Acknowledgements 23 Dedication 23 Forward 25 A Celebration of Cooking 25 Ingredients 29 Know Your Ingredients 29 About Beef 31 About Chiles 31 About Coffee 33 About MSG 35 About Onions 36 About Pepper 36 About Potatoes 37 About Fish and Shellfish 38 About Salt 39 About Vanilla 39 Saba and Balsamic 41 Hams and Salumi 41 Homemade Chili Powder 43 Important Cheeses 43 Olive Oil 52 Other Oils 52 Spices and Herbs 53 In the Kitchen 61 Accoutrements of the Kitchen 61 Baby Food 62 Cooking for Many 63 Garnishing Food 65 Rendering Fresh Lard 66 Safe Food Preparation 67 Shopping for Good Food 70 Sticky Bits and Marinades 74 Useful Information about Cooking 76 Using a Timer - Probe Thermometer 77 About Braising 77 About Roasting 78 Fine Dining Like Royalty 80 Generations of Passionate Home Cooking 3 Menus 81 A Fine Southern Meal 81 A Light Summer Menu 81 Broiled Fish Dinner 81 Easter Dinner Menu 81 Festive Menu One 81 Chinese Night 82 Christmas Day Menu 82 A Tradition German Dinner Menu 83 A Down South American Dinner Menu 83 Dim Sum 83 Festive Dinner Two 84 Graduation Night Menu 84 Ham Dinner Menu 84 Holiday Brunch 85 Festive Menu Five for the Meat Lover 85 Festive Menu Six, Roast Leg of Lamb 85 Festive Menu Eight Hearty Winter Night 86 Festive Menu Nine Salmon Steaks 86 Thanksgiving or any Special Turkey Day Menu 86 Wine Lover’s Menu 1 87 German Sausage with Kraut Menu 87 I Must Be Nuts Menu 87 Company 1 Menu 88 Company 2 Menu 88 Easy Guest Menu 88 Mexican Dinner for Company 88 Romantic Menu for a Special Occasion or Good Friends 89 Thai Menu 89 Planning Your Own Menu 89 Appetizers 91 Aioli Appetizer Platter 91 Antipasto Italiana 91 Artichokes, Marinated 91 Bacon Banana Wraps, Kae’s 92 Big Water Grill Chanterelles in a Demi-glace and Pumpkin Risotto Croquettes 92 Bagno Caldo 92 Brined Barnier Picholine Royale Grande Green Olives 93 Brined Marinated Andalusian Green Olives 93 Bruschetta di Arugula 94 Bruschetta di Pomodori Basilica 94 Bruschetta Smoked Salmon 95 Bruschetta or Crostini 95 4 Bruschetta Sun Dried Tomato and Roasted Garlic Pesto, Leslie Baribeault’s 95 Buffalo Wings 95 Calamari with Caper Garlic Mayonnaise Sauce 96 Cheese Crisps 97 Cheese Wafers 98 Chinese Spring Rolls 98 Corn Cakes with Tomatillo Sauce 98 Corn Crisps, Kae's 99 Deviled Eggs 99 Dim Sum Spareribs with Black Bean Sauce 99 Figs-Salami Wraps with Tellagio Cheese 100 Fried Calamari Fritti 100 Garlic and Pine Nut Tarts 101 Gravelox or Cured Fresh Salmon 101 Glazed Vietnamese Chicken Wings 102 Guacamole Avocado Dip 103 Hog Island Oyster Recipes 103 Humboldt Fog and Cambozola Crostini 105 Italian Cheese Pâté, Kae’s 105 Liver Pate, Kae’s Baked 105 Liver Pate, Kae’s Chilled 106 Marinated Herring, Kae's 106 Mozzarella in Carroza 106 Parma Ham with Cantaloupe (Prosciutto di Parma Con Melone) 107 Pâté au Maison - Mock Fois Gra 107 Poblano and Cheese Empanadas 108 Shumai Dumplings 108 Sun Dried Tomato Pesto with Brie, Ivy’s 109 Sun Dried Tomato and Garlic Pesto 109 Pam’s Berry Blue Cheese Spread 109 Potstickers 110 Ramaki 111 Roasted Red Bell Peppers (Peperoni dolci rossi arrostiti) 111 Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Dip, Debbie’s 112 Santa Barbara Stuffed Pismo Clams 112 Salmon