hipcook

Notifications
It's been such a long time I had to remind myself what the notifications even were... but I bet we could come up with some kind of project to send a notification out about!

Comment by hipcook February 2020 permalink
Sous vide suggestions?
Thanks! I did cod as my first dish, and it was a big hit. I think this is going to be my go-to for fish preparation.

Comment by hipcook October 2019 permalink
Po(t)casts?
More cultural than culinary, but Gravy from the Southern Foodways Alliance is terrific. I used to listen to Splendid Table, but I haven't for a while. (Hour long shows just don't work for my listening habits very well; I'm much happie…

Comment by hipcook September 2018 permalink
Cooking in a vacation rental
Hah! I hadn't put that together, but it's a reasonable hypothesis!

Comment by hipcook July 2017 permalink
Short Stack editions
They do have ISBNs, Kaye16. Most of the records at LibraryThing (https://www.librarything.com/series/Short+Stack) seem to have them. And they really are entrancing little objects - the books are sewn together with yarn which matches/coordinates wit…

Comment by hipcook October 2016 permalink
Tiny Tech Note
Thanks, Andrew!

Comment by hipcook March 2016 permalink
Fake cigar
Yes, the Godiva chocolate cigars are the way to go. You can even get them in little boxes so he can hand them out like it's the 1950s. Congrats and best wishes!

Comment by hipcook January 2015 permalink
What makes a cookbook a clunker and what do you do with them?
The only cookbook I can remember discarding had a title like "The Weight Watcher No Fat No Carbs No Taste Cookbook." Every single thing in it looked blah. I have no idea how we came into possession of it. It was in a pile of books to go t…

Comment by hipcook December 2014 permalink
Anyone made Burgoo?
Ooh, yeah - I'm going to have to try that ham hocks idea...

Comment by hipcook November 2014 permalink
Anyone made Burgoo?
I've got a friend who makes a terrific Brunswick Stew - tomato, meat (usually pork), corn, field peas or other small beans. Tradition calls for game, but it's optional (or as in southerncooker's link, can be approximated with lamb/mut…

Comment by hipcook October 2014 permalink
Pi day 2014
As a Pi Day celebration, my wife attempted to convert Alton Brown's Mooless Chocolate Pie (http://www.cookbooker.com/recipe/5569/moo-less-chocolate-pie) into a Key Lime pie. The trick, basically, is to use blended tofu in place of custard. It…

Comment by hipcook March 2014 permalink
New Challenge for November, 2013?
I'll join a dumpling challenge! One question - do we mean "small lumps of starch" dumplings, as in "chicken and dumplings" or gnocchi, or "dumplings" like "apple dumplings" (or by extension pot stickers, …

Comment by hipcook October 2013 permalink
Marcella Hazan
Hazan's piece in the collection of essays "How I Learned To Cook" is also a beautiful read.

Comment by hipcook October 2013 permalink
Comfort Food
Greens, preferably collards. When I get that hunger that's not in my belly, but up closer to my sternum, that soul hunger, it's greens that set me right. (It does help when the greens are accompanied by a nice piece of cornbread and either…

Comment by hipcook September 2013 permalink

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