhp5Z_3B7nURku6cjKDzMkI8EliMG-dpKfVcym2IwSMXWkfmmz14QPAa1zR6wHa_ELTRWTc7uvmOOyr1oyvdGwt3vScfWWPmdHWrYVMqAKDfKAh9DgIbfKNiLrelzSY9bR6M/s1600/RedneckGourmetCookbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9DqCRu4dhp5Z_3B7nURku6cjKDzMkI8EliMG-dpKfVcym2IwSMXWkfmmz14QPAa1zR6wHa_ELTRWTc7uvmOOyr1oyvdGwt3vScfWWPmdHWrYVMqAKDfKAh9DgIbfKNiLrelzSY9bR6M/s320/RedneckGourmetCookbook.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Richardson got pretty creative with some of the recipes, renaming a pork and mushroom dish as "Psychedelic Pig". I know that recipe will have some of the hippie types searching out THAT one.</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">This cookbook had my full attention right from the get-go! How could it not with a 4-page introduction. I started reading aloud to my hubby and we were both in giggles and tears within a minute. It is so different from all the other cookbooks in my collection, but this one is a one-of-a-kind that should be in every cookbook collector's library.</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Two things that set it apart: the paragraphs in the 4-page introduction are not separated by a space as they usually are in other cookbooks. I felt compelled to continue reading to see what else was different. I then noticed there is no index of recipes though there is a table of contents broken into sections that are familiar, such as "Barbeque", "Meats, Meat Dishes, and Chili" and "Beer, Wine, and Shine", just to name three of the 15 sections.</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Most intriguing of all is that each recipe has a number in the title such as 208 Seafood Gumbo; 209 Alabama Gumbo; 210 Chicken Gumbo; 211 Mumbo Gumbo (no meat); 212 Cajun Gumbo, etc. If you find a recipe you want to try or go back to later, you'll have to write down the number somewhere or page through until you find it again! I've never noticed this indexing method in any other cookbook.</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">As you can see in the photo, this cookbook has a coil binding so will easily lay flat while cooking from it.</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">If you're wondering if there is a recipe for snake, you are right -- there is! But I won't be trying that one, or the one for Chitlins and Hog Maws, or Mexican Swamp Rabbit. There are plenty of good-sounding recipes to try though and I will try them.</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Andale Mono; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">If you would like to order one for the Redneck Gourmet in your life, (this would make an excellent Father's Day gift) just go to </span><a href="http://www.paulrichardsonbooks.webs.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">www.paulrichardsonbooks.webs.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> for the ordering info.</span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-65856713541944643612011-04-24T10:40:00.006-05:002011-04-24T12:20:47.565-05:00Happy Easter Cinnamon Rolls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70xTT28UJna7nGDTo2eQtAfdVvXtuTZhDsvn3Gs751QCBwBz83KAPmc5exGYRhbgTrjrLfkTlY-ArvjBEkhI-hEW2Wstux_qCG1UcFQH-ZTYvnYAQrijkK5sLCQD-rd63cwzaHsQxIfs/s1600/Cinnamon+Rolls.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599175702636601410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70xTT28UJna7nGDTo2eQtAfdVvXtuTZhDsvn3Gs751QCBwBz83KAPmc5exGYRhbgTrjrLfkTlY-ArvjBEkhI-hEW2Wstux_qCG1UcFQH-ZTYvnYAQrijkK5sLCQD-rd63cwzaHsQxIfs/s400/Cinnamon+Rolls.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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It's a beautiful day here in Katy, TX. If it would only rain a few drops.</span></span></span>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-40033786306271800942010-02-25T09:07:00.003-06:002010-02-25T09:23:29.456-06:00Orange Hibiscus<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMf4aB4FzQxSDw_gnRAZQB8RCR_a61Eblx5kEfhB3kPKEGuebJhcWpLMIvUW8kXBfmobt_o3dhdn04OdCIeVeGs2WAPJhUbpcTmwK-of1Rnr0XmMTDZbgmutqLi3jbgiE4zCZlZoJL_Q/s1600-h/Yellow-Hibiscus-800X600%5B1%5D.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMf4aB4FzQxSDw_gnRAZQB8RCR_a61Eblx5kEfhB3kPKEGuebJhcWpLMIvUW8kXBfmobt_o3dhdn04OdCIeVeGs2WAPJhUbpcTmwK-of1Rnr0XmMTDZbgmutqLi3jbgiE4zCZlZoJL_Q/s320/Yellow-Hibiscus-800X600%5B1%5D.jpg' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><br /><br />Photo by RBMoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-77711570394510194892009-12-08T12:01:00.006-06:002009-12-08T12:09:28.152-06:00Hooks, Lies & Alibis<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ezz07KgphKPGu8VLoQkTcX2XEpK6CRAyhhs68op1zjKYp1fVE0Esod_Lz_u1MZq7WIIj23XjnkLba1nIHud72NVJV-x2SNX-2_nS4YYiNzcmWM34Ws0fZriTl41Cynse_nUsNQG_1sU/s1600-h/HooksLiesAlibis.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ezz07KgphKPGu8VLoQkTcX2XEpK6CRAyhhs68op1zjKYp1fVE0Esod_Lz_u1MZq7WIIj23XjnkLba1nIHud72NVJV-x2SNX-2_nS4YYiNzcmWM34Ws0fZriTl41Cynse_nUsNQG_1sU/s320/HooksLiesAlibis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412927344328840530" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jfolse.com">Hooks, Lies & Alibis by Chef John D. Folse and Michaela D. York</a> is one of my newest acquisitions that I will be reviewing here shortly. <br /><br />It is a giant collection of fish and seafood recipes and has a world of wonderful photos and stories to enjoy as well. This is a book you'll have to place on the table to read as it is so big and heavy that you could never read it in bed.