“Though I am perfectly content cooking alone, I welcome having another body in the kitchen. We all do things a little differently, and we learn from each other. It is also nice to feel like we are passing on our pleasure of cooking to a younger generation, particularly at a time when most kitchens ...
Orange Chocolate Chip Biscotti
These low fat biscotti, made without butter or oil, are a guiltless treat. Make them with a friend for sweet Valentine's Day gifts. A quick dip in chocolate adds the finishing touch to the biscotti. Use a good semi-sweet chocolate for a nice compliment to the subtle orange flavor. Recipe ...
Strawberry Jam
This simple recipe is fun for kids to make and very easy to can. Recipe source: Cooking With Friends Kitchen Ingredients 2 quarts strawberries 1 package powdered pectin (1 ½ packages for a firmer jell) ¼ cup lemon juice 7 cups sugar (you can do with less) Directions Wash strawberries and ...
Banana Oat Bran Chocolate Chip Muffins
These simple muffins are on the healthier side since they use bran, bananas and whole-wheat flour. Recipe source:Cooking with Friends KitchenIngredients2 cups oat bran 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup 1 % milk 3 very ripe mashed bananas 2 ...
A Helping Hand
While rolling balls of cookie dough, the door sensor beeped, and in walked my friend Jackie with her toddler in tow. A casual drop by from a friend led quickly to some unexpected help in the kitchen for me and a spontaneous play date for my little one. As one of my regular cooking pals, Jackie and I ...
Sweet Curry
I often talk about what it's like to cook with someone you've never cooked with before. I compare it to dating. And it really is like that. Long before I met Alma, I felt like I already knew her. Mutual friends would talk about Alma -- her cooking, her home made recipe books, her words of kitchen ...
Communal Dumpling Making and more — A NYC Culinary Adventure
This past weekend, with my family in tow (three kids, a husband and my parents), I set off on one of our favorite New York City culinary adventures--- The East Village. It’s like junking it on the boardwalk but city style. We started with a sampling of Belgian French fries at Pomme Frites on 2nd ...
When Your Cooking Friend Thinks of You
Yesterday, my dumpling making pal, Christina, called to say she was heading out to the Asian market. She offered to get me some dumpling wrappers. I immediately accepted, but then declined since the wrappers really should be used in the next day or two and I was heading out of town for a few days. ...
Welcome to Cooking With Friends
I've been cooking with my friends now for about eight years. It's hard to believe how fast the time has flown by. It has carried me gently through the years as an activity that not only enables me to get food on the family dinner table, but has also helped blossom my relationships with ...
Honey Wheat Bread
This is a delicious bread to throw into your bread machine. It is wonderful served fresh or toasted and would make a great bread to bring to a Bread Exchange with friends. Recipe source:Cooking with Friends KitchenIngredients1 1/8 cups warm water 2 tbs. vegetable oil 1/4 cup honey 2 cups whole ...