Cookbook Hoarders United
CHUsday: Some Experiments are Not Worth Repeating.
When I arrived at our summer cottage in early August I found enough onions in residence to do some serious planning. Since I was on a mission to use the cookbooks (old and new) that I’d brought with me, none of which had ever been used at all, I immediately looked up onions for something…
Read MorePeaches-And-Cream Ice Cream: Have CHU Entered This Month’s Giveaway?
I’m amazed at how many silly kitchen gadgets there are. I had no idea. This weekend I had the time of my life ordering enough to give away one each month for our CHU winners, along with an autographed paperback of the winner’s choice–if available. This month’s winner gets the Joie Mashy Egg Masher, a hit…
Read MoreCHUsday, Zucchini Recipes, and Cliches
I’m away for the moment, teaching a class in my favorite place in the world, Chautauqua Institution in Western New York. My good buddy Casey Daniels(aka Kylie Logan with a new series debuting next month) and I are teaching together in the upcoming week. Casey and I have been friends for a LONG time and…
Read MoreCHUsday, and We’re Waiting For You
Last Tuesday I introduced you to a new idea. If you’re like me, you have lots of cookbooks you haven’t used in a long time. You are, in short, a cookbook hoarder, and quite possibly instead of using your old cookbooks, you’re still collecting new ones. It’s time to change that. So I proposed that…
Read MoreCookbook Hoarders United–CHUsdays have arrived.
Read this blog, then drop everything else, go into your kitchen or wherever you happen to keep your cookbooks, and tell me how many you have. Next, tell me how many of them you’ve used in the past year? Are the numbers staggering? Do you have cookbooks your mother gave you for Christmas 1957, cookbooks passed…
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