<br /><br />Watch for more on this book -- coming soon!MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-20771854098491596272009-11-27T14:21:00.001-06:002009-11-27T14:21:27.860-06:00RECIPE: Hershey's Cocoa Can Fudge<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5449324d7a63774e6a593d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox recipe: RECIPE: Cocoa Can Fudge" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5449324d7a63774e6a593d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own recipe - Powered by Smilebox" 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height="46" alt="Create your own recipe - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/Recipe" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox recipe</a></td></tr></table>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-92226582240547405062009-09-04T00:01:00.006-05:002009-09-04T00:20:16.202-05:00The New Portuguese Table<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsqirsM6EgZQYHIrtTBwhf0qNlOpXL0g0qVfeBCx39BZEay5zIy8n_v3aXGC1RZ_OBVY_Y5svEgP2owYp0avMvvpJwEnquDv-ANlNaWfcMprIVTerJgOSup7wZcwBlTKlbP7lTHm7hVY/s1600-h/new_portuguese_table_cover-225x300.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsqirsM6EgZQYHIrtTBwhf0qNlOpXL0g0qVfeBCx39BZEay5zIy8n_v3aXGC1RZ_OBVY_Y5svEgP2owYp0avMvvpJwEnquDv-ANlNaWfcMprIVTerJgOSup7wZcwBlTKlbP7lTHm7hVY/s320/new_portuguese_table_cover-225x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377476122135741890" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The New Portuguese Table</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">By David Leite, 2009</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Anyone who has ever read any of David Leite’s food writings must have hoped he had a cookbook of his own doing a slow simmer on his foodie horizon.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">This man has a way with words, as evidenced at his award winning web site,</span> <a href="http://www.leitesculanaria.com/">http://www.leitesculanaria.com</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">and now he has revealed he also has a way with “slivers of whisker-thin kale” and “slices of sausage” as well.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">It was just a matter of time before he served up </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">“The New Portuguese Table”, and that he has now done!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Born of Portuguese immigrants and raised in the US, it wasn’t until he lost his Grandmother that he begun to pay attention to the food being cooked in his Mother’s home.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">He was concerned that when she passed on as well, so would all the Portuguese recipes he grew up enjoying.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">He knew he did not want that to happen so went on a quest to watch her cook and documented her recipes.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">To get in touch with his ancestral culinary heritage, he visited Portugal on vacation several times through the years before deciding to live there for a year to experience the food and the country.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">While becoming friends with local chefs and learning their secrets of improving old, traditional flavors with exciting new ones, he translated these techniques into how he could take his own recipes to culinary heights achievable by all cooks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">It was during that year in Portugal that his cookbook began to come together and he found that even though his mother’s recipes had the same names as those he experienced in Portugal, they didn’t taste quite the same.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">There was a food revolution going on and he was in the middle of it -- in the right place, at the right time and Leite had the finesse to convey it to all of us in The New Portuguese Table.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The recipes he captured and preserved are excellent!</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">We’ve tried several of them and I know they will become family favorites that we will make over and over again.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Dishes such as his Lemon-Mint Chicken Soup, the Pumpkin Soup with Spicy Seeds, Smoked Paprika Oil, and my favorite - - Eggs Simmered in Tomato Sauce.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">It is a simple dish, but so full of flavor that there is a risk of it replacing some old Southern favorites as my new comfort food.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The Azorean Kale, Sausage, and Bean Soup (sopa de couve) he included in the cookbook was his Mother’s recipe and that alone made me want to try it.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Like his Dad, we also tried it for breakfast one morning and found it to be just as flavorful, comforting and sustaining as it was at dinner the evening before.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The “to try” recipes waiting for me are Sweet Lemon and Black Olive Wafers and the Green Olive Dip.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The combination of those flavors in the wafers has to be as delicious as they sound and the photo alone is enough to whet the appetite.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The dip is made with milk and that intrigues me enough to try it with green olives.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Regarding the photos, The New Portuguese Table is full of engaging photos, a feature that is sure to appeal to those who like to see how the food looks when prepared.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The plus here is that there are many photos of the Portuguese countryside also – an open invitation to experience the Portuguese food heritage.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Beautiful food, charming countryside, delectable recipes, great cookbook!</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What could be better?</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Volume 2? </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The New Portuguese Table will be as important to your cookbook collection as it is to mine!