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  • It's over.

    Number of comments: 3
    You made it. You gained five pounds, but you survived cooking a bird that barely fit in your oven and making three hundred side dishes and trying to look utterly unfeathered (ha!) and refreshed while doing so.

    Now that the big-T is over, what on earth are you [...]
    Posted: November 25, 2007, 5:56pm EST
  • The Battle of the Pork

    Number of comments: 6
    There was a time not too long ago that I was really struggling with meat consumption. It is so contrary to my love of animals that I, well, love to eat animals. This is the perfect example of why I am too weak to be a [...]
    Posted: October 26, 2007, 7:39am EDT
  • A Need for Something Stronger

    Number of comments: 1

    I woke up needing, not just wanting, coffee. I put the grounds in our reusable coffee filter, added the water to the appropriate receptacle and hit start. The smell of burning coffee, as well as Ryan screaming, "What on earth are you doing!?!?" tipped me [...]
    Posted: October 16, 2007, 7:09pm EDT
  • Can You Spell Mulligatawny?

    Number of comments: 0

    Mulligatawny Soup (p. 100-101) is as delicious as it is difficult to spell. Plus, you have the added bonus of being reminded of Seinfeld when you eat it as one wonders if the recipe might have been what the Soup Nazi kept in the armoire. [...]

    Posted: October 13, 2007, 8:09am EDT
  • Tin Foil is the New Duct Tape

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    When we descended on Paris for our honeymoon, full of jetlag but buzzing with excitement and hunger, we stumbled into a bar and ordered Croque Monsieurs and later, Ryan indulged in the Croque Madame-- the French ham-and-cheese with an egg on top. Why don’t our [...]
    Posted: October 13, 2007, 7:36am EDT
    by Tara
  • Life is Sweet

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    Life is sweet with friends like these. As promised, I made the cheesecake, but I added fresh raspberries (p. 981). And, Yaprak successfully defended her dissertation!!! Congrats, Dr. Yaprak!

    [...]
    Posted: September 01, 2007, 5:31pm EDT
    by Tara
  • Que pasa?

    Number of comments: 4
    As many of you have noticed, I have not been the best blogger. Nor have I been the best cook. Ryan spent most of this summer in Chile on a research trip, and I lost most of my interest in cooking. Cooking, which has given me so much joy, turned [...]
    Posted: August 25, 2007, 12:00pm EDT
    by Tara
  • Oh It's Soooo Good (say it like Mr. Food)

    Number of comments: 8
    So, I’m Polish. If you’re from Michigan and Polish, you make an annual pilgrimage to Hamtramck, near Detroit, for all things calorically (did I just make that word up?) Polish. And if you are Polish, for some reason, you like butter made into the shape [...]
    Posted: May 17, 2007, 3:58pm EDT
    by Tara
  • Camping is a four letter word

    Number of comments: 4

    So, I'm just going to cut to the chase: we had a disastrous camping experience. Disastrous. No sugar coating this one. It was terrible.

    Speaking of sugar coating, part of the reason our camping trip was so bad is because I am so [...]
    Posted: May 15, 2007, 10:03am EDT
    by Tara
  • i heart hokies

    Number of comments: 1
    All of us at U.Va. are sending our most sincere condolences to our friends in Blacksburg.

    U.Va. alumni can send donations to Tech through the alumni association website. To see English professor and author Nikki Giovanni's amazing speech, click here.
    [...]
    Posted: April 18, 2007, 5:05pm EDT
    by Tara
  • The Ethnic Paris Cookbook

    Number of comments: 0
    I have recently had the pleasure of reading and cooking from The Ethnic Paris Cookbook: The French Melting Pot Into Your Kitchen by Charlotte Puckette and Olivia Kiang-Snaije (pp. 256, $30).

    The first thing you notice as you pick up this substantial cookbook is the gorgeous illustrations that [...]

    Posted: April 16, 2007, 2:38pm EDT
    by Tara
  • GUEST CHEF: Rita Goes Retro

    Number of comments: 2
    The other day, I came across the recipe for Strawberry Cream Gelatin (p. 1037) in the Joy of Cooking. It stated, “Combining gelatin and ice cream was in fashion in the 1950’s. The idea may sound odd, but the dessert that results is surprisingly elegant”. Instantly, I became inspired to [...]
    Posted: March 29, 2007, 3:34pm EDT
    by Tara
  • Dolmas and Carrot Salad

    Number of comments: 2

    Last night I made Stuffed Grape Leaves (p. 163) and Carrot and Raisin Salad (p. 218) for dinner. The grape leaves were good-- they tasted like the sea, but in a good way. And they look like little green cigars... but in a good way. [...]
    Posted: March 21, 2007, 5:17pm EDT
    by Tara
  • OP-ED from the New York Times

    Number of comments: 0
    All of us meat eaters should read this article from the New York Times editorial page. [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2007, 8:35am EDT
    by Tara
  • Salvation in a Pizza

    Number of comments: 1
    Although I'm not particularly religious, I do think that God will strike me down if I make a promise and don't keep it. So Lent seemed like a good time to try to kick my sugar addiction—the penalty of cheating being eternal damnation. It's been, what, two weeks? And I [...]
    Posted: March 05, 2007, 8:00am EST
    by Tara
  • GUEST CHEF: Melanie from North Carolina Cooks Joyfully

    Number of comments: 2



    Allergy Free Joy

    Tara asked me to be a guest cook. As an avid foodie and cookbook collector with hundreds of cookbooks, surprisingly I only recently acquired JOY (75th Edition) so I could be [...]
    Posted: February 26, 2007, 10:31am EST
    by Tara
  • Valentines Dinner

