Notes about Recipes in this book

• Hot pepper noodles

  • bktravels on July 29, 2023

    We often have trouble finding dishes all of our family can eat. This worked out great for our son who does not eat red meat and our daughter-in-law who is unable to eat dairy or gluten. The recipe is flexible and we sometimes substitute other vegetables. Right now we're including zucchini from the garden. Very good.

• Warm cauliflower and herbed barley salad

  • thekitchenchronicles on March 08, 2013

    Delicious salad- used butter beans. Added 1 tablespoon of sugar into the dressing to cut the lemon a little bit. Will definitely make this again.

  • Nancith on September 05, 2019

    Such a nice dish! An interesting combination of ingredients with a piquant dressing & very substantial to boot. It was my main dish & hubby's side. I cooked up some dried Christmas limas & used them, which worked great. Tarragon is not my favorite herb; however, there was just enough to create an interesting note, but not to overwhelm.

• Brussels sprouts and steak stir-fry

  • cthdawn on March 28, 2026

    Fantastic

• Google's braised chicken and kale

  • jumali on February 28, 2013

    Very, very good. After the chicken was cooked I reduced the liquid by half to make it more of a sauce.

• Julia's best banana bread

  • Acarroll on May 05, 2025

    Solid banana bread recipe. My 8 year old rated it 9/10. And he doesn't like bananas.

• Parmesan chicken cutlets

  • Kfaber on September 19, 2013

    Easy, crispy and delicious. Will definitely make these again!

  • jhallen on June 01, 2021

    Really delicious. Not much else to say, just really solid recipe. Don’t skip the lemon. I did skip the mustard.

  • chawkins on June 04, 2021

    With the Parmesan and the mustard powder, the coating was very flavorful and the panko made them crispy, good recipe.

• Shrimp fried rice

  • thekitchenchronicles on March 03, 2013

    This recipe was alright- I liked the components (shrimp, peas, edamame, egg) but I think the seasoning added at the end was a little heavy on the soy sauce and could have used more rice vinegar. Very good base for experimenting in the future.

  • meggan on October 12, 2017

    I followed elizabethzvolpe's advice and added a tablespoon less soy to good effect. I think you might do well to add some other veg to this - maybe broccoli or mushrooms?

• Lemon-buttermilk bundt cake

  • thekitchenchronicles on March 03, 2013

    Great recipe- moist on the inside and crunchy/caramelized on the outside. The cake itself is quite sweet so the tart glaze was a nice contrast. Mine had to cook significantly longer than stated in the recipe (about 85 minutes) but this may just be my oven.

  • Kfaber on March 03, 2014

    Really good cake- so moist and great lemon flavor

• Green apple sangria

  • twoyolks on October 31, 2016

    This is the closest sangria I've had to the sangria I had on the beach in Spain. The fruit and alcohol flavors are balanced, neither dominating.

• Italian vegetable stew

  • thekitchenchronicles on November 03, 2014

    http://www.thekitchenchronicles.com/2014/01/07/italian-vegetable-stew/

  • Nancith on September 28, 2016

    Delicious! Loads of flavor, filling & warming. Flavor may have been enhanced from the bread I used, not sourdough as suggested, but an herbal French loaf. Also used fire-roasted canned tomatoes. Definitely will keep in my repertoire.

  • hma2000 on March 12, 2017

    Delicious! Very flavorful and worth the effort.

• Oxtail soup with onions and barley

  • jumali on March 20, 2013

    The absence of comments to this recipe on the BA website should have been a warning to me. I could have flown to Europe in the time it took to make this soup! It's very hearty--I'll give it that. Almost leaden. There was virtually no liquid left after the barley was cooked, so I added some water before serving. I thought the bourbon gave it an unappetizing sweetness, even after it cooked off, so I added a dash of sherry vinegar which helped tremendously. The whole onions seemed to take on an odd texture and were out of place. There are plenty of other beef barley soup out there--I'm sure many of them are better than this.