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Recipes (all pdf format)
| Beverages | |
| Limeade | A true limeade made with real limes from trees - recipe |
| Breakfast | |
| Our Smoothies | 6 or 7 days a week, this is a staple; it holds for a good 5 hours. - recipe |
Muesli  |
Our weekend alternative to smoothies. - recipe |
| Appetizers | |
| Asparagi di campo | Cold marinated asparagus; use fresh, pencil-diameter spears; make no more than an hour before serving to preserve green - recipe |
| Asparagus, Parmigiano, and Prosciutto Bundles | Spears of asparagus and parmigiano wrapped in a blanket of prosciutto - recipe |
| Dates with Parmigiano | Don't let this put you off: the two flavors marry exceptionally well and even those not keen on dates or parmigiano will like them -- but use REAL parmigiano-reggiano, the stuff from Italy, or you'll be disappointed! - recipe |
| Ham, Gruyere, and Mustard-Honey Palmiers | Cheat method used (packaged frozen puff pastry), but the filling's the real deal. - recipe |
| Spiced Nuts | Make a double batch: freeze the second for quick retrieval when unexpected guests drop in - recipe |
| Main Dishes | |
| Black Bean Soup | Enough for a platoon; spicy, freezes well - recipe |
| Chili, Vegetarian | This makes about 5 quarts; it freezes well - recipe |
| Chili 5-Way | Pamphlet of directions and an assembly diagram: you can use almost any kind of chili. Makes an excellent informal dinner party - have all of the ingredients in bowls, directions on the counter, and let diners build what they want. |
| Chili Powder | Bill's blend of 24 dried chiles and herbs: not for the faint of heart - recipe |
| Moules Marinière | Based on a classic French recipe for mussels - recipe |
| Quesadillas | Another great idea for an informal dinner party - booklet of directions and recipes |
| Salad | |
| Classic Caesar | Who knows what the authentic recipe really contained? There are as many versions as chefs: this one uses a blender as a short-cut to mix the dressing, but it could just as easily be whisked. - recipe |
| Breads | |
| Pizza Dough | A robust dough that makes 3, 14-inch diameter crusts - recipe |
| Challah | Our favorite white bread - use leftovers, if there are any, for a fabulous French toast. - recipe |
| Ciabatta |
Our other favorite white bread. Takes 24-30 hours to make, but 23-29 h of this is wait time. Well worth it if you want crusty, flavorful, earthy bread. - recipe |
| Hot Cross Buns | Get up a couple of hours early on Good Friday or Easter Sunday so you can make and enjoy these scrumptious buns the same day. - recipe |
| Multigrain Bread | This bread contains a blend of 4 kinds of seeds for a wholesome kick - recipe |
| Norwich Sourdough |
A rustic sourdough, based ultimately on Hamelman's "Vermont Sourdough" - recipe |
| Pane Campagnolo | A lovely rustic Italian homestyle bread - start on Saturday morning to eat Sunday night! - recipe |
| Beautiful Burger Buns | My adaptation of a recipe from King Arthur Flour. My recipe. Their recipe. |
| Desserts | |
| Blubarb Pie | Blueberries and Rhubarb combine in a way that tempers the extremes of each - recipe |
| Cherries in Red Wine | This recipe from Epicurious has been a summer tradition since 2000. Link to recipe. |
| Joon's Pumpkin Pie | This recipe was excellent a half century ago, and still is the best pumpkin pie on the planet. - recipe |
| Our Own Chocolate Chip Cookies | Although the recipes in Cook's Illustrated are usually perfect, we've tweaked the quantities and method of their recipe to make what we think is one of the best chocolate-chip cookie recipes on the planet. - recipe |
| Snickerdoodles | A tasty cinnamon-coated sugar cookie. - recipe |
| Traditional, To-Die-For, Strawberry Shortcake | Berries with a rough puree, served over buttery rich, flaky shortcake. Not much is better than this during strawberry season! - recipe |
| Christmas Recipes | |
| Delia Smith's Creole Cake | Christmas Cake for those who hate Christmas cake - a rich, boozy cake that Delia Smith describes as "more booze than fruit, and more fruit than cake." - The book containing this recipe now seems to be out of print, but Delia gets full credit for this favorite Christmas cake. - recipe Note: This recipe calls for self-raising flour.
This product can be purchased, but can be mixed from flour, baking powder, and salt. recipe |
| Homemade Christmas Mincemeat | This is an adaptation of one of Delia Smith's recipes. - recipe |
| Pfeffernüssen | After trying about two dozen recipes, this recipe blends the best of all of them into one of our favorite cookies. Make these in mid-November so they can "ripen" and develop the rich, deep flavor that is their hallmark. - recipe |
| Sugar Plums | From Saveur magazine, these are supposedly an authentic recipe. - recipe |
| Condiments | |
| Tomato Jam |
A mildly sweet condiment for use with game or grilled pork. Directions to make about 9-10 half-pint canning jars' worth. - recipe |
Worthy Links
A blog sponsored by the King Arthur Flour company; a number of excellent reader-submitted recipes with step-by-step photos for the culinarily challenged or those who just like the reassurance of being on track. |
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Recipes from Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines; fully searchable; registered users (free) can build a personal "recipe box" to store favorite recipes |
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One of the two cooking magazines worth buying; a number of recipes is available on the website (unlimited access to all recipes if you buy a membership to the website). |
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The other cooking magazine worth buying - I have acquired every issue from number 1 onwards! We have yet to try a recipe from them and have it bomb. |
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As authentic a French bistro as you can get here in white-bread southeastern Ontario: only 100 steps from our front door. Also has cooking classes and bakery/gourmet shop. |
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This site has a few of their famous vegetarian recipes; if you like what you see in the archive, get a couple of their books. |
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Sushi |
A Few Lessons About Sushi and Sashimi - Written by a PhD who has an interest in the subject - you'll need to weed out the passionate opinions from the facts. |
Rhubarb |
"The Rhubarb Compendium" contains everything you wanted to know about rhubarb, including over 300 recipes. Expect the usual (e.g. pies, cobblers), but also look for rhubarb soups, drinks, breads, and cakes. A marvelous piece of research. |
YeastSpotting is a weekly showcase of yeasted baked goods and dishes with bread as a main ingredient. Scroll down to access the complete YeastSpotting archive. |
Quick Links
Bill's Food Blog: The Rhubarb Chronicles
The Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge
New Adventures in Bread Baking 
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