Queezle Sister

This picture shows Queezle, a quail who lived with us for a year. She because our friend (not dinner), but eventually a wild male courted her through the window, and so she returned to the wild.

New challenge for September
Kaye - maybe we could do a week-long mini informal zucchini challenge! After a month of travel, I came home today to find a jumbo zucchini... And on the Asian theme, I will find a way to participate regardless of the rules we devise. For me, its …

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New challenge for September
That is a great idea! It is inclusive yet focused on one goal. Just one thought, we might want to define asian so its clear to everyone. For example, I have Burma, which I think is asian, but of course Indian cookbooks would not be asian. SC - s…

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New challenge for September
I do love Deborah Madison's "savory way" cookbook, and have been intrigued by the 2013 title - Vegetable literacy. It gets excellent reviews on Amazon. Her other fairly recent classic (10th anniversary edition in 2007) is "vege…

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New challenge for September
I will scout around for vegetarian. I also love vegetarian cookbooks.

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New challenge for September
I spent a bit of time looking for cookbooks that are newly popular, and found this article about the wild success of Jerusalem, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. I don't know, Beth, you might have difficulty finding the ingredients, but if …

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New challenge for September
Beth, what sort of cookbook would YOU like? We could consider a different sort of a smaller focused cookbook. For instance, what about a cookbook for breakfast items? Or vegan? Or salads. I have nothing in particular in mind, but its most fun w…

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New challenge for September
I'm game for anything. I might be without a kitchen, though, as my remodel should start this September (or October, or ...). I didn't expect to enjoy the NYT cookbook so much, it was an awesome challenge book.

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Adding to Recipe Box
Hello and welcome to cookbooker! I am happy that you have found us, and hope that you find this site as helpful and fun as I do. Regarding adding recipes to your recipe box -- perhaps the recipe has to be saved first? I've only saved recipe…

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Pi(e) Day Again
One possibility for single day/week challenges would be to center them around national holidays. Chinese new year for a Chinese food challenge, Bastille day (which we just missed) for a French food challenge. I am in Finland now, enjoying Herring…

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New Challenge - May 2013
I really enjoyed this NYT cookbook challenge (I must quit contributing to this one due to travel). Although it took a little while to warm up to the book, I eventually succumbed to its charms, especially the time lines, and the anecdotes. I was sa…

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Pi(e) Day Again
Failure here. Am getting ready for a long trip and simply didn't have time to cook

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Pi(e) Day Again
Yikes, this is today! I will try to come up with something.

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Incorrect magazine issue title
I don't see an easy way to edit it!

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Measurements
I agree that the editors do not really think about the measurements. How many times have I seen a recipe call for 3 tsp of something -- rather than 1 Tbs, or 4 Tbs rather than 1/4 C. It seems as if recipes are re-scaled, converted, etc, with very …

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Food adventures while traveling - advice?
Thanks to Andrew pointing me to the international forums on Chow.com, I was able to find amazing dumplings in Shanghai! Soup dumplings - with an amazing broth inside - some steamed and some fried. Thanks so much... hopefully the European adventur…

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New Challenge - May 2013
Yes, so many lovely cocktail recipes -- perfect for summer. And keteq - do make that chicken -- we had it for dinner last night and it was amazing.

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New Challenge - May 2013
For this tome, I've decided to try to prepare at least one recipe from each of the 18 chapters. So far I've got chapter 5, vegetables, well covered, with one recipe from chapter 10 (poultry), chapter 13 (waffles), and chapter 18 (pies and…

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Errata
Oh I love this idea!

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Food adventures while traveling - advice?
I had never seen those travel-related forums -- thanks! I love YELP for domestic travel, but have never tried it overseas. I was about to say that the Clothilde's Edible Adventures in Paris was probably too out of date (2008 - 5+ yrs alread…

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Olive and Caper Results
This book is a bit intimidating, and its a tough one to take to bed for casual reading. But what has gotten me hooked are the various time lines, and the historic aspects of this book. The recipes have mostly been very good, too. The other thing …

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Ebooks - Cookbooks?
Hi Brenda, I do not get e-cookbooks (no kindle or ipad), but I've seen reviews by others for this format. I think they enter the recipe as if reviewing the book recipe, but that there have been some issues about page numbers. Perhaps you cou…

Comment by Queezle Sister May 2013 permalink
How do you start a cookbook club?
Long over-due update! January was tapas and cocktails, and it was fun but a bit disorganized. February we had Indian food from Indian Home Cooking, and I was amazed at how much I loved that cookbook. I believe that March was back at my house, and …

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Food adventures while traveling - advice?
I've been looking at David Lebovitz' site, but hadn't thought about Clothilde Dusoulier! I know I am very lucky to have business taking me to both shanghai and helsinki. And lucky to have a husband who doesn't mind that I expa…

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New Challenge - May 2013
Cadfael, more positives coming from me. I look forward to your reviews, and will enjoy cooking with you.

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New Challenge - May 2013
I'm very pleased with this challenge! The book is a delight, with such diversity and interesting stories. Even the organization -- which some amazon reviewers complained about -- seems great to me - with interesting recipe juxtapositions.

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New Challenge - May 2013
A copy from the library is on hold! After reading the Amazon reviews, I was a bit concerned, but kateq - your link vanquished my worries and I now look forward to this challenge. Friends, grab your spatulas!

Comment by Queezle Sister May 2013 permalink
New Challenge - May 2013
I agree this sounds like fun. I will be doing a lot of travel this summer, and so little cooking, but a 3 month challenge will mean that I'm not excluded. It is such a huge book, I might be intimidated, but with my friends working through it …

Comment by Queezle Sister May 2013 permalink
Where are the How-To's ? (Need to know how to add Tag)
Can we specifically search tags? I have not figured out how to do that yet.

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Olive and Caper Results
I really enjoyed cooking from Olive and Caper. Some dishes were very surprising, and I learned a lot. Thanks to all, and congrats SC and C.

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Next challenge?
I would be very comfortable with BethNH and kateq -- and perhaps a third -- coordinating the challenges. More than comfortable -- grateful! Though cookbooker feels like my home, I'm sometimes too busy to even check in. But many web sites do …

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