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Contents (in brief)

A

Agave nectar, as substitute for honey in baking…..2

Almond(s) – amaretti cookies, in Frozen Biscuit Tortoni…..32

Amaretti cookies, in Frozen Biscuit Tortoni…..32

Ambrosia Fruit Salad…..18

American cheese…..16

American Chop Suey…..14

The American Table – back-of-the- box recipes…..19

Amish Tomato Dumplings…..32

Anchovy-Garlic Vinaigrette, Spicy……29

Andouille…..16

Ainse seeds…..16

Antipasto Salad…..13

Appalachian Biscuit Dressing…..6-7

Appetizers and first courses – Antipasto Salad…..13

Apple(s) - Brussels Sprouts with Almonds and…..7

Appricott(s) – Almond Meringue Cake…..IBC

Artichoke hearts, in Antipasto Salad…..13

Arugula – Pesto, Tomato Bruschetta with goat cheese and…..27

Asian (cooking) – Chinese Chicken Salad…..20

Asparagus – Parmesan-Crusted,,,,,20

Atlanta Brisket…..18-19

Avocado Sauce…..10-11

B

Baby Back Ribs, South Dakota Corncob-Smoked…..4-6

Back-of-the-box recipes…..19

Bacon…..16

Bain-marie…..9

Baking sheets, rimmed (half-sheet pans)……….6

Baloney…..16

Banana Cream Pie…..22-23

Barbecue(d) (BBQ) – Glazed Pork Roast…..12-13

Barley and Beef Soup for Two…..28

Bars – Date Nut…..32

Basil in Easy Summer Vegetable Pasta…..RC

BBQ – See Barbecue(d)

Bean(s) See also Chickpeas and Beef Taquitos with Avocado Sauce…..10-11

Bean threads…..16

Beef – American Chop Suey…..14

Beer Brats, Slow-Cooker…..26

Bierocks (Beef-and-Cabbage Buns with Cheese)…..20-21

Biscuit(s) – Cherry Grunt, Slow Cooker…..29

Bisque, Shrimp…..21

Bisquick baking mix, in hamburger Pinwheels…..32

Black and White Cookies…..22-23

Black beans, in two-Bean Chilli…..RC

Black bean sauce…..16

Black steak, trimming…..28

BLT- Potato Salad…..19

Blueberry – Lemon Coffee Cake…..29

Blue Cheese…..16

Boiling water, speeded by covering pot…..2

Bombe, Raspberry-White Chocolate…..IBC

Boston butt (pork butt)…..24

Boursin cheese, in Easy Summer Vegetable Pasta…..RC

Bradley, Alice…..23

Brats, Beer, Slow-Cooker…..26

Bread.  See also toast – cornbread – Honey…..9

Breakfast and brunch fare – Biscuit, Sour Cream Drop…..9

Bresaolo…..16

Brisket, Atlanta…..18-19

Broccoli and Pork Stir-Fry, Spicy…..RC

Broccolini with Pancetta and Parmesan…..5

Broth – chicken – dark vs. white meat in…..2

Brownies, turtle, Quicker…..5

Brunch – See Breakfast and brunch fare

Bruschetta, tomato with Argula Pesto and Goat Cheese…..27

Brussels sprouts with Apples and Almonds…..7

Buckwheat soba…..16

Buffalo-Blue Cheese Coins…..27

Bundt pans, testing of…..9

Buns, Beef-and-Cabbage with Cheese (Blerocks)…..20-21

Burgers – clean plate at ready for…..3

Burgundy Pot Roast…..10-11

Butter.  Garlic-Parsley…..15

Buttercream frosting, neatly loading pastry bag with…..3

“Buttermilk” substituting low-fat yogurt for…..2

Butterscotch Cookies…..17

C

Cabbage – Bierocks (Beef-and-Cabbage Buns with Cheese)…..20-21

Cacao ribs…..16

Cacciatore, Chicken Weeknight…..14

Caesar Salad, Chicken Wraps…..RC

Cajun cooking – Sausage, Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo. Reduced-Fat…..27

