Notes about Recipes in this book

• Skillet potatoes with olives and lemon

  • Rutabaga on September 17, 2020

    I simplified this by using up a jar of Trader Joe's tapenade from the refrigerator. I also let the water evaporate from the pan after the potatoes cooked, added extra olive oil, and let the potatoes get a little frizzled and fluffed on the edges. The tapenade was added at the end to help keep the olive flavor bright, and I also set aside some plain potatoes for the kids. All in all, it was tasty, an easy, adaptable side dish that would fit with a variety of meals.

• Finnish sweet cardamom raisin bread (Pulla)

  • springandfall on February 20, 2014

    As pretty and delicious as recipe promises. Dough rose slowly - because it's February? - and we added raisins after first rise rather than before (mainly because we had to go to store for more raisins, but it also seemed likely to rise sooner without weight of add-ins). Still, all went well. Kind of what you would get if you crossed challah with stollen.

  • chawkins on April 08, 2015

    Delicious and pretty loaf. halved the recipe and got one loaf. The dough was very wet and soft. Used the food processor to cut in the butter, a Dutch dough whisk to mix the dry and the wet ingredients and the KitchenAid for the initial kneading. Pressed out to a 9" square on a silicone mat to add the raisins, then kneaded by hand to distribute the raisins evenly. Baked with pure convection @325 for 28 minutes, significantly less than the time called for in the recipe.

• Cheddar horseradish spread

  • Rutabaga on December 30, 2018

    Quite tasty, this is a great simple spread to serve with crackers or bread. The horseradish flavor was a nice touch, gave a a little something special. I only used about half the amount of radish called for, which seemed about right. It keeps well for days.

  • sosayi on January 22, 2019

    I cut this recipe out YEARS ago and forgot how much I loved it. To cut down on prep, I used coarsely grated daikon for the radish (which I squeezed to remove liquid) and left out the parsley, but left the rest the same. The 2 cups of cheddar called for is about 8 oz, fyi. This went in about 15 minutes before even all the guests arrived at a recent party with friends.