Penance…
With all of the talk of bacon around here lately, I thought I’d throw a crumb to our vegetarian friends. 101 Cookbooks has posted a delicious-looking recipe for Carmelized Tofu. Go forth, yea veggies, and eat soy.
Gourmet Kitchen on a Shoestring
The ever-wonderful Wisebread has a guide to putting together the kitchen of your dreams on a tight budget. They hit on, among other things, buying bulk spices and growing your own herbs in pots, two things that will not only save money (as they mention), but give you better quality, fresher ingredients as well.
They recommend Ikea as a good source for good-quality pots & pans and utensils on a budget, which can be true, but they’re forgetting the best place of all: your friendly neighborhood kitchen supply shop.
Twelve Under-$20 Ways to Snack Well on New Year’s Eve
The Washington Post offers up Twelve Under-$20 Ways to Snack Well on New Year’s Eve. Sounds right up our alley.
Via Slashfood.
Balsamic Glazed Almonds
Coconut and Lime has a delicious-looking recipe for Balsamic Glazed Almonds. Haven’t had a chance to try it yet, but honestly if you glazed cardboard with balsamic I’d happily eat it.
Pretzel Praline
Just in time for the holidays, Ideas in Food is featuring a delicious-looking, easy to make Pretzel Praline recipe. Anything that combines sweet, salty, and yeasty cannot possibly be bad.
Balsamic Onions and Goat Cheese Quesadilla
I discovered Meghan’s blog, Tales of a Culinary Novice, through a comment she left here recently, and she’s got some super swanky recipes up. One in particular caught my eye while I was there: Balsamic Onions and Goat Cheese Quesadillas. Mmm. I’m going to go make a few of these right now.
Find recipes for leftovers at LeftoverChef
Looking for a use for those 12 pounds of turkey you didn’t eat yesterday? Leftover Chef lets you search for recipes based on what you’ve got hanging around in your fridge waiting to be used. Remember kids, there’s no better way to save money than using all of your leftovers.
Rouxbe - Video Cooking Demonstrations
For the audio-visual learners among you, Rouxbe (pronounced ruby) offers up a variety of step-by-step videos for different recipes and techniques. While the narrator quickly lulled me into a deep slumber, the videos are beautifully shot and edited, and the recipes all look to be good quality, if not the most adventurous.
Guide to Food Photography Gear
The author of the excellent food photography blog Still Life With … has just posted her updated gear list for food photography. Remember it isn’t necessary to have the best gear to take nice photos; but it certainly doesn’t hurt.