Question for Cookbook Addicts - New Keller Book

Anyone have the new Thomas Keller "Ad Hoc" cookbook? Whatcha think? So
far, I've not been inspired to buy any of his books - not my style of
cooking. This one might be more up my alley. Curious to know if any of
you regulars have taken this particular plunge yet and, if so, what are
your thoughts.

TammyM

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:08:05 -0800, TammyM <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Anyone have the new Thomas Keller "Ad Hoc" cookbook? Whatcha think? So
>far, I've not been inspired to buy any of his books - not my style of
>cooking. This one might be more up my alley. Curious to know if any of
>you regulars have taken this particular plunge yet and, if so, what are
>your thoughts.
>
>TammyM

I got it. So far, it looks great.
I need to say however that I haven't cooked from it yet. It is coming
with me to the bay area, and I want to use it then.

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:08:05 -0800, TammyM <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone have the new Thomas Keller "Ad Hoc" cookbook? Whatcha think? So
>> far, I've not been inspired to buy any of his books - not my style of
>> cooking. This one might be more up my alley. Curious to know if any of
>> you regulars have taken this particular plunge yet and, if so, what are
>> your thoughts.
>>
>> TammyM
>
> I got it. So far, it looks great.
> I need to say however that I haven't cooked from it yet. It is coming
> with me to the bay area, and I want to use it then.

Wish I'd bet someone that you would be the first to respond! Woulda
made a pile....

TammyM :-)

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:27:58 -0800, TammyM <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Christine Dabney wrote:


>> I got it. So far, it looks great.

>Wish I'd bet someone that you would be the first to respond! Woulda
>made a pile....
>
>TammyM :-)

I know..I am so predictable.

I might put the book near the top of one of the boxes, so I can pull
it out, so you can see if, if you want.

Lin and I are talking bout going out to eat one time that weekend that
I get to northern Cal. I am going to be spending 1-2 nights with Bob
and Lin..and it would be nice to get together for some food, wine,
whatever, with you.

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:27:58 -0800, TammyM <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Christine Dabney wrote:
>
>
>>> I got it. So far, it looks great.
>
>> Wish I'd bet someone that you would be the first to respond! Woulda
>> made a pile....
>>
>> TammyM :-)
>
> I know..I am so predictable.
>
> I might put the book near the top of one of the boxes, so I can pull
> it out, so you can see if, if you want.
>
> Lin and I are talking bout going out to eat one time that weekend that
> I get to northern Cal. I am going to be spending 1-2 nights with Bob
> and Lin..and it would be nice to get together for some food, wine,
> whatever, with you.
>
> Christine
When are you coming out again?

TammyM with FULL lemon and lime trees

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:41:04 -0800, TammyM <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote:


>When are you coming out again?
>
>TammyM with FULL lemon and lime trees

Ooohhhh!!! May I take some?????

I will be there the weekend of December 5th/6th. Not sure if I am
arriving on Friday the 4th or on Saturday the 5th. I am moving into
the apartment on December 7, somewhere in the bay area.

Christine, who packed her rectangular springform pan, so she can make
Charlotte's lemon bars.

Christine

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:10:55 -0700, Christine Dabney
<artisan2@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:08:05 -0800, TammyM <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Anyone have the new Thomas Keller "Ad Hoc" cookbook? Whatcha think? So
>>far, I've not been inspired to buy any of his books - not my style of
>>cooking. This one might be more up my alley. Curious to know if any of
>>you regulars have taken this particular plunge yet and, if so, what are
>>your thoughts.
>>
>>TammyM
>
>I got it. So far, it looks great.
>I need to say however that I haven't cooked from it yet. It is coming
>with me to the bay area, and I want to use it then.
>
It is??? Oh, boy... I want to see it! Maybe we can go shopping for a
recipe we agree on?


--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:34:07 -0700, Christine Dabney
<artisan2@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:27:58 -0800, TammyM <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Christine Dabney wrote:
>
>
>>> I got it. So far, it looks great.
>
>>Wish I'd bet someone that you would be the first to respond! Woulda
>>made a pile....
>>
>>TammyM :-)
>
>I know..I am so predictable.
>
>I might put the book near the top of one of the boxes, so I can pull
>it out, so you can see if, if you want.
>
>Lin and I are talking bout going out to eat one time that weekend that
>I get to northern Cal. I am going to be spending 1-2 nights with Bob
>and Lin..and it would be nice to get together for some food, wine,
>whatever, with you.
>
Apparently there are some Italian restaurants of note in Davis.
Hopefully you guys go to one of them.... report back if you do!


--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:41:04 -0800, TammyM <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote:

>TammyM with FULL lemon and lime trees

Oh, rub it in you wanton woman. :P

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:44:25 -0700, Christine Dabney
<artisan2@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>I am moving into
>the apartment on December 7, somewhere in the bay area.

Please let me know when you know *where*!

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:22:09 -0800, sf <sf@geemail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:10:55 -0700, Christine Dabney

>>I got it. So far, it looks great.
>>I need to say however that I haven't cooked from it yet. It is coming
>>with me to the bay area, and I want to use it then.
>>
>It is??? Oh, boy... I want to see it! Maybe we can go shopping for a
>recipe we agree on?

The Bouchon cookbook is also coming with me. I haven't cooked from
any of these cookbooks yet....

I did get a piece of equipment to use to make a quiche a la Thomas
Keller... A 9-inch pastry ring...2 inches high. It is coming with me
as well.

There are a lot of interesting recipes in both books. I have been
drooling over them here...especially since I am just doing basic
cooking here right now, as I pack up. Once I get to the bay area, I
am hoping I get to cook from it.