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Reviewed by Monita Olive for CookbooksEtCetera on September 3, 2009</span></p></div></span>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-44820037308514262582009-01-04T17:32:00.007-06:002009-01-04T17:57:40.634-06:00Best of the Best Fast & Fabulous Party Foods and Appetizer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN82LRzCK8Zpc2anBCUualBOo_eN_Cxx8CXQfZq47tRwA-7_5zPSBf0Cgi68tzxQfgJGj3by1MbwT_OlPwM2iZGLSpyXoIxAGBK4ymuKnr0mo3_hF5eXwrMkFMLe0wSOtwoeTe91Sw1sU/s1600-h/31952478.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN82LRzCK8Zpc2anBCUualBOo_eN_Cxx8CXQfZq47tRwA-7_5zPSBf0Cgi68tzxQfgJGj3by1MbwT_OlPwM2iZGLSpyXoIxAGBK4ymuKnr0mo3_hF5eXwrMkFMLe0wSOtwoeTe91Sw1sU/s320/31952478.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287590262484334178" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.quailridge.com/">Quail Ridge Press </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">has once again published a cookbook that will be dear to those who like to make party foods and appetizers for their family or friends who gather 'round them.<br /><br />"Best of the Best Fast & Fabulous Party Foods and Appetizers" is 274 pages of recipes that are delicious, easy and quick to prepare and will have your guests asking for the recipe so they too can make it for their next party.<br /><br />As they usually do, QRP has placed the title of this cookbook on the plastic comb spine so it will be easy to spot on the shelf. Being comb bound it is also easy to lay flat while cooking from -- a feature cooks love.<br /><br />This cookbook is all about parties and there is an alphabetical listing of parties in the front, such as Bunko or Bridge Party, Father's Day Cookout, Mardi Gras Madness, Super Bowl Party, Wine-Tasting Party, just to name a few. Then there is another index of Monthly Parties with 2 menus for each month with listing of recipes and page numbers included. There is yet another index of Quick Fixes -- recipes that are super quick, as well as fast and fabulous.<br /><br />Some of the chapters that catch my attention are:<br /><br />"Wet Your Whistle"<br />includes shakes, floats, smoothies, slushes, teas, punches, coolers, wines, and wassails.....WOW!<br /><br />"Crunchy Munchies" include recipes for crackers, chips, toasts, wafers, nuts, popcorn, and snack mixes.<br /><br />"Some Like It Hot" include recipes for hot dips, chafing dishes, fondues, and hot bread bowls.<br /><br />"Cheese, Please" includes recipes for cheese balls, squares, cubes, crisps, nachos, quesadillas and spreads. This is the section where I found a winner called "It's a Snowman Cheese Ball" and was a huge hit over the holidays when family gathered for Christmas dinner at my house. This held them over until I could get it all on the table and everyone was asking for the recipe (copied below for you).<br /><br />This cookbook is filled with celebration recipes as well it should be since it was published to celebrate Quail Ridge Press's 30th anniversary (1978-2008). Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley have never let us down with their BoB cookbooks and they haven't this time either.<br /><br />Congratulations to McKee, Moseley and Quail Ridge Press on their busy, but exciting 30 years of giving the cookbook reader what they want -- exciting, delicious, easy, quick, challenging, unusual, wonderful recipes in wonderful cookbooks.<br /><br />I believe it's time to celebrate and have a party and I know where we can get some more recipes like the one below:<br /><br />"It's A Snowman Cheese Ball"<br /><br />2 cups shredded 4-cheese blend<br />1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened<br />1/4 cup finely chopped fresh chives or green onions<br />1 (2-ounce) package slivered almonds, toasted<br />1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper, or to taste<br />1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese<br />Peppercorns<br />1 baby carrot<br /><br />Mix cheese, cream cheese, chives, almonds, and red pepper well. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour. Divide mixture into 3 balls -- small, medium, and large. Roll in Parmesan cheese. Arrange on serving dish small to large, like a snowman lying down. Decorate with peppercorns for eyes, mouth, and buttons, and carrot for nose. A green onion skin strip around his neck makes a scarf. Surround with crackers or cut-up fresh vegetables. Serves 16-20.<br /><br />Reviewed by Monita Olive for </span><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CookbooksEtCetera/">CookbooksEtCetera</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.cookbooksetcetera/"> </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">on January 4, 2009</span></span>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-4723099660576328292008-12-07T10:44:00.004-06:002008-12-07T11:58:18.892-06:00Cinagro Farm Family Favorites<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tI5y_at9tPwX38ZACI4zlU2jGK23zJANMdfNpgwMF1Js-QcW8pfOs7C9ciZc4dNFDLNcEllxsSInC-xwBwJqXkoazoKQ2CEjdwSUBGdInpsQ0nrCsSdx9QPAkGzzBbKD6JTATPOjmVU/s1600-h/Cinangro+Farm+Family+Favorites.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tI5y_at9tPwX38ZACI4zlU2jGK23zJANMdfNpgwMF1Js-QcW8pfOs7C9ciZc4dNFDLNcEllxsSInC-xwBwJqXkoazoKQ2CEjdwSUBGdInpsQ0nrCsSdx9QPAkGzzBbKD6JTATPOjmVU/s320/Cinangro+Farm+Family+Favorites.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277091110322081938" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.cinagrofarm.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Cinagro Farm Family Favorites</span></a> is a 20-years-in-the-making personal</span><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: left;">cookbook compiled by Carol Engan Borrelli to honor her Norwegian,<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Dutch, German, Czechoslovakian and Italian ancestors. With that kind<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">of lineage, there have to be some good recipes in it and there are.