Notes about Recipes in this book

• Fennel-crusted pork chops with potatoes and shallots

  • Dannausc on February 25, 2018

    It was a little dry. I think I overlooked the pork chops. The potatoes and shallots were really good though.

• Spicy beans and wilted greens

  • Zosia on February 16, 2014

    Rather disappointing after waiting in anticipation for 4 hours while it cooked. It was okay, and probably would have been better if I hadn't made it vegetarian-friendly by omitting the anchovies, but it just wasn't worth the wait. I would have felt more kindly towards it if I'd used canned beans or cooked beans from my freezer and it had been a 30 minute dish.

• Pork and squash stew with chiles

  • twoyolks on November 18, 2014

    There's the basis of a very nice recipe here but this doesn't quite cut it. I did modify the recipe by pressure cooking the pork for half an hour instead of slow cooking it in the oven. Surprisingly, the pork underperformed and was mostly tasteless. The squash and the broth were both quite good. If I were to remake this, I'd probably replace the water with pork stock.

  • twoyolks on November 18, 2014

    There's the basis of a very nice recipe here but this doesn't quite cut it. I did modify the recipe by pressure cooking the pork for half an hour instead of slow cooking it in the oven. Surprisingly, the pork underperformed and was mostly tasteless. The squash and the broth were both quite good. If I were to remake this, I'd probably replace the water with pork stock.

• Thai beef stew with lemongrass and noodles

  • Dannausc on February 25, 2018

    Good and hearty. Nice and flavorful.

• Spiced sweet potato and roasted broccoli toasts

  • clcorbi on January 15, 2017

    This is exactly the type of substantial vegetarian entree that i just love. The only changes I made were to sub walnuts for pistachios, and add a handful of thinly sliced scallions to the roasted broccoli/nut mixture. I also cut my bread slices more thickly than called for as the bread was very soft and I was worried the toasts wouldn't hold up. I rubbed the toasted bread with garlic before piling the ingredients on, too. By itself, the sweet potato mixture was too cloying for my taste, and very acidic, which had me worried. I used a bit less than called for on each toast, ending up with some leftover mash. Once the broccoli mixture was piled on, though, all the flavors really came together, and the result was just delicious. We each had two slices for dinner, and thoroughly enjoyed them.

• Roasted butternut squash with spicy onions

  • lawrencecharcuterie on December 11, 2022

    We thought this was just okay. If we may get again we would highly boost the spices. We substituted almonds and did not do the blanching.

• Dark chocolate waffles

  • Zosia on February 16, 2014

    Crisp and light with intense chocolate flavour. I had hoped to serve them for dessert with just a little powdered sugar and fruit but they were a little too bitter for most and needed the maple syrup to sweeten them. They're definitely worth repeating, but for my family, I would use a chocolate that was 55-60% cacao. I used only half the olive oil.