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Making Fresh Pasta
Forgot to mention it's not that hard to use but a bit of a pain to clean up.

Comment by southerncooker November 2011 permalink
Making Fresh Pasta
Sorry it took me so long to reply about the brand of pasta machine I have. I kept forgetting to pull mine out of the pantry and check. It's an Imperia hand crank from Italy. Here's a link so you can see what it looks like: http://tinyurl.…

Comment by southerncooker November 2011 permalink
Making Fresh Pasta
I don't have a kitchen aid so don't know about the attachment. I do however have a stand alone pasta maker that I got for a couple dollars at a thrift store several years ago. My daughter and I have made pasta with it several times and it …

Comment by southerncooker November 2011 permalink
September 2011 Challenge: The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Sieburp, aj12745 and Queezle Sister, thank you for you kind words. I got my daughter to check out the Pie and Pastry Bible for me. I have several recipes marked to try as soon as I have time.

Comment by southerncooker November 2011 permalink
September 2011 Challenge: The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
I'd like to add my congrats to the winners as well. I didn't get to cook as much as I'd have liked from my copy but I had fun with the ones I did get to make and sure enjoyed reading about what others had chosen to make. Not sure if I…

Comment by southerncooker November 2011 permalink
How do you start a cookbook club?
I just read about a sort of on line cookbook club. They just started and the plan is to take a foodie book (sometimes cookbook) each month, then read and discuss on line. The first one is by Kathleen Flinn called Kitchen Counter Cooking School. They…

Comment by southerncooker October 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
Queezle Sister, I do enjoy Ina's recipes. I haven't had a problem with any that I've tried. She tends to use lots of fresh ingredients. I haven't cooked alot from her first one so I'll have to pull it from my shelves and see…

Comment by southerncooker September 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
For those of you who haven't see Barefoot Contessa you can watch a few recipes from her show on hulu.com for free. They were showing whole episodes but not at the moment. They may again later. We used to have a dish but not anymore so I either …

Comment by southerncooker September 2011 permalink
New Challenge: Summer Grilling
Congrats to louie, QuezzleSister and Friederik. Enjoy your prizes. I sure enjoyed participating and reading all the wonderful grilling reviews. Looking forward to the next challenge I love the Barefoot Contessa books and have all of them except the …

Comment by southerncooker September 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
Potatoes oh Yea! I love potatoes both regular and sweet potatoes. When I was growing up we thought we didn't have anything to eat if there wasn't some kind of potato dish on the table. Leeka I don't think that's a crazy suggestio…

Comment by southerncooker September 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
Andrew sounds like you've been having some fun. I'll be looking forward to reading about that iron chef challenge and how you did. Looking forward to hearing about the new challenge too.

Comment by southerncooker September 2011 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
Andrew, not sure what happened but last night when I was doing my tuna plank review I somehow got logged out. When I logged back in the review was gone so I did another one. Then there was two of them so I deleted one only to find they were both gon…

Comment by southerncooker July 2011 permalink
New Challenge: Summer Grilling
I agree Queezle Sister this is going to be fun and I'm already enjoying reading the reviews. I enjoyed your review of the Dino BBQ book and after reading the book is worth it for the guacomole recipe alone I'd love to read a review of this…

Comment by southerncooker July 2011 permalink
Tips and Tricks of the Trade
I don't peel mine either before popping in freezer. I just grate it while still frozen with the peel on.

Comment by southerncooker July 2011 permalink
Tips and Tricks of the Trade
I use my immersion blender (what Emeril calls a boat motor) to puree hot things instead of putting it into a blender. Much easier and safer too. I keep ginger in the freezer. It grates better and lasts longer. I can have it on hand for stir fries …

Comment by southerncooker June 2011 permalink
Classification Question
I think of salad dressings as a condiment and have been listing them that way when I do a review. I do put sandwiches and wraps in the other category.

Comment by southerncooker June 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
Sounds like a great idea. Looks like we'll have some grilling fun soon.

Comment by southerncooker June 2011 permalink
Newest Challenge: The Moosewood Cookbook
Congrats to all the winners.

Comment by southerncooker March 2011 permalink
Modernist Cuisine
I forgot to say thanks to LL for posting the link to the NPR interview. Very interesting.

Comment by southerncooker March 2011 permalink
Modernist Cuisine
As much as I love cookbooks this one doesn't even tempt me. I can't see paying $500 for it. I was wondering how in the world anyone would be able to use it weighing so much and being so many pages and then I saw in the picture it looks lik…

Comment by southerncooker March 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
I have the original from 1977 and the updated version from 1992 that says it contains healthier versions of the original recipes and several new recipes. I noticed the page numbers in the two are not the same. Was wondering if this will that affect …

Comment by southerncooker February 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
I have both the Moosewood and the updated version. Like LL I too would enjoy digging into it. i've cooked from several of the Moosewood books but not sure I've cooked from Moosewood itself. Iw8tablZ I'd like to add a welcome and look…

Comment by southerncooker February 2011 permalink
my personal cookbooker challenge
That's a great personal challenge LL. I still need to get most of my cookbooks listed on cookbooker. I have around 2500. I've been trying to add new ones as I get them and also add ones I've actually cooked from. I have a large collec…

Comment by southerncooker February 2011 permalink
Newest Challenge: The Zuni Cafe Cookbook
I agree LL I also do much more interesting cooking because of the contests and for me that's a prize in itself.

Comment by southerncooker January 2011 permalink
Newest Challenge: The Zuni Cafe Cookbook
Good suggestions. I think a any of them sound fair. I've won three already. I was really surprised when I won the Indian one since I'd only made a few recipes. I'd happily still participate if it's a book I have or can get and n…

Comment by southerncooker January 2011 permalink
Newest Challenge: The Zuni Cafe Cookbook
Thanks Andrew and everyone who participated. My family and I sure enjoyed this challenge. I'd had this book for sometime and this kick started me into cooking from it. I learned many things and had a wonderful time reading, shopping and prepari…

Comment by southerncooker January 2011 permalink
User name
AJ, Boomer is about a 4 hour drive from Chapel Hill. I've heard alot about A Southern Season. Would love to take one of their cooking classes. Please do keep me posted about your travel plans.

Comment by southerncooker January 2011 permalink
User name
I enjoyed reading your reasons for choosing your user names. Thanks for replying. I also enjoy reading both your reviews. I'm sure happy that Queezle Sister decided to change from being a lurker as I enjoy the interaction. AJ if you even make i…

Comment by southerncooker January 2011 permalink
Polenta Advice
Andrew, I really think that the Zuni recipe calls for to much water. It's more than I've ever used but like you I thought maybe it was the cooking method since I'd never cooked polenta that way. In my opinion Polenta is a bland dish…

Comment by southerncooker January 2011 permalink
How do you rate recipes?
I tend to give 5 stars to things I would make again and that we really enjoyed whether it's simple or not. If only one person really enjoyed it then I might have to give a 4 instead of a 5. If something were lacking in the instructions or flav…

Comment by southerncooker January 2011 permalink

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