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Carol Borrelli's background in federal food inspection gives her an<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">appreciation for the organic lifestyle and her love of cooking and<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">gardening lets her practice it as well. You can view the beautiful<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">cookbook at her website at <a href="http://www.cinagrofarm.com">www.cinagrofarm.com</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The first thing that catches my eye with this cookbook is the name of<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">it. Cinagro is "organic" spelled backwards. I love it! Borrelli's<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">philosophy is to use fresh, organic foods when possible. There are<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">about 500 recipes within the 250+ pages of the comb-bound book. We<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">love the comb binding which makes it easy to stay open when cooking<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">from it.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The recipes range from breakfast breads like Blueberry Orange Tea<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Muffins (absolutely wonderful on a chilly Sunday morning like today),<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">and Homemade Yogurt that uses goat milk, Norwegian Breakfast Crepes<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">("Jeg elske disse crepes") to appetizers and beverages like<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Angloasian Rum Punch and Tangy Orange Cheese (yum).<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the soup section I've marked Cream of Broccoli Soup to try<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">(probably will be dinner tonight) and I'm sure to try the Sausage &<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lentil Soup Borrelli also. There is also a great section on sauces<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">and salad dressings that I am pleased as punch to have to find new<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">favorites. They sound just delicious.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The miscellaneous and unusual section has recipes for seasoned salt,<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Cinagro Farm Skin Cream, and Donna's Downeast Biscuits (for the dog),<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">just to name a few.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are so many yummy sounding recipes that I can't name them all,<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">but I see very many I will be trying -- especially those blueberry ones!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The divider pages between the sections have artwork by Sharon<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">France. Her Americana style is quite attractive, Most of the old<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">barns in the paintings are set at a distance, showing big sky, green<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">fields, and an orange strip in the foreground that I believe depicts<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">a fall harvest. France's artwork can be viewed at http://<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">www.francegallery.net/ The cover art work chosen by Borrelli was<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">perfect for this cookbook!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Cinagro Farm Family Favorites is listed at www.amazon.com and also at<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">www.target.com, but is currently showing as out of stock on both<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">sites. Since this cookbook would make a nice gift at this time of<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">year, you may want to go straight to <a href="http://www.cinagrofarm.com">http://www.cinagrofarm.com</a> to<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">place your order.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I will be watching for the sequel and I'm sure it will be just as<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">good as this one.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mo<br /></div></span>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-78708531265020823152008-08-02T21:16:00.003-05:002008-08-02T21:39:47.465-05:00Bloggy Giveaway Winners Announced!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">We have two winners, chosen by random.org and they are #1 Chocolate Queen and #2 Samsakara! </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Congratulations, ladies! Send me a private email with your snail mail address and I will get the Fiddlehead Cookbook over to you.<br /><br />Here is your sequence:<br />18<br />31<br />Timestamp: 2008-08-03 01:49:01 UTC<br /><br /><a href="http://chocolatequeenconfessions.blogspot.com/">chocolatequeen</a> said...<br />I don't own a cookbook from Alaska. So, if I got this one the first thing I would do is read it cover to cover while soaking in the bathrub. Then I would bake some muffins, cookies or a bread from it!<br />July 29, 2008 11:22 AM<br /><br /><a href="http://samsakara.blogspot.com">samsakara</a> said...<br />This would be a gift I think would be great for my father inlaw. Thanks for the great giveaway!<br />samsakara@twcny.rr.com<br />July 29, 2008 5:40 PM</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Thanks to all who left comments and entered the carnival.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Mo CookbooksEtc</span></div></div></div>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-51699875453740893402008-07-28T20:28:00.004-05:002008-07-28T21:11:02.177-05:00Bloggy Giveaway Carnival is Here!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0UwzfkKHMC4VbgS9srbSx-8uX7RaXNvHdwByPl74ydVaWupR30uud_uUDVgrswberqxm1c-CR5LQN8oRbm5fxIFkKbXih_3jUp3YFh0Pv-AAUlEG9X0nDAdwxKGucg8CFUVM51Y35cI/s1600-h/Fiddlehead+Cookbook.