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Cooking Corned Beef

Cooking Corned Beef

Cooking Corned Beef  Typical way that I have read – to cook corned beef is to boil. Rinse off the Corned beef, add the spices and boil. YIKES I propose adding a bit of Char adds flavor. the difference is analogous to the difference of […]

Book Review ~ Mrs Beeton’s Cookery

Book Review ~ Mrs Beeton’s Cookery

Mrs Beeton’s Cookery and Household Management has me miss Downton Abbey.  Mrs Beeton’s Cookery and House Hold Management is house hold name for over 120 years. I read my first visiting Grandma Berta and was enchanted. It has me miss the kitchen episodes from Downton […]

Dining out ~ Mile High City Sliders

Dining out ~ Mile High City Sliders

Todays stop is Mile High city Sliders Food Truck.

The Eggplant with grilled eggplant, tomato and lemon garlic aioli is delicious. I also tried the eggplant parmesan slider with goat cheese. Eggplant parmesan slider is good, however i like the lemon garlic aioli vegi combination a bit better.

The food truck grade scale is: food on the plate, hospitality.

The slider received are fresh, slider buns perfectly toasted, sauce creative and tasty.

The eggplant did still have its skin on, however the eggplant was not bitter nor chewy – as eggplant can be…

Mile High City Sliders gets 5 out of 5

Market Place ~ Folgers Iced Coffee

Market Place ~ Folgers Iced Coffee

  Ice Coffee from Krogers Free Friday  is the Sample this week (Ironic that it is snowing). Folgers is a name that is synonymous with coffee. The elixir chosen vanilla and a delightful dessert. My coffee of choice (hot) is strong and black. This coffee […]

Fine Dining at the Palace Arms

Fine Dining at the Palace Arms

Palace Arms  Cost to value of food is fair. the initial offer of very small pork pate with fruit glee -why bother? the evening slipped from there. the menu offered was fixed. beet salad with mix of lettuce and grapes – was not complementary fusion […]

Holiday Cookies

Holiday Cookies

tis the season. family and freinds gathered for holiday cookies. the copy cat this year is the sugar cooky man holding an aluminum foil wrapped dowel. Decorated – the dowel removed and replaced with a candy cane. the cooky was transformed into holiday shepherds.

Book Review ~ “A Treasury of Great Recipes” Mary and Vincent Price

Book Review ~ “A Treasury of Great Recipes” Mary and Vincent Price

I had picked up a treasury of great recipes and serendipitous found it to be the travels of Mary and Vincent Price. The wanderings are chronicled from Dodger Stadium to London with recipes included. In Vincent’s writings he shared his “appetite for life”. Pages of […]

Book review ~ Chasing Bocuse

Book review ~ Chasing Bocuse

Competition sharpens the skills. the compelling read of the American Culinary team in pursuit of international competition. The Story strikes a cord with me as competition is ingrained in out industry.. this is not a challenge on personalities nor heightened situations. With no disrespect  to […]

Book Review ~ “The Essential James Beard Cook Book”

Book Review ~ “The Essential James Beard Cook Book”

Pickled Eggs
Serves 24
Old fashion Pickled Eggs.
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Ingredients
  1. 2 dozen hard boiled eggs.2 cups cooked beets sliced. 2 large onion. very thinly sliced. 2 table spoons sugar, 1 teaspoon plain salt, i bay leaf, cider vinegar
Instructions
  1. Place hard boiled eggs in a large jar. add beets, eggs, onion, sugar, salt and bay leaf. add enough vinegar to cover all the ingredients and cap the jar. Marinate in the fridge for 48 hours. Drain and Serve.
Notes
  1. scrub the beets and wrap in foil. Roast the beet
Adapted from the essential James Beard Cookbook
Adapted from the essential James Beard Cookbook
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Essentially the culinary stories are the strings and the strength of the Essential James Beard Cook Book. A collection of 450 American Cooking recipes. This one of my favorites .

Book Review ~ Larousse Gastronomique

Book Review ~ Larousse Gastronomique

The worlds greatest culinary encyclopedia should be on everyone’s shelf.   Culinary tastes have changed since its initial publication – however the basics have not. It is the indispensable source since its initial publication by chef Prosper Montagne’ in 1938. ISBN 978-0-307-46491-0