Posted by insistal on 2005-04-18 11:43:43
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How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=dK8n3MJB9T&isbn=0786867973&itm=1
I paid 35$ for it- and I'm not happy with it. If someone would like to, I am interested in swapping.
Posted by nerf on 2005-09-21 18:18:38
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I guess this might also not fall strictly under freebie, but I didn't pay for it, so to me its free.
I used to work at a bookshop and some of the bigger publishing houses had a presentation once a year showcasing their new titles. One of them used to give you a little pamphlet with all the new stuff, and at the end of the evening, you ticked the 3 that you wanted and they sent them to you free.
The best 2 I got were 'How to be a Domestic Goddess' and this awesome coffee table book called 'Full Moon' with photos from all the lunar missions in it. People though I was weird not asking for fiction, but when my packages came with expensive hardcover books for free, they didn't scoff too much. I'm just kicking myself now that I didn't get Nigella's 'Forever Summer' when I had the chance. I just thought the cover sucked.
Posted by moon_lemming on 2005-09-07 21:31:40
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ooh, I love them too. here's a cut and paste of some of the ones on my bookmarks list (all of the ones mentioned above are on there, they're great!)
The Food Palate: http://www.thefoodpalate.com/
A Full Belly: http://www.afullbelly.com/
The LJ Cooking Community: http://www.livejournal.com/community/cooking/
80 Breakfasts: http://80breakfasts.blogspot.com/
bakingsheet (try the Nutella cupcakes!): http://bakingsheet.blogspot.com/
I Heart Bacon: http://www.iheartbacon.com/index.php
Jesser (glitterati!): http://jesser.org/
On My Plate: http://www.onmyplate.org/
The Amateur Gourmet: http://www.amateurgourmet.com/
Seven Spoons: http://www.sevenspoons.net/
Chez Pim: http://chezpim.typepad.com/blogs/
Domestic Goddess: http://www.domesticgoddess.ca/
I Was Just Really Very Hungry: http://maki.typepad.com/justhungry/
The Flying Apple: http://www.theflyingapple.typepad.com/
I think there's a really old post somewhere on here about this very subject; I'll try to find it and bump it.
Posted by dalva on 2005-05-29 18:11:51
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ok, i saw an episode of this show about pie crust where he said that lard is actually better for you in some way than butter-- anyone remember this? does it have less cholesterol? i have been quoting the episode without really remembering in what way lard is healthier.
I think that lard has less saturated fat then butter. Nigella Lawson says the same thing somewhere in How To Be A Domestic Goddess (runs to consult the goddess of baked goods, finds no entry in index for lard, proceeds to scan every single recipe, spends 20 minutes doing this, to no avail.)
In honor of the thread topic: I love Alton Brown. I had to get over his drama-quirk, but once that happened I loved him. I understand things better if I understand why I am doing something, and he explains the whys. He approaches cooking like chemistry, which really works for me.
Posted by mnosto on 2005-06-02 00:00:07
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You might try the Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake from Nigella's Domestic Goddess cookbook. This is not for the calorie-shy, but it is worth every bite. Also, it's easy to make. I have made it many times and it always turns out well.
Posted by anthrogirl on 2006-11-28 14:35:50
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I don't think the premade thing is the problem. I think the problem might be choice.
In NYC we go into delis and can have lots of premade choices at the salad bar, which has foods like soup, teriyaki chicken, and lots of other foods besides salads. And you can buy the food by weight. So Pret fits here, especially in midtown, where there are lots of office workers. But in the rest of the US, I think a lot of people say they want choice- but the 'choices' they want are fairly narrow and defined by fast food and personal experience. I looked at the menu for Pret and to me it looks fantastic. But I think a lot of Americans would find it both too adventurous (to our tastes, many of the sandwich combinations are pretty odd, and don't involve beef) and not varied enough (no enchiladas, no burgers, no fries, no shakes). I can see Pret being big in major cities in areas close to workers who are a bit more adventurous in their eating and willing to spend some extra cash for good food. But those people are still a distinct minority in the US, in a country where Rachael Ray can be thought of as a domestic goddess.
Posted by marvy on 2004-12-27 15:14:21
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I received so many nice things, and truly, my family is so good at picking for me that I rarely need to return things. Highlights:
*A new Pea-coat from my boy, who takes hints very well (this did need to be exchanged because he thinks I'm smaller than I am, bless his heart). He did a very good job not buying me just "functional" gifts this year.