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0UwzfkKHMC4VbgS9srbSx-8uX7RaXNvHdwByPl74ydVaWupR30uud_uUDVgrswberqxm1c-CR5LQN8oRbm5fxIFkKbXih_3jUp3YFh0Pv-AAUlEG9X0nDAdwxKGucg8CFUVM51Y35cI/s320/Fiddlehead+Cookbook.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228242104539767250" /><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">It's here! It's here! The Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Giveaway Carnival is finally here!<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I am giving away a cookbook called "The Fiddlehead Cookbook" - Recipes from Alaska's Most Cherished Restaurant and Bakery. There are many recipes in it that you will want to try, from Crabby Eggs to Sourdough Strawberry Waffles.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The rules are simple:<br /><br />1. Leave a comment on this post just saying "Hi!", and you are entered! To be entered TWICE tell me something about your favorite cookbook OR what you would do with this nice cookbook from Alaska.<br /><br />2. Please leave your email addy or a link to your blog so that I can contact you if you win. I would love to know where you are from and those that tell me will be entered TWICE!<br /><br />3. I will randomly draw a name early on August 2nd and will post the winner here. I will also contact the winner via email, but if I do not hear back from him/her within 3 days, I will have a re-drawing. I will pay ALL shipping costs for the winner.<br /><br />4. At this time, I cannot extend this offer to those residing outside the United States.<br /><br />If you like giveaways, you will find</span><a href="http://www.donttryit.com/bloggy_giveaways/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> lots of them here.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Thanks and I hope that some of you will "cook" with me!</span><br /></div>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-30944495979230391162008-07-26T09:22:00.004-05:002008-07-26T10:28:26.478-05:00Cowboy Chow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDmPhpAjU4wTrrfDmjWRlsyMSUJ8jQL-7Y0kDRZ9oIzH1JPgEMjXpBYdtDfA7LO5XM9Qr6_5LUYOiJTl_yy1YlPdB6K-ACX9KJn4Nmx4DBvT0I9e3sDbdyTssQ4KpcXK-hKqWzs0Foxh0/s1600-h/Cowboy+Chow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDmPhpAjU4wTrrfDmjWRlsyMSUJ8jQL-7Y0kDRZ9oIzH1JPgEMjXpBYdtDfA7LO5XM9Qr6_5LUYOiJTl_yy1YlPdB6K-ACX9KJn4Nmx4DBvT0I9e3sDbdyTssQ4KpcXK-hKqWzs0Foxh0/s320/Cowboy+Chow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227328061098895010" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">You never know what little gems you'll find at used book stores! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">On a recent used bookshop hop, I came upon the cutest cookbook in the shape of a red cowboy boot called "Cowboy Chow" by Judy Barbour. It was published way back in 1988 so it has been out a while and had found it's way onto the cookbook shelves at Half-Price Books on Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas. Lucky for me!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">It seems that Judy Barbour and her husband, Barry, are (were?) chef/owners of a western style restaurant in Texas and some of the recipes in this cookbook were created for the restaurant. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">There is a tribute to the American Cowboy, as well as sections on Cowboy Equipment, Cowboy Slang, Saddle Snacks and others. Some of the recipe titles are: "Armadillo Eggs", "Texas Trash", "Jalapeno Jelly", "Mexican Albondigas", "King Ranch Chicken" (of course!), "Frito Pie", a 100+ year-old family recipe for "Heubner Ranch Muffins", "Navajo Fry Bread", "Pastel de Margarita" (Margarita Pie), and thirst quenchers such as "Firefly", "Cowboy Kiss", "Border Buttermilk", "El Vacquero Coffee", and biggest surprise of all for me - "Cerveza Roja" (Red Beer). I've heard of beer and tomato juice before but thought it was someone's idea of a quirky combination but never expected to see a recipe for it! There are lots of other delicious sounding recipes in this 77-page specialty cookbook.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">There is also a section on entertaining cowboy-style with cute and interesting ideas for a truly cowboy chow experience.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I checked online to see how available it is and located a few copies at Amazon and one at ebay. If you should run across a copy somewhere and have a <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CookbooksEtCetera">special cookbook shelf</a> reserved for cowboy style cookbooks, this one should be on it, so grab it!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">If you are a cookbook collector and would like to join CookbooksEtCetera, <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CookbooksEtCetera">click here.</a></span></div>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-50335435829902940962008-07-20T22:39:00.004-05:002008-07-20T22:52:39.177-05:00Australia Wide Cookbook<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHXvfBgNyX33L-IkxiGRLPcBKn29R7jgghXZYQ1llXDWJdwg2cPnyRJ5_mYGzQB0qezfVk_cPc6kQ8061pCG3ydOTB6KZ2IrRO8vacUC1wiYa0mfuDDBAZ7fCT5cqH-Llv3oMhFXl6u4/s1600-h/Australia+Wide+Cookbook.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHXvfBgNyX33L-IkxiGRLPcBKn29R7jgghXZYQ1llXDWJdwg2cPnyRJ5_mYGzQB0qezfVk_cPc6kQ8061pCG3ydOTB6KZ2IrRO8vacUC1wiYa0mfuDDBAZ7fCT5cqH-Llv3oMhFXl6u4/s320/Australia+Wide+Cookbook.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225310173235926130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">A couple of weeks ago I received a wonderful surprise in the mail, all the way from Australia! Michelle Moon of the <a href="http://www.cookbookcollector.com.au/">Australia Cookbook Collectors Society</a> sent me a most beautiful cookbooks with photography by Ken Duncan, a well known Australian Photographer, and recipes by Valwyn McMonigal. She said she had picked it up at a yard sale and the condition is excellent. It is such a nice book, not only with the beautiful countryside photos but also the unique recipes throughout.