December 10, 2009
It’s high time I gave cookbooks their proper dues. Even though I’ve been showing off about my birthday presents a little bit, I’ve neglected the real kicker. Given to me by my friends Wendy and Alan, a paragon of haute cuisine tutelage: Tastes of the Orient, from the highly regarded ‘Fresh and Tasty’ series. Featuring the passed-down-through-generations ‘Turkey with Mushrooms’ (only 38 grams of fat) and the somehow not-so-picturesque-as-perhaps-planned ‘Mandarins in Almond Lake’. Thanks guys! Bet you can’t wait to come over for dinner.
