Fare Exchange: Time for some clever cooking for the holidays
Good morning cooking companions. As the holidays ramp up, here are a few requests: for a sour cream coffee cake made with Splenda instead of sugar - or foolproof substitution suggestions.
Fare Exchange: Time for a stash of holiday-oriented recipes
"Does anybody have a no-fail recipe for communion bread?" asks Joan Kenimer. Her question brings to mind a conversation about a good gluten-free version of communion bread, so how about a traditional gluten-full recipe and a gluten-free version for those with allergies?
Fare Exchange: Finding the time for sour cream coffee cake and rye bread
Good morning, readers. Today's requests came from some puzzlements about soup.
Fare Exchange: Brownies, dog treats and portabella burgers
Welcome to all of you. It's cooking weather and, therefore, good eating weather.
Fare Exchange: Lots of flour needed — rolls, loaves and biscuits
Welcome to November cookery, local and inspired. As usual, you are more than welcome to solve the cooking questions that follow: Amaretto brownies a la Canyon Grill and the Boathouse? Creative ways with avocado as served in local restaurants, and perhaps even a roasted avocado dish? And this: How to cook freekah and how to know the best farro and then how to prepare it.
Fare Exchange: Offering several recipes for whipping cream biscuits
Good morning, cooks and diners. Last Wednesday morning I walked into a room filled with the spicy scents of care and love - "a Continental breakfast" was the cook's minimal description of a maximal morning meal. As we consider today's requests for bread pudding, a loaf of bread from English muffins and a pie bursting with apples, the aromas almost, just almost, waft across this page.
Fare Exchange: Everything from toffee to grilled cheese to couscous
Welcome to the mid-October world of good food. We are hot on the trail of Pigs in a Blanket, whipping cream biscuits and gluten-free snickerdoodles like those sold at Trader Joe's.
Fare Exchange: Creamy apple pie, spicy eggs and birthday cakes on menu
Good morning readers. We have one fresh request and several leftovers. They are recipes for garden goodness, for greenness, cheesiness and health.
Fare Exchange: Creating coconut rice, making your own granola
Welcome to the last day of promising September. Today's requests are grainy: How do you cook freekah, farro, quinoa and couscous? Additionally, how do you know what to buy in terms of farro?
Fare Exchange: Ways to make single-serve cake, ‘Grand’ quiche and stuffed eggplant
September will give us one more Wednesday, fit for answers to the following questions. We are looking for a meatless dish for two that contains an entire head of garlic, for liege waffles, essential oils information and your favorite cooking mentor.