</span><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><br />There are recipes for crocodile, kangoroo, buffalo, Wattle Seed, Yabbies, Aussie Meat Pie, Anzac Biscuits (yum!), Barramndi with Orange Sauce, Lamingtons (another yum!), and others. The food photos are very appetizing and the recipes sound simple and easy to make. There are sections for different parts of Australia, such as Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, The Northern Territory and Queensland.<br /><br />The photos remind me the Pacific Coast and also the Southwestern part of the USA. Australia is a beautiful and vibrant place and I would love to visit and try this food first hand! Between the recipes and the photos, this cookbook is hard to put down.<br /></span>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-51694109017100116942008-06-07T09:52:00.006-05:002008-06-07T10:09:21.054-05:00Historic Texas Book of Days<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZo_BqjWfCHRcov-dvbUEs4VNpg2qUH2O_tu24VjQoWBWiizzBK9EAvmSJJTeJyOxOIrTml0SQM_H4CRZB5SVi9h48jL1latiLgqFMvnD1JdrbZw1O-Q3XeWecmXl6db8fMdSBEGLTYE/s1600-h/206874421.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZo_BqjWfCHRcov-dvbUEs4VNpg2qUH2O_tu24VjQoWBWiizzBK9EAvmSJJTeJyOxOIrTml0SQM_H4CRZB5SVi9h48jL1latiLgqFMvnD1JdrbZw1O-Q3XeWecmXl6db8fMdSBEGLTYE/s320/206874421.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209152736574386818" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"Historic Texas, Book of Days</span>" by Yvonne Bruce & Ann Bruce Henaff, is a nice little planner, but also full of watercolors, quilt patterns, gardening and food "observances". There are a few recipes but this is not a full-fledged cookbook. The size is about 7" x 7" and it is hard cover. There is a beautiful watercolor of a Lone Star quilt pattern on the front of the book, done in red, white and blue.<br /><br />Though there are no sections per se, to give you an idea of what this little book contains, here are some of the page headings, drawings, and topics throughout:<br /><br />Garden Calendar (a nice little blurb about the pecan orchard near the Colorado River) and some very nice watercolor drawings of various veggies.<br /><br />A page about windmills and more cute drawings of them -- they are so cute.<br /><br />Plantation houses, stagecoach stops, hill country wildflowers, cattle drives, pecan trees, signs, weather events<br /><br />Recipes for Pinto beans, drop biscuits, east Texas Mint Juleps, Plain Cake, egg nog, Hopping John<br /><br />Gulf Coast waterbirds, white whicker chairs, gazebos, magnolias, lighthouses, seashells, the Wheelock Log Cabin<br /><br />I am remembering that Cherrille was born in Texas and several others have lived here or are currently living here. I think you would all like this little "Historic Texas Book of Days".<br /><br />Mar Jo and I each got a copy from Border's Bookstore at The Woodlands Market Square a few weeks ago and we are both enjoying it!<br /></span>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-79700427899807277282008-05-31T18:40:00.010-05:002008-05-31T20:51:10.552-05:00Collecting Cookbooks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNyMWjo-b7s-m-ObUtnZZIMa4YgWhj44Q_VOrmNJmS9pBo5MiRIKxhOwYwH0aKAgLKU1Wzd9BnlbXYXKsIXpxjqbDJFGoU9NmctXTfDYD7DZlEqxCpnImgFDeSKNLRMr3hLif8XnZm9o/s1600-h/IMG_0079.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNyMWjo-b7s-m-ObUtnZZIMa4YgWhj44Q_VOrmNJmS9pBo5MiRIKxhOwYwH0aKAgLKU1Wzd9BnlbXYXKsIXpxjqbDJFGoU9NmctXTfDYD7DZlEqxCpnImgFDeSKNLRMr3hLif8XnZm9o/s320/IMG_0079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206713069835620642" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It seems everywhere I look in our home I see a pile of cookbooks waiting to be read for an interesting and new recipe to try. I pull a few off the shelves and bring to the couch where I sit with my MacBook most nights. In between emails to <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CookbooksEtCetera/">CookbooksEtCetera</a>, a group of cookbook collecting friends at yahoogroups, I like to read a little of what makes a particular cookbook unique and different to all others and maybe find a recipe or two to try the next week while doing so. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">They pile so high on the couch beside me that I have to kind of wiggle backwards as I sit down, being careful not to topple any over. They sit there for a few days and then I'll take them back to the cookbook shelves in the spare bedroom and bring out more. Usually they are ones that have been mentioned by one of the other collectors and I'll want to reacquaint myself with those cookbooks and see what prompted someone to mention them. It feels like they are new again to me or that it is Christmas time and I have new presents, even though I've had many of them for years.</span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XnWxAi8szfcgku51Yaerw1ny2vSF1ZAt3iEbDDZReEuaPlR3pVceg1LtE9Z1Vxu6Qn7i6UvzNCWqiff2-CnOywnQdRuvmP2fV0AQZxUDKvBQKLgF5TSeiElFcWVqw7EVkpoN6ZA1ht8/s1600-h/IMG_0005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XnWxAi8szfcgku51Yaerw1ny2vSF1ZAt3iEbDDZReEuaPlR3pVceg1LtE9Z1Vxu6Qn7i6UvzNCWqiff2-CnOywnQdRuvmP2fV0AQZxUDKvBQKLgF5TSeiElFcWVqw7EVkpoN6ZA1ht8/s320/IMG_0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206712867972157714" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">One of my favorites is a similar copy of a cookbook my Mother used to cook from called, "Woman's Home Companion Cookbook". Her cookbook was black and my oldest sister inherited it from her, but when I found eBay, I also found a few copies of it for me and my other sisters. There were 7 of us girls (and 2 boys), so it was fun to shop and hunt for more of Mama's cookbook so that all of us could have one. The copy below is a popular one in a cream colored front with bullteted words of the recipes inside it.