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    Ryan and I had a lot of fun cooking our valentines dinner and an even better time drinking the champagne. The Thai Fish Cakes (p. 562), however, were really bizarre. Don't make them unless you enjoy ground up fish that [...]
    Posted: February 19, 2007, 8:23am EST
    by Tara
  • A Joyful Valentine Day

    Number of comments: 0
    I feel like Valentines Day is such a double edged sword. Flowers, chocolate, kisses.... It's all well and good, but isn't there something nauseating about public displays of love?
    OK, enough of the humbug. Here's what I'm making tonight with my sweetie. I think it will go well with [...]
    Posted: February 14, 2007, 8:37am EST
    by Tara
  • Gone Vege

    Number of comments: 2
    So meat has not been looking so good lately. I just can't seem to shake my guilt about eating animals. The good news is that I don't feel like I'm missing much. We'll see how long this holds up. In the meantime, you can see [...]
    Posted: February 12, 2007, 1:07pm EST
    by Tara
  • Carnivore’s Guilt

    Number of comments: 4
    One of the many reasons I admire my mom is that she is a vegetarian and has been for over a decade. Like me, my mom is an animal lover, but unlike me, she chooses not to eat the cute fuzzy things. Sure, we all have contradictions in our lives—my [...]
    Posted: January 13, 2007, 8:36am EST
    by Tara
  • Post-Holiday Kitchen Blues

    Number of comments: 0
    Got the post-holiday blues-- where you just simply cannot stand another moment in the kitchen after all your holiday cooking? Well, make the following recipe from the Joy of Cooking, 1997 edition, with country style ribs, and you'll have a ton to eat, and it's easy-- even when you make [...]
    Posted: January 11, 2007, 5:30pm EST
    by Tara
  • Joy of Cooking Christmas Menu (1997 Edition)

    Number of comments: 2
    Here are my picks for your dinner table this year for Christmas, Festivus or New Years:

    Provencal Vegetable Soup (Soup Au Pistou) (p. 100). This is a great soup. Everyone will love it and dieters will especially appreciate that they can fill up on a low-cal soup at the [...]
    Posted: December 23, 2006, 7:09am EST
    by Tara
  • Potluck or Perish

    Number of comments: 2
    Thanksgiving is upon us, perhaps the most dreaded holiday for women. We often spend the entire day in the kitchen, only to present a dry turkey, dry stuffing, burnt crust on our pecan pie and a bevy of sides made with goopy cream of mushroom soup. The Joy of Cooking [...]
    Posted: November 22, 2006, 10:31am EST
    by Tara
  • Happy Halloween!

    Number of comments: 4

    Ryan and I managed to eat like King and Queen last night, and it was pretty easy, too. We ate Steak Diane (p. 662), Sweet or Savory Winter Squash Puree (p. 424-5), and Hot Apple Slaw (p. 223 - still working on those apples!) which [...]
    Posted: October 31, 2006, 12:30pm EST
    by Tara
  • Compulsive Soup Eater

    Number of comments: 2

    I've got this particular trait that used to drive my mom nuts when I lived at home. When I've had something really good for dinner, I must dream about it, because when I wake up, I have to have it for breakfast. I generally did [...]
    Posted: October 29, 2006, 8:25am EST
    by Tara
  • 30th: The Upside Down Birthday

    Number of comments: 2


    Happy Birthday, Gwen! Of course, the 30th birthday is never an uncomplicated one. Mine is coming up in December and I'm leaving the country (it doesn't count then, does it?). Somehow, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake (904-5) seemed like a good way [...]
    Posted: October 22, 2006, 11:32am EDT
    by Tara
  • NYT Article

    Jennifer Steinhauer has written a fun article about the Joy of Cooking in the New York Times. Click here to read. [...]
    Posted: October 22, 2006, 9:25am EDT
    by Tara
  • What would you avoid?

    Number of comments: 14
    One of the hazards that go along with this project is the inevitable issue of making food you don't like. For example, I hate eggs (and have since I was a baby). But there are over fifty egg recipes in the Joy. Let me know if you want to come [...]
    Posted: October 12, 2006, 7:48pm EDT
    by Tara
  • Too much of a Good Thing

    Number of comments: 8

    Ryan and I drove into the country this weekend to get some pumpkins, apples and fresh air. Being city folk, we made a slight error in judgment on just how many apples constituted a bushel. Or was it a peck? Whatever it was, we each [...]
    Posted: October 10, 2006, 8:26am EDT
    by Tara
  • sans the obligatory offering


    Reggie came over on Friday night to help us make Brazilian Black Beans (p. 275-6) and Meat-Stuffed Bell Peppers (p. 404). Both of these recipes are great (and easy to make from my perspective, as Ryan and Reggie did most of the cooking). For the [...]
    Posted: October 09, 2006, 5:21pm EDT
    by Tara
  • Salmon Croquettes


    Things have been a little crazy here at headquarters (uh, that's my place). It has been one of those months where you can hardly remember what has happened because we've been so busy. Suddenly, it's almost October, and I have [...]
    Posted: September 28, 2006, 7:06am EDT
    by Tara
  • Two recent dinners

    Tacos

    Pork Adobo


    Ryan has been taking over kitchen projects lately as I've been snowed under with work and school. Pork Adobo (p. 702) was spicy, tender and overall just great, but I had heartburn all night-- those dried chili [...]

    Posted: September 23, 2006, 4:45pm EDT
    by Tara

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