*Nigella Lawson: Feast and How to be a Domestic Goddess, and other cookbooks from my sister and brother.
*Stitch n' Bitch Nation and beautiful yarn and needles from my brother and his gf.
*cool cds, one of which was a replacement for one of my favorite tapes that was chewed up this Fall- especially sentimental because my boy had to look high and low to find the out-of-print Robyn Hitchcock cd.
*Cozy quilt made by kazoogrrl- it has "handmade with love" written all over it!
My favorite to give:
*Home-made scarves for all my siblings, they loved them.
*a head-piece for kazoogrrl to wear while belly-dancing. I had a lot of fun making it!
*a workbench for my boy; he thought he knew he was getting it, then thought he wasn't getting it, then was surprised when he really did get it. That was fun.
Posted by ada on 2004-10-01 14:31:41
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I am also a Nigella fan - especially her 'How to be a Domestic Goddess' (all baking and deserts - and thus far, all fabulous. Plus, the pictures are the baking equivalent of porn). I also like the Moosewood books, especially the low-fat one, and the one (ack! I can't remember the name) that catalogues recipes they used on their 'specific ethnicity' nights (man, I'm awful with names right now... please bear with me)- like, where they would cook all italian, or turkish, or uzbekistani... lots of good soup recipes in that.
Two I love that haven't been mentioned yet:
'Feasts from the Place Below' by Bill Sewell - subtitled 'seasonal celebrations from London's top vegetarian restaurants'.
and
'Real Vegetarian Thai', by Nancie McDermott.
There's another cookbook that I don't use much (because it isn't veggie and I am), that I have gifted to several carnivore foodie friends who LOVE it. I gave a copy to my little sister and my mother refused to let it leave the house when my sister moved out... anyway, it's by Stephanie Alexander, an Australian chef, and is a sort of food encyclopedia, with recipes for each food and a cross-index, called 'The Cook's Companion'. It's a bit expensive, but every (non-veggie) cook I know swears by it.
Posted by mrs maraschino on 2005-02-02 22:27:20
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i love cook books. but my money pocket says now ay, so instead i sit at borders and looks at pretty pictures and sometimes secretly write down the recipies.
but anyways.
my fav cookbooks:
-how to be a domestic goddess (both eye candy for the bakery obsessed and most deffinatly great tasting foods as well) by niggela lawson.
-garden of vegan (actually, i havnt ever used any recipies out of this book...and im not vegan. but the cover is really pretty and the recipie names sound good anyhow)
-magnolia bakery cookbook (i do have this one...and so far eveything i have made from it has been wondermus)
-im just here for the food by alton brown (i love alton brown...so informative..such cute drawings)
Posted by dalva on 2005-05-29 18:22:36
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Do Baking Books count?
How To Be A Domestic Goddess - Baking And The Art of Comfort Cooking Nigella Lawson.
This book was a wedding gift, and it is the book I go to when I want to fantasize about yummy baked goods. Her recipes are concise, the back stories are wonderfully english, the photographs actually will make you drool, and she illustrates just how easy it is to make your own jams, chutneys, and pickled limes. There is a recipe in this book for a Gin-&-Tonic Gelatin mold, doesn't sound great, but the picture convinced me it will be worth trying.
I will say I don't particularily enjoy her show, I am put off by watching cooks sticking their fingers in the food they are making to taste it. Jaime Oliver does the same thing (far nastier due to his dirty lil fingernails). That said, I'm off.
Oh! I concur on the Moosewood Cookbooks. They rock!
Posted by Mish Mish on 2005-02-15 16:12:10
Post Subject: cookbooks galore
I love cookbooks and swapping recipes. My faves are:
-- How To Be A Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking by Nigella Lawson: yes, great photos, fun commentary and anecdotes preceding each recipe, and everything I've made has come out moist, tasty, and many other positive adjectives. Fave recipes include: Rosemary Loaf Cake, Double Apple Pie, Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake, Molten Chocolate Babycakes, Cream Chees Brownies, Fresh Gingerbread with Lemon Icing, and Edith Afif's Lime Pickles. Next try: Rhubarb Schnapps!
-- Beard on Bread by James Beard: My mother uses this book and James went to my alma mater, so it must be good. Great recipes for egg, battered, filled, flat, fried, sweet, and whole-meal breads including a stellar pizza crust, a zucchini bread and 2 killer banana bread recipes.