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family:arial;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNw7iGaQUOUHPi26UZ-364iAUaDDbQFAgksrOmTTF0X8Z9CqCE6PHDHW4Y_y8JOR2xl2RLAGtEnFj9LHzANcaGNeJ2JcUHqOtLADPjWOcw4HLjJ0t__S28_njQmwKSH0ws0F67oUdHvQ/s320/Womans-H-C-C-B.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206710557279752434" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Some of the recipes I tried when I first started cooking were fudge, biscuits, and yellow cake. I used to make a jelly cake that was just too easy and everyone loved it! Even though I don't have my Mama's copy, the one I found on eBay is probably my most special cookbook in my collection of 2000 cookbooks.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Do you have a favorite cookbook too?</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div></div></div>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-23579824179974696662008-04-27T11:40:00.014-05:002008-04-27T12:39:18.255-05:00Audra Marie -- Winner at CookbooksEtc's Bloggy Giveaway!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jFuO0_UO23gNpskJh5Q8whzYC2YVeGPkWscnNzAKewvECc7vygc7fm38tPbZ0FsJ-laypqiTWcC-0aTbr9vMg3kQSg7qa2LbyQVWyEZk8GudWCPYOHfOy_bsbe1o5YveTwzD4rC-niY/s1600-h/Audra2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jFuO0_UO23gNpskJh5Q8whzYC2YVeGPkWscnNzAKewvECc7vygc7fm38tPbZ0FsJ-laypqiTWcC-0aTbr9vMg3kQSg7qa2LbyQVWyEZk8GudWCPYOHfOy_bsbe1o5YveTwzD4rC-niY/s320/Audra2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193977248329445746" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Congratulations to</span> <a href="http://adashofsassitude.blogspot.com/">Audra Marie</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">for winning the Best of The Best 500 Fast & Fabulous Five Star 5-Ingredient Recipe cookbook that I gave away during the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival. Be sure to check out her cute and sassy blogspot full of</span> <a href="http://adashofsassitude.blogspot.com/">sassitude</a>.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I will be contacting you today via e-mail to let you know how to collect your prize. You'll have four days to respond to my initial e-mail with your snail mail address. If I don't hear from you by then, I will pick a new winner.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Thank you to everyone who played along! What fun! I can't wait to share my love of cookbooks with you!<br /><br />If you are new here and found me via the carnival, why don't you subscribe to my feed (click that orange button on the left sidebar to add me to your feedreader) so you'll know every time I update my blog with more cookbook fun.<br /><br />If you are interesting in being a member of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CookbooksEtCetera/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=">CookbooksEtCetera</a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">a cool group of cookbook collectors, why not join us at yahoogroups by clicking on the link at the top right hand corner of this blog.<br /><br />Happy Cookbookin'...<br /><br />Mo CookbooksEtc</span>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-81442030481184239622008-04-22T23:33:00.006-05:002008-04-27T12:21:10.830-05:00Bloggy Giveaways Carnival is Here!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iurh-yunswI697FVp_s2TdgiJ41r4WoFcWYBslnWfmSnmfn5O47GT4RbN2spllICr4gLlR-dVYiSPe1fNFYMB5XE3kaS4xlkiikfOw8sAIDu7ejHAoyexG_5qxK2XRLDkb46NLHP-IM/s1600-h/500FastFabulous5Star.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iurh-yunswI697FVp_s2TdgiJ41r4WoFcWYBslnWfmSnmfn5O47GT4RbN2spllICr4gLlR-dVYiSPe1fNFYMB5XE3kaS4xlkiikfOw8sAIDu7ejHAoyexG_5qxK2XRLDkb46NLHP-IM/s320/500FastFabulous5Star.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192302120889692514" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Bloggy Giveaways Carnival is Here!<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Best of The Best 500 Fast & Fabulous Five Star 5-Ingredient Recipes Cookbook Giveaway!<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Drawing will be on April 27. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br />Leave a comment ON THIS POST in order to be entered in my giveaway. <br /><br />It's fairly new. It is full of quick and easy recipes. I was going to cook from it every day for a while but now I'm going to give away this copy to a lucky winner. Now you can try a new recipe -- if you win. This is a Best of the Best cookbook series-- but since I want to be a part of the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival ... I think I'll give it away.<br /><br />So -- in order to participate in my giveaway you need to leave a comment. Long or Short -- it doesn't matter. Make sure when you comment, there is a valid e-mail address so I can get a hold of the WINNER! If you do comment -- will you tell me what part of the country you are from? I love to find out how close or far away people are who are reading my blog.<br /><br />If you would like to participate in the over 500 other giveaways -- you can click on the pink bloggy giveaways box on the right hand side of this post. That will take you to the starting post. Comment away!<br /><br />I will be limiting this giveaway to US Residents only. But I'll even throw in the shipping. So it's TOTALLY free.<br /><br />I'll do a random drawing on April 27 -- probably have my hubby help me out with that... and the winner will be posted here that same day.<br /><br /></span><div><br /></div></div></div>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com72tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-84893722780377226762008-03-30T13:37:00.008-05:002008-04-22T23:26:47.403-05:00Best of The Best 500 Fast & Fabulous Five Star 5-Ingredient Recipes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tknKKA8Wo9E/R-_eFwoTP0I/AAAAAAAAABE/VVM-UxX6UsM/s1600-h/500FastFabulous5Star.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tknKKA8Wo9E/R-_eFwoTP0I/AAAAAAAAABE/VVM-UxX6UsM/s320/500FastFabulous5Star.