Cooking
Alright; that may be a bit of an exaggeration...
Saturday's dinner: sweet corn on the cob, couscous with roasted pecans, and Moon Over Maui Shrimp: a kebab of vegetarian shrimp (and chicken), marinated in white wine, pineapple juice, olive oil, garlic, onion and parsley, wrapped in vegetarian bacon and grilled.
Good stuff! The recipe came from a cookbook I bought not long ago, Retro Luau, from Collector's Press (while you can order the book through Amazon, I personally prefer to buy from this small and quirky publisher).
It had a decent flavor; not over-powering (although we did not let the 'meats' marinate as long as required), and the 'bacon'-wrapping was a perfect accompaniment.
I've found a lot of fabulous recipes in these 'Retro...' books, and if they continue to be as good as this one, we'll keep on buying them.
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Cooking
Mini-luau
Alright; that may be a bit of an exaggeration...
Saturday's dinner: sweet corn on the cob, couscous with roasted pecans, and Moon Over Maui Shrimp: a kebab of vegetarian shrimp (and chicken), marinated in white wine, pineapple juice, olive oil, garlic, onion and parsley, wrapped in vegetarian bacon and grilled.
Good stuff! The recipe came from a cookbook I bought not long ago, Retro Luau, from Collector's Press (while you can order the book through Amazon, I personally prefer to buy from this small and quirky publisher).
It had a decent flavor; not over-powering (although we did not let the 'meats' marinate as long as required), and the 'bacon'-wrapping was a perfect accompaniment.
I've found a lot of fabulous recipes in these 'Retro...' books, and if they continue to be as good as this one, we'll keep on buying them.
- Cookbook Review: California Pizza Kitchen
Avocado Club Egg Roll Despite living in California for a few years, I never ate at a California Pizza Kitchen. But I found I couldn't resist their new cookbook, California Pizza Kitchen Family Cookbook. It's a little dynamo: small, jam-packed,...
- Wartime Wednesdays: Burgundian Beef
WINE IN COOKERY---Wine is friendly to many foods but is equally antagonistic to other favorites. Egg is the outstanding example of the latter and cheese of the former. White and shell fish, poultry, game and meat, except pork, take on added luster by...
- The Quintessential Meatloaf
Last Friday, I got my copy of Retro Diner from Amazon. That weekend, the Food Network ran a special on Diners and Dives. And, I had both Wartime Wednesdays and Retro Recipe Challenge looming. I dubbed this week "Retro Week". I'm a big fan of the...
- Retro Dessert: Layers Of Caramel-y Goodness
My first effort from the fabulous Retro Baking; Caramel Cake Retro Baking is published by Collector's Press, and is just one book in their wonderful 'retro' line (do check them out). Thanks to my recent acquisition of Retro Baking and Retro...
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Anthony of Spiceblog was apparently cyber-strong-armed into posting about his cookbook shelf. Never one to shy away from a meme, here are my cookbook shelves: Top shelf Middle shelf Bottom shelf Full view 1. Rationale behind what we're seeing?...