Cakes – Angel Food (Cooking Class)…..25

Canadian bacon…..16

Canola oil…..2

Caper(s) – Salsa Verde…..5

Capicola…..6

Caramel – candies, in Quicker Turtle Brownies…..5

Caraway seeds…..16

Carrot(s) – Creamy Cucumber Salad with Cilantro, Cumin and…..27

Casseroles – frozen, baking without bubble-overs…..2

Celery seeds…..16

Charcoal – briquettes…..25

Charcoal grills – creating slow smoke on…..24

Charcoal starters, electric, testing of…..13

Cheddar cheese – Cheese Coins…..27

Cheese(s) – See also Cheddar cheese; Monterey Jack cheese blue…..16

Cherry Grunt, Slow-Cooker…..29

Chicken – Baked Imperial…..10-11

Chickpeas – hummus achieving smooth texture…..2

Chile con Queso…..11

Chiles – See also Jalapeño(s) Chipolte Chicken Tortilla Soup…..RC

Chilli (stew) – Con Carne (Cooking Class)…..24-25

Chili sauce…..16

Chinese (cooking) – Chicken Salad…..20

Chinois…..2

Chipolte Chicken Tortilla Soup…..RC

Chocolate – Black and White Cookies…..22-23

Chop Suey, American…..14

Christmas cookies – See Holiday Heirloom Cookies (contest)

