Holy Smokes!

New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman's gigantic cookbook How to Cook Everything is now available as a $1.99 app for your iPhone/iTouch with all of the recipes from the book!!!! Since I'm always looking for ways to enhance my cooking life, I downloaded it with all possible speed after reading about it on A Cup of Jo. I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but I'll try to report back after I do.

A Cozy End to 2009

Spent most of my New Year's Eve baking. I started off the day preparing the dough for The Kitchn's No-Knead Bread in a Hurry. Then I made these yummy cookies to take to a very special belated Christmas gathering tomorrow. Finished off the day pulling a lovely crusty loaf of bread from the oven. Quite a lovely end to 2009.

Happy New Year!

Just What I Needed

After a busy day at work that did not end when I left the office, the last thing I wanted to do last night was cook dinner. But I was starving and I had all of the ingredients for this yummy sounding pasta, so I figured I'd steamroll through it with a little help from my mom. Well, steamrolling wasn't necessary and the only thing my mom had to do was boil the water. This was, hands down, the easiest pasta dish I've ever made, and less than 30 minutes after I got home, I was holding a warm, comforting bowl full of yumminess while I worked away at my desk.

P.S. If you're lucky enough to live in Charlottesville, I highly recommend getting the prosciutto for this dish at Feast. It is, without a doubt, the best darn prosciutto I've ever had.

Sunday Quiche

Yesterday I made a quiche. It was good. : )

I'd love to have more to say, but I'm reading this very intense book right now, and it has sucked all words from my brain.

Saturday (and Sunday) night yumm!

I was a very busy bee in the kitchen this weekend. On Saturday night, I made yummy cheesy shrimp grits (recipe found via Simply Photo). Then on Sunday night, I made pizza dough using this super easy recipe from the Tamra Davis Cooking Show (recipe found via Raising Foodies) and topped it with organic tomato basil pasta sauce, a handful of roasted tomato chunks from Molly's book, giant rounds of high-quality pepperoni, slices of fresh mozzarella, and basil harvested from my windowsill. It was yummy yummy, and I'm looking forward to experimenting with more toppings!

Saturday night yumm!

After a travel-induced hiatus, I finally found my way back to the kitchen last night. For dinner I made Pia's Pea, Mint, and Feta Risotto. I totally screwed up the amount of liquid in the pea puree, so it wasn't picture-worthy, but it still turned out really yummy. I'll definitely be making it again! For dessert I made Mav's version of the peach and blueberry cobbler from Kitchen Diaries. I've been looking forward to making this again since the end of peach season last year. So yummy and so easy to make.