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Again, I’ve had this for a while and have no idea where it came from. While I didn’t have the good fortune to eat any seasoned corn like thi...

This is what we had with the corn cakes the other night. I’m surprised I haven’t posted it before, since we eat it fairly often as a summer ...

Jack Bishop: Pasta e Verdura * and Vegetables Every Day * Anthony Bourdain: Kitchen Confidential and A Cook’s Tour Laurie Colwin: Home Cook...

I’ve been obsessed with fresh corn this summer. Now that I’ve finally located the one vendor at my farmers’ market that sells the perfect, s...

Neither my busy schedule nor the unusually brutal Southern California temperatures (it reached 107 degrees in Pasadena the weekend before la...

This is not chocolate. It’s savory, not sweet—in fact it has nothing to do with actual fudge, except that it is, in its own way, just as ric...

This recipe is from my college friend S’s mom. S used to make it when we lived together; I remember sitting and watching TV and eating it st...

I think this is from The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook , the one book by Jack Bishop I don’t own. I photocopied it ages ago and stuck...

Wow! I’ve never been that into meatloaf before—OK, I’ve never been into meatloaf at all before, and in fact the concept of a loaf of meat ...

You'll notice that this white bean soup is not white. That's because I made it with Rancho Gordo Yellow Eye beans, which are mostly ...

Another one from Cooking Light . For some reason, it was described in the magazine as “Warm Asparagus Salad,” which...well, Merriam-Webster’...

I quit posting on Bookcook 8 months ago (eek), because I was dissatisfied with the site. My writing, while never meant to be any great work ...

One of the first recipes I’ve tried from my new Cooking Light subscription. The delectable-looking photo lured me in, plus in the last year...

I made this from an old Cooking Light issue I found at work, and it turned out so well, I asked for a subscription to the magazine for Chri...

Sorry for the complete lack of postings lately. I'm still cooking as much as ever, but haven't tried too many new recipes. That said...

I never really got the hang of garlic bread. I don't serve many side dishes at all, especially bread, and on the rare occasions when I m...

Pasta and avocado? Doesn't that sound kind of weird? Trust me, it's delicious--a nice, easy, no-cook sauce for summer, with a lot ...

I realized I make pasta a lot, but I never make good old spaghetti. When I ended up with some leftover canned tomatoes in my refrigerator (T...

OK, this is basically just a shell of tomato wrapped around a big hunk of melted basil-flavored cheese. But it's also delicious, another...

I hadn't made this recipe in eons, because I have several similar cucumber-yogurt-pita recipes that are a little jazzier: this one has...