Medallions Béarnaise on Toast 113 Sashimi 113 Shrimp Bruschetta Flambé with Tarragon-Mustard Cream Sauce 113 Shrimp Dumplings, Har Gow 114 Spinach Dip, Judy Cestra’s 115 Stuffed Medjool Dates 115 Taco Salad Platter 115 Terra Brava’s Sautéed Portobello Mushroom 116 Thai Shrimp Spring Rolls with Thai Salad 117 Tomato Tart, Leslie Baribeault’s Quick 118 Generations of Passionate Home Cooking 5 Vicki’s Hot Artichoke Dip 118 Beverages and Drinks 119 Bellini Cocktail 119 Blender Orange Juice 119 Caesar’s Palace Forum Pineapple Vodka 119 Capri Peach Sunset 120 Cossack Cocktail 120 Curacao Orange Liqueur 120 Liqueurs of Distinction in Cooking 121 Hot Toddy 126 Layout Punch 126 Mai Tai’s with Pineapple 127 Maya’s Mango Margarita 127 Midori Illusion 127 Mojito 128 Mango Lime Gimlet 128 Sara’s Bloody Mary 128 Scorpion Cocktail 129 Simple Sugar Syrup 129 Tea for Me 129 Wine 130 Wassail Bowl 133 Beans 135 About Beans 135 Beans with Pasta (Cavatelli e Fagioli) 137 Boston “Baked” Ham and Beans 138 Chuck Wagon Beans, Vicki's 138 Kae’s Ham and Beans 138 Cowboy Beans, Kae’s 139 Frijoles Negro (Black Beans) 139 Glen's Red Beans and Rice 139 Lima Beans with Persian Dill 140 Refried Beans 140 White Beans and Rosemary 140 Red Kidney Bean Salad 141 Chutneys and Preserves 143 About Pickling 143 Alton Brown’s Crystallized Ginger 143 Basil Avocado Chutney 143 Cocktail Onions 144 6 Chow-Chow, Hillbilly Hide-A-Way’s 144 Homemade Guanciale, Salt Pork 145 Jalapeño Green Tomato Mango Chutney 145 Kae’s Strawberry Jam 147 Giada’s Onion Marmellata 147 Moroccan Preserved Lemon Halves 148 Mostarda Ala Stefano (Mustard Relish) 148 Pickled Eggs 149 Pickled Pigs Feet 149 Pico de Gallo 149 Sweet Pickle Relish 149 Vietnamese Pickled Shallots (dua hành) 150 Breads and Muffins 151 About Bread 151 Almond Bread 161 Blueberry Muffins 162 Blueberry Corn Muffins 162 Boston Brown Bread 163 Bread Starter, Quick 163 Bread Starter, Steve’s Not In a Hurry 164 Cat Head Biscuits and Sawmill Gravy 164 Cheddar Scallion Drop Biscuits 164 Cinnamon Toast 165 Corn Bread Western 166 Corn Madeleines 166 Cummings Monkey Bread 167 Focaccia Pan Bread 167 Hush Puppies 168 Kae’s Garlic Bread 169 Ledbetter's Lemon-Poppy Seed Scones 169 Melba Toast 170 Mexican Sweet Corn Cakes with Tomatillo Sauce 170 Pane Casareccio di Genzano (Roman homemade bread) 171 Injera 176 Kae’s Parker House Rolls 176 Popovers 177 Hawaiian Electric Company Portuguese Sweet Bread 177 Rhode Island Johnnycakes 178 Steve’s Herb Bread 178 Yorkshire Popovers 179 Generations of Passionate Home Cooking 7 Pizza 181 Basil and Garlic Pesto Pizza 181 Pizza Capriciosa 181 Margherita Pizza 182 Pizza Marinara Napolitano 183 Instant Pizza Dough 183 Quick Pizza Dough, Fleischmann's 183 Sourdough Pizza Dough 184 Eggs 187 About Eggs 187 Basil or Spinach with Wine, Potatoes and Egg 190 Eggs Benedict 191 Egg Fooyung 191 Eggs in the Round 192 Farmhouse Pesto Eggs 192 Huevos Rancheros (Ranch style eggs) 193 Kae’s Leek Quiche 193 Piedmont Eggs (Uova alla Piemontese) 194 Scrambled Eggs with Truffles 195 Shirred Eggs with Spinach and Bacon 195 Spinach and Sage Sausage Mushroom Potato Pie 196 Spiced Omelets 196 Steak and Egg Breakfast Burritos 197 Pasta, Rice, Dressing, Crepes, Grains