Saturday Six

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1. Weekend-morning indulgence: a warmed half of an almond croissant (and espresso).

2. Last night's grocery haul (I use the term loosely; it was delivered) included blood oranges and two pineapples (which were $2.50 apiece, too good to pass up; however, I'm conscious that it would be about $25 apiece in Prague). Both the oranges and the pineapple are great. We have so much pineapple that we used some of it for (pizza purists, look away)

3) Hawaii-style pizza tonight.

4. Seafood risotto planned for tomorrow for lunch, thanks to a rare convergence in the fridge of all the necessary ingredients...

5. This week's discovery: the croissants at Brasserie Cognac (B'way and 55th) are the best in a five-block radius.

6. (NFRC) Is anyone a fan of Alan Furst's novels? I'm working on an article about food in Kingdom of Shadows, but I've only read two of his books and only have those two on hand at the moment. (I know food doesn't factor significantly in these books; it's for a crime-fiction mag that wants recipe pieces.) Anyway, if you are a fan, maybe I could pick your brain to see which titles I should grab for the next piece...

Happy weekend to all--

 
Weekend six

1.Friday was Family day here - made Charlie's
Tuscan Tuna Salad to take to granddaughters kindergarten where only grandparents were invited to a party.
2. Picked up my sister at the airport.
3. Had the whole family in for dinner. Made an easy one since I had to prepare beforehand- meatballs and sauce, zuccini casserole, spagetti.
And Maglieri's frozen chocolate mousse cake. It really doesn't matter what you serve with a cake like that for desert.
4. Sat. spent some time planning my trip to the
STATES. So happy- it's been too long.
I will be in Charlottesville, Va. for
a book festival on March 22-25. Then in West
Palm Beach, Fl to visit a friend from March 25-28. Anyone in the area want to meet up for a coffee?
5. Made Curried spinach lentil soup for dinner with leftovers.
6. Off today on a trip to Haifa and Nazareth.

 
Haifa! Charlottesville (I love their book fest.)! smileys/smile.gif And YAY for #4!

Elaine...do you have a book out, and I somehow completely missed this?!

 
Weekend Six (or thereabouts)

Friday we had the last of the Tuscan Bean and Pancetta soup.

Saturday we went grocery shopping. Not sure why, but our commissary shelves had more empty spaces than usual. Grocery store in town wasn't much better. At least the Riteaid had ice cream.

Took Tiramisu to dinner at a friends. That southern girl can cook! She makes awesome fried chicken and baked beans.

Today I am corning the meat. Ended up with tri tip as there was no brisket to be had. And those were only in 2 pound chunks so I checked with the "butcher" and he found me 2 3.5 pound pieces.

Sausage making will also commence. AND I was excited to find boneless shoulder on sale!!! So we'll be making 10 pounds of sausage. 3 of that will be the bangers, then a couple of versions of Italian. NO FENNEL allowed.

 
My weekend six....

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1. Pizza party for 8 people on Friday evening.

2. One hour of back breaking (literally) exercise Saturday morning

3. Wrote a couple of blog articles to be published this coming week

4. Moaned at the bad quality of the pictures of a great brisket recipe that I would love to blog about. Why is brown food so hard to take a picture from? (sigh, sigh, sigh)

5. Stripped wallpaper from the guest bathroom for 3 hours, holding a heavy steamer thingie, climbing on ladders. NOT wise to do it after having exercised with a little too much enthusiasm.

6. Sunday morning started with more wallpaper stripping, but we are DONE with that.

wow... 6 already and I haven't even mentioned any cooking for this weekend... I will be making a chicken curry for dinner if I can still move my arms by then

 
Thanks, Curious; these are perfect. smileys/smile.gif I may have to try that macadamia tart--it looks stunning!

 
Only books I have printed are the ones I make for each grandchild. I just am an avid reader and love

the festivals. I was in Charlottesville 2 years ago. It was lovely.

 
My weekend six...(w/lemon cookie recipe)

1. I bought a Vitamix
2. and the smaller container
3. and the dry blade container
4. and the spice blends they sell, b/c I was in love with the tortilla soup demo.
5. Discovered mini Cheddar Chipotle potato bits with bacon, sour cream, chives in the frozen section at Trader Joe's -- brought them to Oscar party...everyone loved them!
6. Made Joyce's Lemon Cookies Ruth posted back at Gail's...and I don't know how these aren't in T&T! Someone make these! They spread out and end up flat like a cracker, but the taste is a wow. Made them with meyers and everyone said they were the star of the Oscar party!