Chutney(s) – Cranberry…..29

Cilantro and Curry Hummus…..29

City Chicken…..14-15

Clad cookware…..2

Cleavers…..24

Climacteric fruits…..2

Cob-Smoked Ribs, South Dakota…..4-5

Cocktail Sauce…..7

Cocoa powder – Dutch-processed and natural…..23

Coconut – Ambrosia Salad…..18

Cod, Baked with Crispy Crumbs…..6

Coffee cake – Apple-Spice…..29

Cola, in Atlanta Brisket…..18-19

Colby cheese, in Chile con Queso…..11

Colby Jack cheese- Bierocks (Beef-and-Cabbage Buns with Cheese)…..20-21

Compotes – Apple, Slow-Cooker…..21

Condiments – Asian, getting to know…..16

Contest: Holiday Heirloom Cookies…..20-23

Cookie jars, testing of…..23

Cookies – Black and White…..22-23

Cooking Class – Chicken Broth, Quicker…..24-25

Cooking for Two – Beef and Barley Soup…..28

Cooling racks, makeshift…..3

Colander (seeds)…..16

Corn – Cob-Smoked Ribs, South Dakota…..4-5

Cornbread – Honey…..9

Corn Dogs, Homemade…..32

Corned beef and Cabbage…..10-11

Cornmeal…..7

Country-Fried Pork with Gravy…..8-9

Couscous…..16

Couverture…..16

Crackers: cheese coins – Buffalo-Blue Cheese…..27

Cranberry Chutney…..29

Cream – Biscuits, Quick and Easy…..5

Cream cheese – Kolaches…..12-13

Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast…..11

Creamed Onions…..9

Cream of tartar, whipped egg whites stabilized by…..24

Crisp, Peach Melba…..15

Cucumbers(s) – bitterness in…..2

Cumin seeds…..16

Cured meats, getting to know…..16

Currant, Red, Glaze…..RC

Curry(ied) –and Cilantro Hummus…..29

Custard Sauce…..23

Cutting boards – innovative, testing of…..30

Czech Kolaches…..13

D

Dakota Chicken-and-Dumpling Soup – (Knoephia Soup)…..22-23

Danish Puff Pastry…..14-15

Date – Filled Roll-Ups…..22

Demerara sugar…..2

Desserts and sweet snacks – See also Cookies; Pies Ambrosia Salad…..18

Dill-Sour Cream Sauce…..15

Dips – Chile con Queso…..11

Disk-style cookware…..2

Dressing, Biscuit…..6-7

Dressings – See also Vinaigrettes Blue Cheese…..13

Dumpling(s) – Cherry Grunt, Slow-Cooker…..29

E

Easter Dinner – Country Ham…..4-5

Egg(s) – in a Hole…..19

Egg separators, testing of…..23

Empanadas, Chicken, Easy…..RC

English Muffin Bread…..17

Equipment and product testing – baking sheets rimmed…..24

Escoffier, Auguste…..17

Everything Cheese Coins…..27

F

Fat separators…..24

Fennel – Creamy Cucumber Salad with Garlic, Oregano and…..27

Feta cheese…..16

Filet mignon – Beef Stroganoff for Two…..28

First courses – See appetizers and first courses

Fish, Baked, with Crispy Crumbs…..8

Fish sauce…..16

Five-Alarm Chili …..8

Five Easy Recipes – Cheesy Coins…..27

Flan Cake, Chocolate, Magic…..8-9

Flank Steak, Grilled Spicy, with Zucchini…..RC

Flaxseeds…..16

Fraboni’s …..21

French (cooking) – Burgundy Pot Roast…..10-11

Frittata, Italian Sausage and Potato…..RC

Frostings Buttercream, neatly loading pastry bag with…..3

Frozen Biscuit Tortoni…..32

Fruit – See also specific fruits – Ambrosia Salad…..18

Fruitcake, White…..IBC

G

Garlic - Anchovy Vinaigrette, Spicy…..29

General Electric Monitor –Top refrigerator…..23

General Tso’s Chicken, Reduced-Fat…..29

Getting to Know – Asian condiments…..16

Giandula…..16

Ginger – Beef and Ramen Noodle Soup…..RC

Giugiuleni (Italian Sesame Seed Cookies)…..23

Glaceed fruit, in White Fruitcake…..IBC

Glassware, makeshift lids for…..3

Glazes – Almond…..15

Gnocchi…..16

Goat cheese – fresh (chevre)…..16

Graham cracker(s) – Chocolate Crust…..28

Grandma Pizza…..12-13

Grapefruit, in Ambrosia Salad…..18

Grapes, in Chicken Veronique…..17

Gratin, Tomato…..21

Gravy – for country-fried meats…..8-9

Great American Cake – Apricot-Almond Meringue…..IBC

Green beans –Garlic…..RC

Greens, washing…..2

Gremolata…..17

Grill brushes, improvised…..3

Grilled

            beef – Flank Steak with Zucchini, Spicy…..RC

Grill pans, testing of…..30

Grill tongs, testing of…..7

Grits…..7

Grunt, Cherry, Slow-Cooker…..29

Gruyere cheese…..16

Gumbo, Sausage, Chicken, nd Shrimp, Reduced-Fat…..27

H

Habanero-Pineapple Chutney…..29

Haddock – Baked with Crispy Crumbs…..8

Half sheet pans (rimmed baking sheets)…..5

Halibut, Baked with Crispy Crumbs…..8

Ham and – Cheese – Stuffed Meatloaf…..6-7

Hamburger Pinwheels…..32

Herb(s) – See also specific herbs.  Butter, Lemony…..RC

Hoisin sauce…..16

Holiday Heirloom Cookies (contest)…..20-23

Hominy grits…..7

Honey – agave nectar as a substitute in baking for…..2

Honeybees brought to America…..5

Hors d’oeuvres

            See Appetizers and first courses

Horseradish – Jezebel Sauce…..5

Hot Dogs, in Homemade Corn Dogs…..32

Hot Pepper Jelly, Easy…..32

Hot Water Cornbread…..32

Hummus – achieving a smooth texture…..2

Hungarian Christmas Cookies…..21

I

Ice cream – Cake, S’mores…..IBC

Ice cream cones, taste test of…..23

Ice cube trays, freezing chicken broth in…..24

Indian Tea Biscuits (Nankhata)…..21

Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage…..10-11

Iron Range Porketta…..20-21

Italian and Italian-American (cooking – See also Pasta.

