susan-cooks! (teaches, reads cookbooks)

I paint, too, and this is "Cake Servers" from the nanoscape s Gallerie de Cuisine. What's in your kitchen drawer?

Several years ago I found an intriguing recipe for " Rendang: A Traditional West Sumatran Dish " in Siri Owen's excellent Hom...

The "Forest of Fondue Forks #1" is part of the Fork Family of nanoscapes in the nano's Gallerie de cuisine. nanoscapes are...

I was invited to a New Orleans-themed Christmas Day dinner which was to feature Bloody Marys, Jambalaya, crab cakes, and Amaretto Bread Pudd...

Ann Hodgman's Beat That! is a cookbook that I return to again and again. Why? Because everything I've made from it (with the except...

The very excellent cooking store and school Cooks of Crocus Hill has wonderful tools and terrific classes. In a participation class several...

I wrote this post in 2008, and as Thanksgiving is looming (go to any store and you'll see Christmas food and decorations-- a sure sign o...

When I'm not cooking, I'm painting. This is Potato Masher #2 from http://www.susangainen-nanoscapes.com/ .

http://www.jld.net/Last week one of my colleagues, Mike Bloyer, brought in a small bowl of peanuts -- some that he'd spared from a Spani...

The winner, and still champion: Pecan Bourbon Caramel Cake . Minnesota Justice Foundation Update: I have hosted a birthday party fundrai...

If you are lucky enough to live in a city with the Palomino * restaurant chain, go forthwith and have a bowl of Portobella Mushroom Soup ....

Aunt Gussie Malovany's Stuffed Cabbage is legendary, and for good reason. She makes it with love and she loves to know that her family...

Thirty years ago I lost the cookbook from which my mother made her iconic Chicken Creole . Last Thursday, after decades of searching, I foun...

Jam-making, for me, is an unalloyed pleasure. Start with fruit, add sugar, ginger (often in many forms), the occasional chili and lemon or l...

Everyone has opinions about brownies -- cakey, squishy, dense, studded with random stuff. There are dozens of books with "brownie"...

May 31, 2007 marked “599 days to go” for the Bush Presidency. In the spirit of an administration that has always ignored generic wisdom, co...

The FoodFamilies of France as observed in Paris and Caen in March 2007 The Bagette Family , whose major constituents are big and small ...

http://susan-cooks.blogspot.com/2007/04/food-families-of-france-march-2007.html One of the signs of spring in my kitchen is "Cooking Cl...

Pimento Cheese is a Southern food, and in grocery stores south of the Mason Dixon Line, you can buy it in great tubs from competing purveyo...

When you've clipped a recipe and made it enough that it is tattered, a sensible cook find a more permanent place. For more than a decad...