Cookbook Immersion Project

I declare The Epicurious Cookbook to be solid. Everything except for the spice-bomb lettuce wraps, which were practically inedible, ranked ...

The recipe for Black Bean and Tomato Quinoa on page 70 of The Epicurious Cookbook hit that sweet spot of lime and cilantro and green onion...

There's not much to say about the recipe for Soft Scrambled Eggs with Ricotta (without chives) from pg 15 of The Epicurious Cookbook. I...

It felt like it took a long time to prepare dinner tonight, but that's really only because it took me forever to clean the giant bag of ...

On Friday, two hours before we were scheduled to leave for the train station to head up to Bologna for the weekend, Charlie requested pancak...

Since moving to Naples, I have become obsessed with the extra starches Italians add to pasta. Never, in my carb-conscious American life, wou...

Two nights ago, I made Blackened Steak Salad (pg 254 of The Epicurious Cookbook ). The spice rub for the steak was delicious, and I will us...

I really need to start posting about these recipes closer to the time I've prepared them. Some are a little fuzzy in my memory. Maybe th...

Charlie was sick to his stomach all night. Around 5:30 this morning, Matt got sick, too. I figure it's only a matter of time before I...

I'd made Epicurious' Chicken Chili (pg 251 of The Epicurious Cookbook ) when my in-laws were here. At the time, I remember a) being ...

The first dish I selected from The Epicurious Cookbook was Indo-Chinese Lettuce Wraps (pg 45). Because of its carblessness, it's ground...

I'm moving on from Rome . It's a beautiful book, in terms of full page photos of the Eternal City, and lots of information about how...