J

Jalapeno(s) – Dressing…..RC

Jam – filling thumbprint cookies neatly with…..3

Japanese (cooking) – condiments…..16

Jars with sticky stuff, preventing stuck lids with…..3

Jelly, Hot Pepper, Easy…..32

Jerky…..16

Jezebel Sauce…..5

K

Kecap manis…..16

Ketchup, in Cocktail Sauce…..7

Kidney beans, in Two-Bean Chilli…..RC

Kielbasa Macaroni and Cheese, Skillet…..RC

King Ranch Casserole, Reduced-Fat…..27

Knives, serrated, testing of…..27

Knoephia Soup…..22-23

Kolaches…..12-13

Kung Pao Chicken…..RC

L

Leeks, in Vichyssoise…..17

Lemon(y) – Blueberry Coffee Cake…..29

Lexington BBQ Sauce…..24

Lexington-Style Pulled Pork (Cooking Class)…..24-26

Lime Vinaigrette…..RC

London Broil, Grilled…..12-13

Looking for a Recipe…..32

M

Macaroni – American Chop Suey…..14

Mace…..11

Magic Chocolate Flan Cake…..8-9

Magic Chocolate Swirl Ice Cream…..23

Make-Ahead Coffee Cake Mix…..28-29

Mango(s) – Chutney-Turkey Burgers, Grilled…..RC

Maple – Dijon Chicken with bacon Couscous…..RC

Marinara, Meatballs and (Cooking Class)…..24-25

Marlborough Apple Pie…..10-11

Marshmallows – Chocolate Surprise Cookies…..22

Mayonnaise – measuring…..2

Measuring cups, adjustable – portioning ice cream with…..3

Measuring spoons, testing of

Meatballs

            Florentine…..RC

Meatloaf

            Ham-and-Cheese Stuffed…..6-7

Mediterranean Lemony Chicken and Rice…..17

Meringue, Almond, Apricot Cake…..IBC

Mexican and Tex-Mex cooking

            Beef and Bean Taquitos with Avocado Sauce….10-11

Mexican chocolate…..16

Milk sweetened condensed, taste test of…..9

Miners’ lunch buckets…..13

Minnesota Iron Range Porketta…..20-21

Mint

Arugula, Radish, and Pea Salad…..RC

Minute (Cubed) Steaks with Garlic-Parsley Butter…..15

Miso…..16

Mixers, stand, shredding chicken in…..3

Mock foods…..15

Monterey Jack cheese…..16

Mozzarella cheese…..16

Muffin liners, as makeshift beverage lids…..3

Muffins, Lemon-Poppy Seed…..19

Muffin tins

            freezing chicken broth in…..24

Multigrain bread, taste test of…..31

Mushroom(s)

            Beef Stroganoff for Two…..28

Mustard

            and Caraway Cheese Coins…..27

Mustard seeds…..16

N

Names of dishes, exotic, for familiar foods…..14

Nankhata (Indian Tea Biscuits)…..21

Napa cabbage, in Chinese Chicken Salad…..20

Nebraska beef buns (Bierocks or Runsas)…..20-21

Nigella seeds…..16

Nonstick cookware

            grill pans, testing of…..30

Noodle(s)        

            See also Pasta

Nut(s)

            See also specific nuts

O

Oat(meal)(s)

            back-of-the-box recipes for…..19

Oil

            Infusing with flavor quickly…..3

Oklahoma Fried Onion Burgers…..14

Okra. In Reduced-Fat Sausage, Chicken, and Shrimp Gumbo…..27

Olive(s)

            Antipasto Salad…..13

Onion(s)

