Tag: onions

  • April/May Cook the Books: The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

    April/May Cook the Books: The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

    Read on for a review of the book and my take on Tilly’s Famous Bacon and Onion Sandwiches using onion jam. YUM!

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  • Marinated Chickpea Salad with Lemon and Kale from Company by Amy Thielen

    Marinated Chickpea Salad with Lemon and Kale from Company by Amy Thielen

    I’m back to reviewing some of the new and “best” cookbooks of 2023.  Today’s review is of Company by Amy Thielen. About the book: One of Food & Wine’s Best Cookbooks of Fall 2023 From beloved writer and cook Amy Thielen comes a year of inventive recipes and twenty menus for the “let’s do it at my house”…

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  • Roman Pasta and Only You

    Roman Pasta and Only You

    The October Food ‘n Flix feature is Only You with a VERY young Marissa Tomei and Robert Downey, Jr. Seriously, they look like they’re twelve. 🙂 As part of the film is set in Rome, I found an “authentic” pasta to prepare.

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  • Roasted Vegetable Frittata

    Roasted Vegetable Frittata

    I do not use my book of Plenty often enough.   The recipes I have made from its pages are outstanding like Two-Potato Vindaloo and Freekeh Pilaf.  I’ve also made his Multi-Vegetable Paella (80) which is fantastic.  I just didn’t post it.  🙁 I pulled it back out recently and earmarked some recipes to try.  One of them…

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  • Spicy Beef Sambel

    Spicy Beef Sambel

    Here’s the latest results from a virtual cooking class with Chef Elizabeth from Haochi US (on a virtual Yelp event). This spicy beef dish is too good not to share (and so easy)!

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  • Simply Irresistible Coq Au Vin and Fennel Salad for Food ‘n Flix

    Simply Irresistible Coq Au Vin and Fennel Salad for Food ‘n Flix

    Welcome to this month’s round for Food ‘n Flix.  Wendy from A Day in the Life on a Farm is hosting Simply Irresistible.    I had never heard of this movie but it was a FnF feature back in November 2011.  That was before I had found this great virtual movie club.  (You can read Wendy’s…

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  • Guest Post:  Bierox and “Take it away, mom!”

    Guest Post: Bierox and “Take it away, mom!”

    Welcome to the first guest post at EE! Join my mother today as she shares an old authentic German recipe and a family favorite.

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  • Fourth of July Baked Beans (after the fact)

    Fourth of July Baked Beans (after the fact)

    I did not get this shared in time for the Fourth, but it is definitely a worthy recipe to share NOW for other picnic and grilling summer events.

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  • Bags o’ Onions

    Bags o’ Onions

    Here’s a great way to caramelize onions with little mess and little work. And, here’s an even better pickled onion recipe—so good, easy and delicious!

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  • Tarte Flambée

    Tarte Flambée

    The Cook the Books Club selection this round is The Patriarch by Martin Walker. Here is my dish inspired from this mystery novel.

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