-- To All My Grandchilden: Lessons in Indonesian Cooking by Leonie Samuel-Hool: My mother is Dutch-Indonesian and this cookbook author was instrumental in my grandparents hooking up (yay for Leonie!). The book covers the basic, Western world favorites like gado-gado, sate ayam, and nasi goreng, as well as some traditional items you don't see in restaurants here in the US such as telur pindang (spiced eggs), tahu goreng (deep-fried beancake), sayur lodeh (vegetables in coconut sauce), and ikan pepes (wrapped fish). Also provides intro to Indonesian ingredients, often similar to those used in Thai, Vietnamese or Phillipine cooking.
-- The New Basics Cookbook by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins: My best friend swears by this cookbook; I recently replaced her paperback version b/c she'd overused it! My personal favorite is Mediterranean Rice with blanched almonds.
-- Laurel's Kitchen by L. Robertson, et. al: This is a great vegetarian cookbook. I went to school with someone who grew up as one of the "recipe testers"; he claimed a "charmed" upbringing. My favorite: Diana's Apple Crisp.
Posted by go-fish on 2004-11-01 18:37:02
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One thought: no matter how cool and worthy and wonderful and empowering domesticity is, and I do think it is all of those things, it seems to be very very hard to get domestic work valued financially. That may be one reason for an underlying rejection of domesticity by feminism. Even Martha, domestic goddess extraordinaire, has paid employees doing the nitty gritty domestic jobs. That kind of work falls to the women stuck in the lower classes, if I may generalize.
And with global capitalism, most of the goods we as a culture consume are not made domestically, and who knows how many of those goods are produced in sweatshop conditions. People on the whole just aren't willing to pay the price for items produced by women who are paid a living wage.
This issue is what excites me the most about the Internet. I see it as opening up this whole new venue for cottage industry, as evidenced by the proliferation of women-powered websites selling their wares! I think it is so very great! DIY is the ultimate feminist statement, if you're looking to make one! This adds a whole new value to consumer goods.
Posted by honeybee on 2004-12-08 09:17:56
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i love this!
As my mother in law always says...
"The only women's work is having babies, the rest is negotiable."
and this, too!
my husband and i have worked out a compromise...he makes more $ than i do, and since i breastfeed and am not a fan of paying someone else to raise my child, i stay home. i still work a little some nights and weekends-for my own business and for a family business, and i do artwork from home, but it all totals around a couple day's worth of paying work. i do the majority of the 'housework' and obviously most of the childraising. these are my choices, as we both agree my standards are higher and i do a better job at both.
our plan is that in 8-10 years, we will switch some of these roles and he will retire/work from home and take over the majority of the homeschooling while i pursue my own work more deeply. we're both happy with this arrangement.
also, anyone who's ever been a 'domestic goddess', especially where there are children in the house, knows damn well how much work it is to run a household that produces healthy, homecooked meals and homemade cleaners, practices environmental consciousness (cloth diapers, seasonal clothesline use and recycling), grows some of the food on the table, and makes as much as possible instead of shopping for stuff.
personally, i would rather cut out the middleman and spend my time making and growing and schooling my stuff and food and child, rather than go work for someone else so that i can get paid money with which to buy stuff and food and decent education.
Posted by jasmineT on 2004-05-19 11:19:41
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hi! I hope y'all don't mind me joining you here. I'm the same jasmineT from the other boards (original and new glitter) aka jessica, jess, or jessa. I live in Rochester, NY. I'm a 29 y.o. domestic goddess to my husband, 2 daughters, and dog.
My life is full of contradictions. We're broke but happy. Left wing evangelical Christian. Love to garden but allergic to the sun. Believe in natural food but can't give up taco bell or salt and vinegar potato chips. Spend too much time on the computer but then complain that there's not enough time to finish projects. Love a clean and spotless house but hate to do dishes, laundry or vacuum.
Current obsessions are: japanese gardening, hypertufa, home decorating projects, getting organized, getting rid of clutter, looking at moss with my kids, alternative education, trying for a 3rd bambino, and wishing that the person grinding trees for the last 3 hours would STOP!
Other crafts I dabble in are: bookmaking, collage, computer graphics, photography, sewing, spa products, and rudimentary knitting and crochet