Side Note: I baked these in my friend's top of the line 30" Thermador Wall ovens (her remodeled kitchen is maybe 5 yrs new) - and I thought the baking was AWFUL (she does too, she hates her ovens). We didn't have it on convection, she told me to bake on bottom rack so they wouldn't burn, they took 5 mins longer to bake, and I had to turn the racks because the heat was so uneven. OMG is this what would happen if I got a new oven? I still have the original 1959 oven in my kitchen and if this is what's to come, g*d save me! However, with close inspection the cookies were just yummy...hard to not eat just the dough! smileys/smile.gif


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Re: Lemon cookie recipes, anyone?? (Sandra in London)
Previous Message: Hola Sandra, I think these are perfect - Linda Stradleys high
tea lemon cookies - light and elegant.. (Elaine/TA)
Next: Thank you all very much, I'll start baking! (nt) (Sandra in London)
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 15:17:17 GMT
From: Ruth

Here's my all-time favorite lemon cookie REC: Joyce's Lemon Cookies
I'm a lemon fanatic and I just love these.
This has turned out to be one of the recipes
I'm most often asked to "hand over".

Joyce's Lemon Cookies:
Sometimes the best recipes just happen.
Trying to create an intensely lemon cookie,
Joyce McGillis, who was working with Marion
Cunningham on the Fannie Farmer Cookbook
revision, thought she had a lemon because
the cookie failed to rise. After tasting
them, however, the women knew they had a
winner. These cookies are thin, crisp and
almost puckery. They're great by themselves
or served with ice cream or fresh fruit.

3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter;
softened
1-1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Raw sugar (optional)

Cream together the butter and sugar with an
electric mixer. Add the vanilla, lemon zest
and lemon juice and beat until smooth.
Mix together the flour, baking powder,
baking soda and salt. Add to the butter and
blend well. Turn the dough out onto a piece
of waxed paper and form it into 2 logs about
1 to 1-1/2 inches in diameter and about 1
foot long. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours,
or wrap tightly and freeze (up to 3 months).

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Using a sharp knife, cut the logs into about
1/8-inch-thick slices and place about 3
inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Sprinkle with raw sugar if desired. Cut only
enough cookies to fill the baking sheets.
Return the remaining dough to the
refrigerator so it will stay cold.

Bake for 7 to 8 minutes, or until the
cookies are light gold in color. Watch
carefully during the last minute or two of
baking. Remove from the oven and let the
cookies cool slightly on the baking sheet
before removing them to racks to cool
completely.

YIELDS ABOUT 50 COOKIES

Source:
San Francisco Chronicle Cookbook Volume 1

Ruth's notes:
I make the recipe using Meyer lemons but any
lemon variety seems to work well for this
recipe. This cookie is terrific on its own,
but I've also done quite a few variations
over the years, adding candied lemon peel
(sub 1T candied lemon peel for 1T of the
grated fresh), lemon oil (add 1/4 to 1/2
tsp), candied ginger (add up to 1-1/2 t
finely chopped) or fresh ginger (same) to
the recipe. I've also rolled the dough log
in lemon-flavored sugar or chopped
pistachios before cutting & baking. OK, I
I've got to go bake a batch *now*. LOL

 
My belated 6:

Woke up Saturday morning to find out that the overnight windstorm had blown away a favorite (a vintage heart boxtop) decoration that's been in the family since before I was born. (Happy ending though, miraculously found it after the snow melted this a.m. We hadn't stepped on it in our search, and it was not damaged at all, landed side-up, so it really looked fine.) So my weekend was depressing!!

Snow, snow, snow all day Saturday ('can't complain though, really only our 2nd snow of the season here!). So we had a quiet day at home, and I made some blueberry muffins and spaghetti and meatballs for dinner.

'Decided to do something after all for Oscar-watching. We just got together with my sister and family - I made little peanut butter Oscars and put them on brownies... will attach if I remember. I'm going nuts with my little melted wafers and squeeze bottle in hand! It's so fun to do.

Also made some Boursin Stars (posted by Marilyn last week) with shrimp instead of salmon, and shallots. Really good. Thanks Marilyn.

That's it - it was a quiet weekend...

 
I don't think I've tried these, but they sound delicious.

Were they flat as a result of the friend's oven, or do they always spread?

 
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