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183605886661377858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></span></div></span></div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I am currently working on my collection of the Best of the Best state cookbooks by Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley and am only about 1/4 of the way through the states, mainly collecting those where I have so far lived, or have received as gifts during cookbook swaps. Not even being halfway through the list however finds me wishing for more states in the US besides just 50. I love the concept of a grouping of cookbooks and then recipes from within cookbooks that these two ladies have found for us, but with only 50 states in the USA, there probably won't be many more of these unless we see some second volumes coming out and that would be o.k. with me! </span></span> <br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I should not worry with <a href="http://www.quailridge.com/">Gwen and Barbara</a> in the kitchen as they will continue to find plenty more cookbooks and recipes to edit and develop for us hungry cookbook collectors and recipe testers. After researching, editing and cooking for more than thirty years, they were bound to come up with new ideas for new cookbooks and that one of them should be for easy and few ingredients was almost a no-brainer for them, I'm sure.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">We were delighted just a few years ago when "Beyond Grits and Gravy" appeared and now I've received a copy of "500 Fast and Fabulous Five Star 5 Ingredient Recipes". The good thing is that there are MORE than 500 recipes, the better thing is that they are easy, and the best thing is that each recipe requires only 5 ingredients.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">There seems to be a "5" theme to this cookbook -- not only in the title but throughout the cookbook. I didn't expect to read anything about the Pentagon in a cookbook, but it has five sides so there is a short description as well as photo of it on the page with recipes for "Classic Cheese Straws" and "Crisp Criss-Cross Cheese Wafers". On page 63 with recipes for "Enchilada Soup" is a definition of "High Five" -- a celebratory gesture made by two people, each raising one hand to slap the raised hand of the other. What a fun and interesting theme they have chosen to include here.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The recipes are easy and delicious and I'm delighted to find one for "Peanut Butter Cornflake Candy" since it was a favorite of mine in my teen years. Other favorites I'm happy to see included are "Lemon Jell-O Cake" and "Apricot Nectar Cake". </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">What a fun cookbook this is turning out to be! HIGH FIVE to Barbara Moseley and Gwen McKee on their latest "Best of the Best 500 Fast & Fabulous Five Star 5 Ingredient Recipes". They do know how to pick winners! </span></span></span></div>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-2078099321785078892008-03-20T22:32:00.006-05:002008-03-20T22:45:54.513-05:00Portia's Little Cookbooks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68laOyiqECP3O1udmoAWGVHFTc2dGHONDW3xMGM4URSd6KBbKJuli3wGcGZOkHelsPPOmaeoR9htv96WVlZpyVb8CatkIcP2K6Pm9p-xLGr5LxKfN49goPyW6PkEYrJ9UigbWGL8SrOs/s1600-h/Portia+Little%27s+Cookbooks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68laOyiqECP3O1udmoAWGVHFTc2dGHONDW3xMGM4URSd6KBbKJuli3wGcGZOkHelsPPOmaeoR9htv96WVlZpyVb8CatkIcP2K6Pm9p-xLGr5LxKfN49goPyW6PkEYrJ9UigbWGL8SrOs/s320/Portia+Little%27s+Cookbooks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180032984972214066" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.portialittle.com/pages/cookbooks.html">Portia Little's</a> Cookbooks<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">These little gems are great and you should have a set of them in your collection! </span><a href="http://www.portialittle.com/pages/cookbooks.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Portia Little</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> is very creative with her little cookbooks and while they are fun to read, they are also of a practical size that you can easily carry along to the grocery store, tucked away in your purse.</span></div></span>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461358823197395692.post-14034923305261944382008-03-02T12:16:00.004-06:002008-03-20T23:03:05.767-05:00Hello and Welcome!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9brBsZ5ijrm6iQOEKHt69387iF0IA65tjDNqME8gmUkJVtYhgIOr1XJQI7eIrroMyMRAEnzox71Eazgm6CdibjmUpKDCf1b81cnsAKjkd7H8LG-J3-kstI0SWd4tUawqAFXaP8U8Wcoo/s1600-h/Birthday+Cakes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9brBsZ5ijrm6iQOEKHt69387iF0IA65tjDNqME8gmUkJVtYhgIOr1XJQI7eIrroMyMRAEnzox71Eazgm6CdibjmUpKDCf1b81cnsAKjkd7H8LG-J3-kstI0SWd4tUawqAFXaP8U8Wcoo/s320/Birthday+Cakes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173212707438108610" /></a><br />I've shared my cookbook collecting thoughts with hundreds of cyber friends for the past 8-1/2 years at a yahoogroup called <a href="http://www.cookbooksetcetera.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">CookbooksEtCetera</span></a>. We've had fabulous cookbook reviews, e-published several cookbooks of our own, and even met up occasionally at mini-conventions and regional gatherings. <div><br /><div> </div><div>While we are currently meeting up with each other at smaller regional gatherings all over the US, there is a bigger event coming in October 2009 in Kansas City, MO. The occasion will be the celebration of our 10th birthday as a cookbook collectors group and it will be a BIG Birthday Bash complete with birthday cake and ice cream! More details to follow, but if you are a true collector of all things cookbook, you may want to join us and experience the fun of getting together over cookbooks!</div><div> </div><div> </div></div>MoCookbooksEtchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04374522057119034784noreply@blogger.com6