            Creamed…..9

Oranges

            Ambrosia Salad…..18

Oyster sauce…..16

P

Panade, broth vs. milk in…..24

Pancakes

            Cornmeal Fluffy…..22

Pancetta…..16

Parmesan…..16

Parsley

            Garlic Butter…..15

Parsnips, Pan-Roasted Chicken with Fennel and…..4-5

Pasta

            dried, cooking…..25

Pastries See also Pies

Pastry bags, neatly loaded with Buttercream frosting…..3

Pea(s)

            Arugula, Radish, and Mint Salad…..RC

Peach(es)

Peanut butter

Peanuts

Pear Chutney, Curried…..29

Pecans

Pectin, in apples, thickening fruit pies with…..25

Penne

Pennies from Heaven…..19

Pepper, white vs. black…..6

Pepper(s) , red bell

Pepper grinders, hygienic grinding with…..3

Pepperoncini, in Antipasto Salad…..13

Pepperoni, West Virginia…..12-13

Pesto

Pickles

Pie crusts

Pie plates, testing of…..25

Pies

            desert

  Apple, Marlborough…..10-11

Pie servers, testing of…..23

Pimento Cheese Coins…..27

Pineapple

Pinwheels, Hamburger…..32

Pizza, Grandma…..12-13

Pizza peel, baking sheet as stand-in for…..2

Plastic wrap, tightly sealing to mixing bowl…..3

Plum sauce.....16

Polenta…..7

Poppy seed(s)…..16

Pork See also Bacon, Ham and Broccoli Stir-Fry, Spicy…..RC

Porketta, Iron Range…..20-21

Portobello mushrooms – removing gills of…..14

Potato(es)

Potato ricers, squeezing spinach dry with…..3

Pot Pie, Chicken for Two…..27

Pot Roast, Burgundy…..10-11

Pound Cake, Cream Cheese…..8-9

Product testing – See Equipment and product testingProsciutto…..16

Prosperity Sandwiches…..23

Provolone, in Antipasto Salad…..13

Pudding, Lemon Snow, with Custard Sauce…..22-23

Pulled Barbecued Chicken…..6-7

Pulled Pork Lexington-Style (Cooking Class)…..24-25

Pumpkin-Maple Stock Cake…..IBC

Pumpkin seeds…..16

Q

Quiche Lorraine, Reduced-Fat…..28-29

R

Radish

            Arugula, Mint and Pea Salad…..RC

Ramen noodle(s)…..16

Raspberry(ies)

Recipe cards…..RC

Recipe Makeover (reduced-fat recipes)

Recipes, back-of-the-box…..19

Red Currant Glaze…..RC

Reduced-fat recipes – See Recipe Makeover

Red wine

Refrigerators, Introduction of…..23

Regional specialties – See also Southern cooking

Rhubarb-Strawberry Compote.....9

Ribs, South Dakota Corncob-Smoked…..4-5

Rice

            Chicken and lemony Mediterranean…..17

Rice noodles…..16

Ricotta cheese…..16

Rimmed baking sheets (half sheet pans)…..5

Risotto

Rolled Soufflé for a Crowd…..18-19

Rolling pins, testing of…..25

Rolls, Pepperoni, West Virginia…..12-13

Roll-Ups, Date-Filled…..22

Root Vegetables, Pan-Roasted Chicken with…..4-5

Roux, reduced fat in…..27

Runsas or Bierocks (Beef-and- Cabbage buns with Cheese)…..20-21

S

Salad(s)

