Cookistry
Cook, Bake, Boil and Bubble... It's all about creating, experimenting and playing with food in my Colorado kitchen.
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The spatulas I always reach for first
I'm not saying my memory is failing, but I have no idea where these OXO cookie spatulas came from. I've had them for so long, they're in the "always had them" part of my memory. They might have been from some kind of promotion, or maybe they were tucked into a gift bag. I might…
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Review: Hamilton Beach Cool-Touch Deep Fryer
I recently tested the Hamilton Beach Cool Touch Electric Deep Fryer . I'll be honest. I don't do a lot of deep frying, but I also have to admit that it gives the best results for some things. Chicken wings, for example. I mean, they're fine in an oven or air fryer , but the deep…
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Hard boil your eggs in your microwave. No, really!
When I need a whole bunch of hard boiled eggs , usually I steam them on a rack , in a large, shallow pan. It works flawlessly. When I need just a few eggs, I turn to the microwave. Yes, skeptical one. I said the microwave . You may know that if you put an egg in the microwave,…
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I'm BACK! Just a little rusty, but it will get better!
Stella says "Hello" and wants a treat After a long hiatus, I've decided to get back to blogging. Just for giggles. Since I've been gone, I've gone low carb . Not no-carb , not keto , not carnivore . But no sugar, for sure. I occasionally have white or processed carbs, but on a…
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Shakshuka with Swiss Chard
Photo from The Diabetes Cookbook for Electric Pressure Cookers. Used with permission. I always celebrate a little when someone I know has published their first cookbook, and this time it's even a little more special since Shelby Kinnaird was one of the first bloggers I got…
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Home Made Ponzu
The salad that started the search for ponzu. I usually buy ponzu in a bottle, but recently I needed some to make a salad dressing recipe and even thought I clearly remembered a bottle of ponzu sitting on the lazy susan in the cabinet with similar items, I couldn't find it. It…
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Cali'flour Kitchen Eggs in a Basket #AbramsDinnerParty
As part of the Abrams Dinner Party, I've been getting a ton of cookbooks published by Abrams Books. This time around the book was Cali'flour Kitchen . Cauliflower has gotten trendy these days, thanks in part to the low-carb movement using cauliflower to make pizza crust. I never…
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Chocolate Sorbet #AbramsDinnerParty
As part of the Abrams Dinner Party, I've been getting all of the cookbooks from Abrams Books at no cost to me. Yay, me. Send bookcases. The most recent book to land with a thud on my doorstep was Ibiza, Land and Sea by Francoise Pialoux. The subtitle of the book is 100…
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Degusta Box, December 2018
Every month, I get a box of goodies from Degusta Box, so I can tell my readers all about it. I usually write about it on my review blog , but I thought I'd move it over here for this month. It's all tasty food, and it would be awesome as a gift for yourself or a friend. Each box…
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12 Days of Christmas (the cooking version!)
You know the song. Now, sing along, with Santa's favorite reindog! Ahem! Are we in tune? Okay, let's GO! On the first day of Christmas, my sous chef gave to me ... a new fridge and a pear brie On the second day of Christmas, my sous chef gave to me ... two oven gloves, and a new…
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Chocolate Pizza and Peanut Butter Wings
I usually post food reviews over on the gadget and review blog, but I haven't been doing as much cooking as usual, and food is food, so ... I'll be posting a few reviews here, and maybe even some roundups, if the mood strikes. The yummies that came to me this time (at no cost to…
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Braised Chicken with Peppers and Tomatoes (Poulet Basquaise)
No, I haven't decided to make the blog bilingual or French. But this recipe is from a French cookbook. If your first thought about a French cookbook is that it's likely to be haughty, fussy, long-cooking, and insanely time-consuming, you might want to think again. Sure, there…
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Savory French Toast from Home Made Christmas #AbramsDinnerParty
Whoop, whoop, another fun (and free) book for my participation in the Abrams Dinner Party. This time the book is Home Made Christmas by Yvette van Boven. When I saw the title, I thought it might be about making Christmas food gifts. Nope, this is about food you might serve…
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Kentucky Butter Cake
When I got the book Cake! , my first instinct was to make one of the coffee cakes. I absolutely adore all kinds of coffee cakes, and they're usually not too sweet, so they're great to have with coffee in the morning. They're also nice for dessert. They're like, all-purpose…
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Juk (aka Congee) #AbramsDinnerParty
When I got the book Korean Home Cooking from Abrams books (free, because I'm participating in the Abrams Dinner Party) I was really curious. What's Korean home cooking like? If that sounds weird, think about cookbooks you own that focus on cuisines you know well. Think about…
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Green Olive Dressing #AbramsDinnerParty
Once again, I'm working with Abrams Books to tell you about their cookbooks. I had a blast doing this last year (and I collected a lot of cookbooks!) so I was more than happy to sign on again. One of the first books I got was Matty Matheson, A Cookbook . The author, in case you…
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Canned Peaches #Canbassador
As a happy participant in the Canbassador program, the nice folks at Northwest Cherry Growers also sent me a box of peaches this year. I looooove peaches. I usually eat them plain. Sometimes I make pies or tarts. But I never thought about canning them, until now. Just like…
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Canned Whole Cherries #Canbassador
I love cherries. When I was a kid, they were undoubtedly my favorite fruit. Apples and bananas were okay, but cherries were awesome. So, when the Northwest Cherries Canbassador Program asked me if I wanted some (a lot!) of cherries, of course I said yes. What I didn't know about…
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Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp scampi. What's not to love? Butter, garlic, seafood ... yum! For some reason, I don't make it very often, but when I saw a recipe in Gumbo Love by Lucy Buffet, I had to give it a try. Of course, I switched up a few things. Fresh shrimp really doesn't exist here, but I buy…
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Addictive Salted Caramel-Stuffed Chocolate Cookies
If you've read this blog at all, you probably know that I belong to a group where we mail cookbooks around in a round-robin style. When I got Half Baked Harvest, I kind of skipped past all the harvesting and landed on these cookies. Oh. My. Heck. These are insane. They're best…