December/January 2013

Appetizers

• Shrimp Cocktail

• Steak Fingers

Desserts or Baked Goods

• Ambrosia Salad

• Chocolate Surprise Cookies

• Chocolate-Mint Cookies

• Date-Filled Roll-Ups

• Fruit-Filled Kolaches

• Hungarian Christmas Cookies

• Indian Tea Biscuits (Nankhatai)

• Italian Sesame Seed Cookies (Giugiuleni)

• Kolaches

• Magic Chocolate Flan Cake

• Online Extra Mother's Chewy Oatmeal Logs

• White Fruitcake

Main Courses

• Beef and Barley Soup for Two

• Burgundy Pot Roast

• Chicken Veronique

• City Chicken

• Easy Chicken and Salsa Tacos

• Eggs in a Hole

• Filet Mignon with Smashed Potatoes and Horseradish Sauce

• Online Extra Ham, Gruyere, and Dijon Eggs in a Hole

• Holiday Strip Roast

• Honey-Rosemary Pork Medallions with Fennel Salad

• Maple-Dijon Chicken with Bacon Couscous

• Meatballs Florentine

• Pan-Seared Chicken with Mushroom-Sage Sauce

• Online Extra Quick Moroccan Chicken with Green Olives

• Red Wine Risotto with Braised Beef and Mushrooms

• Reduced-Fat General Tso's Chicken

• Scrapple

• Skillet Teriyaki Beef and Vegetables

• Slow-Cooker Chicken and Dumplings

• Online Extra Spicy Eggs in a Hole

• Thai Coconut Chicken Soup

Other

• Buffalo–Blue Cheese Coins

• Cheddar Cheese Coins

• Online Extra Chocolate-Hazelnut Spread

• Everything Cheese Coins

• Mustard and Caraway Cheese Coins

• Pimento Cheese Coins

Side Dishes

• Broccolini with Pancetta and Parmesan

• Potatoes Romanoff

• Salsa Verde

Equipment Reviews

• Online Extra Moderately Priced 12-Inch Skillets

Taste Tests

• Ready-Made Pie Crusts

• Sweetened Condensed Milk

Baking & Desserts

• Are Turbinado, Demerara, and Sugar in the Raw Interchangable?

• Getting to Know: Chocolate

Cooking Basics

• Dry vs. Liquid Measuring Cups for Thick Wet Ingredients

• Twelve Steps to Chili con Carne

Meat

• Why are Rare Steak Tips Sometimes Chewier Than Those Cooked to Medium?

Pasta, Grains, & Beans

• Adjusting the Cooking Time of Dried Beans when Making Chili

• How to Make Really Creamy Hummus Without Peeling the Chickpeas

Recipes

• Mother's Chewy Oatmeal Logs

• Ham, Gruyere, and Dijon Eggs in a Hole

• Quick Moroccan Chicken with Green Olives

• Spicy Eggs in a Hole

• Chocolate-Hazelnut Spread

Equipment Reviews

• Moderately Priced 12-Inch Skillets