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I got one - Bobby Flay's Throwdown!  It's not something I'd have picked for myself, but after browsing through it, there are some things from the challenges that I'm going to try.  Bobby's take on Arroz con Pollo looks good - and will fit right in to a Caribbean cooking challenge I'm participating in. 

What new cookbooks were you lucky enough to be gifted with?

I got a number of new cookbooks.

One Big Table

Harvest To Heat

In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite

At Home with Madhur Jaffrey

I'm still in the reading and admiring phase and haven't planned any new dishes yet.

I gifted myself with Dorie Greenspan's 'Around My French Table.'  Oh my.  Why did I wait so long?

Oh, I so hoped for that one!  But I'll be happy with Bobby Flay until I can justifiy buying another for myself.  (Just as soon as I can find a job).

I keep McGee on my nightstand - it's bedtime reading!

I gave my 17 year old, college bound son "Mad Hungry, feeding men and boys" by Lucinda Scala Quinn for Christmas. Two days later he sends me on an errand, right as I was to cook pan fried steak from his book. I left him with the steak and the book and went for his errand. He made a great steak. Soon he is going to make the hanger steak recipe that he found while browsing the rest of the book. My husband and I sure look forward to that dinner.

Salades, Damian Pignolet (coleslaw is fantastic;

The Country Cookbook, Belinda Jeffrey (already a favourite, have made the blueberry pikelets, fragrant coconut salmon in banana leaves, cucumber chilli and roasted macadamia salad, last-minute christmas cake, stout & mustard glazed ham, strawberries in red wine syrup with rosewater cream;

Kitchen, Nigella (the gingerbread is v good!)