Ah January, cold, dark, and never-ending; it's just right for comfort food. January is National Slow Cooking, Soup, and Sunday Supper Month! A combination that just calls out for you to curl up on the couch, with a blanket, a book, and a bowl of something delicious. If you are in need of inspiration, we have plenty of sources for you to choose from.
Although Sunday dinners with family and friends coming over, may not be the best option right now, with a little creativity, we could always join together through technology for a shared meal and conversation.
"People are lonely," Sam Sifton writes. "They want to be part of something, even when they can't identify that longing as a need. They show up. Feed them. It isn't much more complicated than that." Regular dinners with family and friends, he argues, are a metaphor for connection, space where memories can be shared as easily as salt or hot sauce, where deliciousness reigns. The point of Sunday supper is to gather around a table with good company and eat. From years spent talking to restaurant chefs, cookbook authors, and home cooks in connection with his daily work at The New York Times, Sam Sifton's See You on Sunday is a book to make those dinners possible. It is a guide to preparing meals for groups larger than the average American family (though everything here can be scaled down, or up). The 200 recipes are mostly simple and inexpensive ("You are not a feudal landowner entertaining the serfs"), and they derive from decades spent cooking for family and groups ranging from six to sixty. From big meats to big pots, with a few words on salad, and a diatribe on the needless complexity of desserts, See You on Sunday is an indispensable addition to any home cooks library. From how to shuck an oyster to the perfection of Mallomars with flutes of milk, from the joys of grilled eggplant to those of gumbo and bog, this book is devoted to the preparation of delicious proteins and grains, vegetables and desserts, taco nights and pizza parties.
New slow cooker recipes from the wildly popular Crockpot365.blogspot.com and New York Times best-selling author Stephanie O’Dea
The convenience of slow cooking makes cooking for two easier than ever. From basic techniques for perfectly braised meats to set-it-and-forget-it meals to show-stopping soups, stews, and side dishes, this book gives busy readers everything they need to get the maximum enjoyment out of their slow cookers.
Leave it to the experts at Martha Stewart to figure out the best ways to use this favorite appliance. The 110 recipes in this book make the most of the slow cooker's assets (low heat, hands-off cooking), while also uncovering its hidden potential. Readers will find that they can not only braise cuts of meat until meltingly tender and let soups and stews simmer away untended, but also gently poach fish, cook up creamy scalloped potatoes, and bake a perfect cheesecake. This book has everything home cooks need to maximize flavor and make life a whole lot easier.
From beef stew to barbacoa, pork chops to orange chicken, for most Americans meat is still what's for dinner every night of the week. This is the essential slow cooker cookbook of easy, hearty, meaty meals for families who love to eat together but have neither the time nor interest to cook.
Contains more than 120 recipes for pastas, risottos, five-ingredient favorites, one-pot dishes, meat and poultry main courses, soups, stews, and desserts, along with a selection of potluck and single-dish casseroles that can be prepared in the oven.
Slow cooker cookbook featuring 165 recipes and color photography with each recipe. Authors are the popular Crockin' Girls Nicole Sparks and Jenna Marwitz who have more than 550,000 fans on their Crockin' Girls Facebook page. -via Amazon
Packed with pages of nourishing, emotionally satisfying soups and stews using affordable, fresh, easy-to-find ingredients, every recipe in this soup cookbook caters to a wide variety of dietary preferences and tastes. Featuring full-color photos, Soup & Comfort explores the many ways that homemade soup can nourish body and soul.
The Soup Book is packed with plenty of nourishing recipes for every season. Featuring recipes from Raymond Blanc, Dan Barber, Alice Waters, and other supporters of The Soil Association, this cookbook offers plenty of recipe ideas and inspiration.
Whether it's a bowl of chicken soup when you're sick, a thick and hearty gumbo in winter, or a refreshing gazpacho on a hot summer day, soup is a timeless favorite. In Soup of the Day, Ellen Brown presents more than 150 classic and inventive recipes, most of which were collected from top restaurants across the nation. Try the Tortilla Soup from Fearing's in Dallas, the Cream of Celery Soup from Bayona in New Orleans, the Cheddar Soup with Bacon from The Soupbox in Chicago, or Ellen's own New England Clam Chowder. The recipes are explanations on how to create great stocks, cook perfect garnishes, and even bake delicious bread. Make your favorite or try something new, it's a soup lover's dream!
"Who doesn't want a delicious, home-cooked meal to appear magically at their doorstep on a chilly evening? But work, kids, and life get in the way, even in the most well-intentioned homes. In The Soup Club Cookbook four moms show how to make this fantasy a reality with 150 recipes for soups from favorites (Jewish Chicken Noodle, Italian Wedding) to fancy (Sunchoke Bisque, Sengalese Peanut), and dozens of filling and delish sides, such as Soy Simmered Chicken Wings and Pickled Brussels Sprouts. The authors, who are neighbors on New York's Lower East Side, make this soup book extra delicious--and inspiring--by explaining how to start the same kind of soup club that they did: each person makes soup once a month and delivers it to the other women with garnishes and instructions for serving. That's at least three meals a month you don't have to cook or order. And you have a good excuse to see your friends"-- Provided by publisher.
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