and Polenta 199 About Rice 199 About Stuffing and Dressing 201 Abruzzese Bucatini alla Amatriciana 201 Beef with Black Bean Sauce Chow Fun 202 Basmati Rice Persian Style (see About Rice page 199) 203 Buckwheat with Pancetta, Currants, Onions, and Garlic 203 Cannelloni Alla Romano 203 Crabmeat Ravioli 204 Dirty Rice 205 Fettuccine al Uova 205 Fettuccine Alfredo 206 French Noodles, Kae’s 207 Fresh Whole Wheat Pasta 207 Fried Rice balls - Rice Suppli al Telefono 208 Gnocchi di Patate e Fungi Maitake con Vermouth 209 Joanna’s Rice 209 8 Kae’s Green Hawaiian Rice 210 Kae’s Orange Rice 210 Linguine Malafemmena 211 Lotus Sticky Rice (Lo Mai Gai) 211 Macaroni and Cheese 212 Manicotti al Forno- Stuffed Shells 213 Maria's Garlic Pasta (aglio e olio pastasciutta) 213 Mexican Rice 214 Mushroom Risotto 214 Other Grains 215 Pad Thai 216 Pasta di Campagna 218 Pineapple Rice with Fresh Scallions 219 Polenta, Kae’s 219 Polenta ala Romano 219 Polenta, Soft and Savory 220 Portuguese Fried Rice, Kae’s 220 Ragu Genovese alla Campagna 221 Rice 221 Combination Fried Rice, Chinese 222 Glen's Red Beans and Rice 223 Rigatoni with Artichokes 223 Risotto alla Milanese (Saffron Rice Milan Style) 224 Risotto alla Romano (Roman Style) 224 Roman Style Lasagna or Lasagna Romana 225 Seafood Fettuccine 226 Spinach Gnocchi (Gnocchi Verdi) 226 Sourdough Apple Currant Sage Dressing 227 Spaghetti alla Carbonara 228 Spaghetti alla Puttanesca (Lady of the Evening) 228 Spinach Crepes 229 Steve's Pecan Saffron Rice with Herbs and Mushrooms 230 Tagliatelle with a Lamb Ragu Steeped in Red Wine 230 Tomato Sauce with Guanciale, Elena’s 231 Wild Rice, Snap Peas with a Mushroom Confit and Andouille Sausage 232 Pancakes, Crepes, French Toast, and Donuts 233 Beignets 233 Bisquick Dollar Pancakes 233 Chinese Chive Pancake 234 Cranberry Pumpkin Bread French Toast 235 Crepes, Thin and Delicate 235 Generations of Passionate Home Cooking 9 Homemade Bisquick Mix 235 Potato Pancakes from Bisquick 236 Malasadas with Turbinado Sugar 236 Red Currant Crepes 237 Rhode Island Johnnycakes 237 Savory Italian Toast with Onion Marmellata 238 Salads 239 About Salads 239 Ajad Thai Cucumber Garnish 239 Arugula Rocket Salad 240 Bean Salad with Seafood Recipes 240 Bib Lettuce Avocado Salad with Raspberry Yogurt Dressing 241 Caesar Salad 241 Chef’s Salad 242 Chinese 5 Spice Vinaigrette 244 Chinese Chicken Salad 244 Coleslaw 244 Eight Pepper Salad 245 Farallon Restaurant Warm Bloomsdale Spinach Salad 245 Black Figs, Radicchio, Prosciutto with Mint 246 Greek Celery Hearts, Kae’s 247 Greens with a Blush Raspberry Vinaigrette 247 Hot Avocados Salad 248 Hearts of Palm with Capers and Chive Herb Dressing 248 Insalata Caprese 248 Italian Agretti Salad 249 Lebanese Potato Salad, Kae’s 249 Mango, Pear and Hearts of Palm Salad with Lime Vinaigrette 249 Panzanella Bread Salad 250 Pecan Chicken Salad with Grapes 251 Persian Shirazi Salad 251 Potato Salad, Simple 252 Potato Salad, Vicki’s 252 Puglia Sardine Zucchini Salad 253 Puntarelle Chicory Salad 254 Red Potato and Roasted Pepper Salad 254 Roasted Piquillo Pepper, Anchovy Salad 255 Russian Dressing, Henri’s 255 Salvadoran Cabbage Salad Curtido 255 Seckel Pear Salad