Notes about Recipes in this book

• Dark roux

  • Baxter850 on April 10, 2020

    Starting off changing color too fast but once I got it to light peanut butter brown, it took forever to get to a dark roux. Cook time was about an hour.

• Celery root and apple salad with blue cheese, toasted walnuts, and fresh herbs

  • bwhip on January 15, 2020

    Excellent salad. Flavorful, light and refreshing, with a lovely mix of flavors. I used toasted pine nuts rather than walnuts, and it turned out great.

• Chilled corn and coconut soup with basil and blue crab

  • Kmatthe on July 16, 2021

    Next time I would reduce the fish sauce by at least half. It was overpowering and you couldn't really taste anything else. Better as an appetizer than a meal—so rich you can’t eat much.

• Garlic-chile “BBQ” shrimp

  • margaret_0g88g5 on May 13, 2026

    Awesome!

  • margaret_0g88g5 on May 13, 2026

    Absolute favorite!

• Seared scallops with garlicky brown butter pan sauce

  • Avocet on October 03, 2020

    This is quite good, but I cut way back on the butter, and added some white wine to round out the sauce.

• Pan-seared crab cakes

  • Baxter850 on August 26, 2023

    Delicious but a bit of work. These are restaurant crab cakes. Makes a ton of tartar. The tarragon elevates the crab cake but I would dial it back to let the crab shine.

• Roasted chicken

  • jenmacgregor18 on August 26, 2020

    I adapted this for my Instant Pot and 4 bone-in, skin on chicken thighs I had. I added 1 cup water & 1 tsp better than chicken bouillon. pressure 9 minutes, 5 min natural release. quick & a lovely flavor. Used it for the lemongrass soup.

• Chicken noodle soup with lemongrass, fresh herbs, and jalapeño

  • jenmacgregor18 on August 27, 2020

    I omitted the sprouts & noodles. used better than chicken bouillon. I removed all seeds from jalapeno. and I did cook the onion and jalapenos for 6 or 7 minutes, so they weren't completely raw. added fish sauce to taste at the end. This is very aromatic & delicious. I might leave a little bit of the jalapeno seeds in next time.

• Roast beef po’boys

  • Baxter850 on April 10, 2020

    Delicious but a ton of work. Took 10 hours to cook the brisket and when I put it in the fridge cool, it made the entire fridge warmer and set off the temperature alarm.

• Butterscotch pudding

  • Corrieallison on March 01, 2020

    It may have been user error on this recipe, but my pudding was the consistency of dulce de leche-far thicker than it should have been. I followed the directions, so next time maybe try half of the gelatin.

• Date and toffee pudding cake

  • kkmatti on April 20, 2021

    This recipe failed as written. Possibly a cut-down restaurant recipe that wasn't properly tested at this scale. The cake was completely uncooked on the inside, even when I added 20 mins to cooking time. To save this recipe: Increase temp to 350F, don't use the water bath, and cook for 40 mins instead.