P.S. to all, the lost photo from Uncle--the gator carrying off the hog --that photo was sent to Uncle from a buddy--an' ya' can see it at the bottom of this post.
(P.P.S. to Boxer: The cobbler recipe is in the combox of previous post)
I spent the mornin' wif' Dorie Greenspan.
Her newest cookbook is Around My French Table. Oh Mah Heavens. I sat out on the porch wif' the sun shinnin' beautifully through the oak branches...
Sippin' mah (strong) cawfee, pagin' through this huge treasure, dreamin' of bein' one of the select folks who akshully do sit at Dorie's French table.
Ya' know yaa' has a REAL cookbook when ya' git instructed to "slather butter..." (p.41) on somethin'. Slather. Ain't that a descriptive word?
Afore the sun gits to high, said I, I better git thangs watered --so I doused the volunteer squash that is runnin' riot through the Camellia beds--so much so that I had to prop that thang up wif chicken wire! Thar's method in mah madness--squash blossoms! I'se goin' to stuff them blossoms an' tempura fry them--oh, oh, oh! be still mah heart! (last time I had these wonders wuz in a fresco-walled restaurant in Rome)
Next I admired the bell peppers, tended to a few salad garden chores then rushed back to Dorie's book...
whar' this gorgeous endive salad snagged mah attention--eatin' this must taste like a spring mornin'.
I especially appreciate how many delectable temptations in this book falls in the vegetarian column--soups an' appetizers, casseroles --an how these non meat dishes is accorded the same wonder and care that the hefty meat dishes usually claim in cookery books.
Thas' not to say that Dorie's book slights the pleasures of flesh...
Finally, too, I 'preciates that humble staples is elevated to star status: "let them eat bread--wif' chocolate."
What cookbook has y'all read most recently?Not a cookbook reader?
Well...I'se also readin' The Gift Of Rain--what book is on yore bedside table tonight?
I wonder iffin' this is a hoax?could this be real?