Sf, if you go shopping with me, you have to go to the farmers markets
and great produce stores there. I love shopping at those, and I
don't like shopping that much at supermarkets,except for the basics.
Christine
--
http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:25:06 -0800, sf <sf@geemail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:44:25 -0700, Christine Dabney
><artisan2@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>>I am moving into
>>the apartment on December 7, somewhere in the bay area.
>
>Please let me know when you know *where*!

Everyone will know when I know..LOL.

Christine
--
http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:30:22 -0700, Christine Dabney
<artisan2@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>Sf, if you go shopping with me, you have to go to the farmers markets
>and great produce stores there.

I am *not* an early to rise person, chris. I just can't revved up to
get out of bed to go to a farmer's market at the crack of dawn.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

TammyM wrote:
> Anyone have the new Thomas Keller "Ad Hoc" cookbook? Whatcha think? So
> far, I've not been inspired to buy any of his books - not my style of
> cooking. This one might be more up my alley. Curious to know if any of
> you regulars have taken this particular plunge yet and, if so, what are
> your thoughts.
>
> TammyM

Not I, but then I gravitate toward mostly unusual ethnic and
older/antique cookbooks, and food history.

--
Jean B.

"TammyM" <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7ls088F3ecp5nU1@mid.individual.net...
> Anyone have the new Thomas Keller "Ad Hoc" cookbook? Whatcha think? So
> far, I've not been inspired to buy any of his books - not my style of
> cooking. This one might be more up my alley. Curious to know if any of
> you regulars have taken this particular plunge yet and, if so, what are
> your thoughts.
>
> TammyM

I read the NYT review of this one. This is Keller's third book and the
first were restaurant recipes too foofoo for the average 'at home' cook to
make and second were recipes for sous chefs and other chefs starting out.
This one, however, was written on a more personal level, as his father, who
he grew up never knowing came to stay with him for his final years. The
recipes include those he cooked for his father. The article says the book
is written by a softer, gentler, Keller, one the former employees who only
knew the SOB one would never recognize. They highly recommened that you
skip the first two Keller tomes and go with this one.
-ginny

Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> "TammyM" <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:7ls088F3ecp5nU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Anyone have the new Thomas Keller "Ad Hoc" cookbook? Whatcha think? So
>> far, I've not been inspired to buy any of his books - not my style of
>> cooking. This one might be more up my alley. Curious to know if any of
>> you regulars have taken this particular plunge yet and, if so, what are
>> your thoughts.
>>
>> TammyM
>
> I read the NYT review of this one. This is Keller's third book and the
> first were restaurant recipes too foofoo for the average 'at home' cook to
> make and second were recipes for sous chefs and other chefs starting out.
> This one, however, was written on a more personal level, as his father, who
> he grew up never knowing came to stay with him for his final years. The
> recipes include those he cooked for his father. The article says the book
> is written by a softer, gentler, Keller, one the former employees who only
> knew the SOB one would never recognize. They highly recommened that you
> skip the first two Keller tomes and go with this one.
> -ginny

I hear ya. The French Laundry cookbook is absolutely beautiful. A
friend of mine once cooked a full dinner from it - you can imagine how
much time that took her, but she enjoys doing that sort of thing. Not
I. And I don't have an audience for it either! I found only one recipe
of interest to me in Bouchon (got it from the library). This one sounds
appealing to me, so maybe I'll have a peek at it.

TammyM

Jean B. wrote:
> TammyM wrote:
>> Anyone have the new Thomas Keller "Ad Hoc" cookbook? Whatcha think?
>> So far, I've not been inspired to buy any of his books - not my style
>> of cooking. This one might be more up my alley. Curious to know if
>> any of you regulars have taken this particular plunge yet and, if so,
>> what are your thoughts.
>>
>> TammyM
>
> Not I, but then I gravitate toward mostly unusual ethnic and
> older/antique cookbooks, and food history.
>
I'm with ya on the ethnic cookbooks. If I have a specialty, or a
particular focus, it's more in line with middle eastern cookery with a
foray into central/south asia. Having said that, I'm suddenly
fascinated with cooking from eastern europe. What do you recommend in
the food history area?

TammyM

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:35:12 -0800, TammyM <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote:


>I'm with ya on the ethnic cookbooks. If I have a specialty, or a
>particular focus, it's more in line with middle eastern cookery with a
>foray into central/south asia. Having said that, I'm suddenly
>fascinated with cooking from eastern europe. What do you recommend in
>the food history area?
>
>TammyM

I should bring up my Paula Wolfert book on the cooking of Eastern
Europe..to let you see it...

Christine
--
http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:35:12 -0800, TammyM <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I'm with ya on the ethnic cookbooks. If I have a specialty, or a
>> particular focus, it's more in line with middle eastern cookery with a
>> foray into central/south asia. Having said that, I'm suddenly
>> fascinated with cooking from eastern europe. What do you recommend in
>> the food history area?
>>
>> TammyM
>
> I should bring up my Paula Wolfert book on the cooking of Eastern
> Europe..to let you see it...

Bitch! <lol> I already have it....

TammyM

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:05:29 -0800, TammyM <nonono@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Christine Dabney wrote:

>Bitch! <lol> I already have it....
>
>TammyM

Oh!!! Did you all see that?????
Tammy is being mean to me!!!!

I do have another Paula book that was just published. It is on clay
pot cookery..and it looks just fabulous. It is coming up with me.

Now, I need a clay pot..

Anywhere that I could find one in that area?


Christine
--
http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com