Best Cookbooks 2012
My favorite cookbooks and food books of the year
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Bourbon Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookie Recipe
Cocoa nibs, bourbon, cranberries and sass make this a naughty-nice holiday cookie for grown-ups.
Cookbooks for Fall 2012 You’ll Want to Savor
Bouchon Bakery, SPQR, Blue Bottle, Ruth Bourdain and all the cookbooks for fall
Buddha’s Hand Cake with Rangpur Lime Butttercream Recipe
Exotic citrus makes this cake extraordinary
Spiced Butternut Squash Cookies | 2011 WINNER
A spicy vegan cookie gets a lot of thumbs-up from tasters
Trentino Terrine Recipe
Lettuce, cheese and eggs make this simple terrine a winner
Goat’s Milk Panna Cotta w/ Fresh Cherries Recipe
Fresh goat-milk pudding with brandy-soaked cherries
Torta Patatas (Tater’s Pancake) | Recipe
Loaded with eggs, these tortas are a cross between a potato pancake and an omelet, and are great warm or cold.
Pecan Caramel French Toast Recipe
A mix of butter caramel, custardy bread and crispy crusts just can’t be beat on a lazy Sunday morning.
Puff Pastry and Prosciutto Egg Cups Recipe
Simple puff pastry gets a fancy filling of farm-fresh eggs, goat cheese and prosciutto
Huevos Benedictos Recipe
This is the winning recipe for April’s Eggs & Breakfast Contest, submitted by Tyfanni Peters.
Shave Your Asparagus
Thinly shaved asparagus and grape tomatoes with meyer lemon olive oil and sel gris make for a great seasonal spring salad
The Heirloom Bean Project: Refried
Using Rancho Gordo heirloom beans for refried beans, with fresh local eggs, tortillas, and cotija cheese
Bacon + Buttermilk Belgian Waffles Recipe
Simple recipe marries buttermilk Belgian waffles and bacon
Roast Asparagus with Blender Hollandaise Recipe
Springtime’s favorite veggie gets a no-fear sauce
In-n-Out Animal Spread, Home Edition
How to make In N Out’s famous sauce at home
Hawaiian Sausage, Eggs & Rice Recipe
A Hawaiian-influenced recipe that brings back memories
Making Peace with Whole Foods Butchers
For years, those three little words neatly summarized my feelings about Whole Foods, and made for a Flintstones-sized bone of contention between me and every food-snob I came across; where my friends and family chomped at the bit to feel good about parting with their paychecks, I saw only a business model predicated on sloughing-off expensive products of inconsistent quality, remarkably mediocre prepared foods, and egregiously priced dry goods encased in very clever branding.
My Favorite Black Bean Soup, in 30 Minutes or Less
Inasmuch as complex events can be said to have their roots in a single moment, I credit my first attempt at this delicious soup – an assignment for my Fundamentals of Stocks, Soups, and Sauces course at the ICE Culinary Institute some 10 years ago – with much of what I’ve produced in the kitchen ever since. I might as well call it my Butterfly Effect Soup.
The Costco Report: Organic Beef
I cooked this steak – with a simple red wine-honey reduction and a creamy parmigiano-peppercorn salad – in honor of one of my especially snarky fans, someone who objects strenuously every time I buy something from a supermarket for what I’ve billed as a “cooking locally” weblog. I’ll stipulate the point, but my money says I’m not the only parent in the County who’d like to serve their kids a decent, healthy steak for a few less bucks. But is it a decent, healthy steak?
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Oh snap! La Toque sued for serving foie gras
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Bianchini’s to open in Santa Rosa
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Haute Vegan Dinner at Tierra Vegetables
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SPQR in Forestville
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Martin Yan opening a restaurant in Santa Rosa?
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Haku Sushi Santa Rosa Opens
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Munch Mondays scrapped
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Hooters opens
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Getting to know your dinner. Personally.
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Win Bourdain Tix
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Best Buns & Burgers 2010 Poll
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Win Dinner on BiteClub
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Bee Anderson: Good! This is such a cruel thing to do to an anima...
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Max: Banning it makes me want it more. What's a good we...
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Mike: While you mention K&L in the article, they are...
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Anna: What a joke. Hope he wins, and now I'm going there...
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Deb McGauley: Such sad news! Cape Fear is a constant late break...
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Mm: Santa Rosa Seafood has the best salmon by far. We ...