recipes

A friend of mine will be taking a leave of absence from academia to work in Switzerland for a year, though it may be a permanent move. Before they leave Seattle (this weekend), we’re having their family over for dinner. I was going to make falafel and hummus, but they’re cutting back on the carbs. […]

Chicken and dumplings is a basic comfort food, good for a cold day. The original recipe, from a duct-tape bound cookbook that I have since lost, used only the egg yolks in the dumplings. I haven’t found much difference in the texture or taste, and thus use the whole egg. Plain yogurt can be substituted

The Best Recipe is rapidly earning a reputation as one of my favorite cookbooks. Tonight I made Molasses Ginger Cookies, using fresh ginger. This is a great recipe for the little helpers because they can roll the dough into balls and coat them with sugar. The trick with these is to suppress the urge to

Success! I’ve finally made a decent rice pudding recipe. No longer will I be subject to the whims of Kozy Shack (which makes incredibly good rice pudding, btw).

Here’s a popular recipe around the house. For the kiddos/spice-sensitive, we keep the dressing and tofu separate. Oriental tofu salad — www.wt8p.com Salad: 1 head lettuce 6 green onions 1 carrot, shredded 1/2 C peas 2 T sesame seeds 1/2 C slivered almonds 1 block of tofu (or you could use 1 C of cooked,

Blackberry canes.Thorns o’plenty! Wild Blackberry plantsweeds are nasty, with prickles on everything. No one in their right mind would try to grow them, but they’re frequently seen along public use trails. (Can you say “NIMBY?”) The berries are tart and easily bruised. We generally eat them straight, but I’ve had success putting them in muffins.

This recipe is adapted from The Best Recipe, by Cooks Illustrated. It’s not too difficult to change this from a bread to the cinnamon rolls, though the bread is not as sticky.

Here is another variant on my pizzas dough. This one turned out much more pliable, and I got an incredibly thin crust out of it. The only thing missing is the pizza oven that heats up to 1,200°F. The elapsed time is 2-3 days, though the actual intervention required is about 20 minutes. If anyone