Cookbooks and Muggles
For those of you interested in cooking news, recipes, tips and general fun, Serious Eats is a great website. A bit NYC-centric (which is fine by), they’re trying to branch out and definitely have a friendly vibe. How friendly? They have cookbook contests like crazy! In fact, I won a cookbook from Serious Eats! WHOOO! I really like cookbooks. Sometimes I don’t use them as much as I feel like I should because I like to improvise, but I love looking at recipes and pictures and imagining flavor combinations…
Anyways, I managed to win a copy of The 25th Anniversary Silver Palate Cookbook and I am pretty psyched to try some of the mousses - Lime Mousse and Ginger Pumpkin Mousse to be precise. Updates will be posted.
In other fun recipe news, if you’re a Harry Potter fan and always been intrigued by Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes and other delicacies that haven’t been co-oped by JellyBelly, check out this website that has a whole bunch of crazy Potter recipes. I kinda dig her Peppermint Toads.
Food in books has always been interesting to me. I’m trying to think back about books that have made me want to get up and make something, but I can’t think of anything offhand. A high tea is something I’ve always wanted. Ideas people?
There is actually a book that compiles recipes from literature. Anyone want some Dump Punch from Pride and Prejudice?
I don’t know about being inspired to “get up and make something,” but I will say that Hemingway often has a tendency to make me thirsty for a cocktail.
Comment by eric — May 25, 2007 @ 9:05 am
Maybe not “get up and make something,” but definitely be curious about. Like Turkish Delight. Man, I was so intrigued by Turkish delight. And Hemingway makes me want to drink tons of red wine - preferably from a wineskin.
Comment by combustication — May 25, 2007 @ 9:21 am
Or the daquiri.
Comment by eric — May 25, 2007 @ 6:01 pm