MY CULINARY DIARY Making Ciabatta Ciabatta is a rustic bread with a crispy crust, and a chewy texture inside with large shiny holes. Even though it is a rustic bread it has become popular as a gourmet item. Ciabatta originated in Italy but can be found in specialty stores and restaurants throughout the United […]
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Most people think of Sourdough as a Sour dough French Bread and yes, it can be. Sourdough can be traced back time many thousands of years and and as with many discoveries and innovations, it was most likely by accident that our ancestors figured out what to do with it. Sourdough is a bread […]
Sunday, March 18 – 2012: Today is David’s Birthday and since I invited him for dinner I also asked him to choose what he would like for dinner. He had lost 30 lbs. since December and thought this would be a good day to indulge himself, just this once! So Dinner was Lobster Lasagna, […]
Mushroom Barley Soup Saturday, March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day and many of us will be making Corned Beef and Cabbage for the Green Event. Almost always when Corned Beef and Cabbage is prepared for dinner, there are bound to be leftovers. The usual leftover fare for Corned Beef and Cabbage is Corned Beef […]
My third venture with tomato powder was to make Lemon/Tomato/Herb Scones. Scones are the English version of our American Biscuits. They are usually more rustic in appearance and hearty with more flavor. In recent years there has been a wave of popularity over scones and they have been made in many different ways. […]
Autumn and Winter Holiday Dinners call for Cranberry Sauce. Either you will purchase canned Cranberry Sauce or make it yourself. There was a time when the only Cranberry Sauce I liked was the canned jellied kind, even when my Mother made her own whole Cranberry Sauce. Well, I finally grew up and my taste buds […]
If you are a frequent visitor to this blog, you will have noticed that I don’t like to throw away leftovers and have fun turning them into something different. Sometimes it takes a little imagination and creativityand maybe a little work, but believe me, it is well worth the […]
Pizza is on the menu quite often in our household as it is a favorite as it probably is in most households. The Pizza resaturants probably don’t like us too well, because most of the pizza that is eaten in our home is made in our home, thus not providing business for the take-out […]
Now that you have baked your tomato bread, what to do with it other than butter it and eat it? Since the recipe makes such a large loaf there are numerous things that you can do with it. So far, we have made Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Sandwiches and best of […]
Tomatoes have long been a favorite fruit of mine, especially when I grow them. During the winter months however, we have to resort to hothouse or imported tomatoes. Aside from fresh, tomatoes come in endless preparations. Besides, canned tomatoes, puree, crushed and paste there is a product called Tomato Powder. Some time ago I purchased […]