Salad spinners, removing excess water from tomatoes with…..27

Salami…..16

Salmon, Baked with lime Vinaigrette…..RC

Salsa

Salsa Verde…..5

Salt

Saltines, round vs square, cooking measurements with…..2

Sandwiches

Saucepans, clad, testing of…..2

Sauces

Sauerkraut, in Slow-Cooker Beer Brats…..26

Sausage

Scalloped Potatoes, Reduced-Fat….. 28

Scallops

Scrapple…..32

Seafood - See Fish; Scallops; Shrimp

Seeds, getting to know…..16

Serrano ham…..16

Serving dishes, in Victorian table settings…..17

Sesame (seed)…..16

Sherry

Short Ribs, Grilled Asian, with Cucumber Salad…..RC

Shrimp

Sides

Skewers

Skillets – clad, testing of…..2

Skillet suppers

Skirt steak…..9

Sloppy Joes, Cajun…..RC

Slow cookers

Smokey Tomato Chutney…..29

S’mores Ice Cream Cake…..IBC

Smothered Steak, Slow Cooker…..29

Snacks, savory

Snacks, sweet - See Desserts and sweet snacks

Snow – cooking with (American Table)…..23

Soba…..16

Sole, Pan-Fried, with Lemony Herb Butter…..RC

Soufflé, Rolled, for a Crowd…..18-19

Soups

Sour Cream

South Dakota Corncob-Smoked Ribs…..4-5

Southern cooking…..

Southwestern Pork Roast, Slow-Cooker…..26

Soy sauce…..16

Spaghetti and Meatballs, Weeknight…..RC

Spanish Chicken Cutlets with Yogurt sauce…..RC

Spatulas, nonstick, for stirring sticky dough…..3

Spice(d)(s)

Spice grinders, cleaning with bread crumbs…..3

Spicy Anchovy-Garlic Vinaigrette…..29

Spicy Grilled Chicken Tenders with Cucumber-Corlander Salad…..RC

Spicy Grilled Flank Steak with Zucchini…..RC

Spicy Pork and Broccoli Stir-Fry…..RC

Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Hummus…..29

Spinach

Spoons

Stack-Cake, Maple-Pumpkin…..IBC

Steak(s)

Steak sauce, taste test of…..31

Stews

Sticky doughs, non-stick stirring implement for…..3

Stir-fries

Stock See also Broth

Strainers

Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote…..9

Streusel, Make-Ahead…..28

Strip Roast, Holiday…..4-5

Stroganoff, Beef, for Two…..28

Subs, Chicken Parmesan…..RC

Sugars, Turbinado and Demerga (“ras sugars’)…..2

Summer Dinner Salad with Scallops…..RC

Summer squash, in Easy Summer Vegetable Pasta…..RC

Summer Vegetable Pasta, Easy…..RC

Sunflower seeds…..16

Sweet-and-sour sauce…..16

Sweet and Spicy Pork Tenderloin…..RC

Sweet potato(es)

Swiss chard

Swiss cheese

T

Tacos, Chicken and Salsa, Easy…..RC

Taleggio cheese, in Grilled Cheesy Chicken Breasts with Prosciutto and Watercress-Apricot Salad…..Rc

Tamari

Tapioca, thickening fruit pies with…..25

Taquitos, Beef and Bean, with Avocado Sauce…..10-11

Tarragon-Caper Vinaigrette taste tests

T-Bone Steaks, Grilled, with Lemon – Garlic Spinach…..RC

Tea Biscuits, Indian (Nankhata)…..21

Teriyaki

Testing – See Equipment and product testing, Taste tests

Thai Coconut-Chicken Soup…..RC

Thanksgiving Dinner

Thermometers, kitchen, testing of…..2

30-Minute Suppers – See Recipe cards – RC

Thumbprint cookies, dolloping jam neatly in…..3

Toast

Tomato(es)

Tongs, grill, testing of…..7

Tortellini supermarket, taste test of…..31

Tortilla(s)

Tortoni, Frozen Biscuit…..32

Tuna-Noodle Casserole…..18-19

Turbinado sugar…..2

Turkey

Turkey basters

Turtle Brownies, Quicker…..5

Two-Bean Chilli…..RC

U

Udon…..16

V

Vegetable(s) – see also Sides; specific vegetables Root, Pan-Roasted Chicken with…..4-5

Vichyssoise…..17

Victorian Table settings…..17

Vinaigrettes

Vinegar, film floating on top of…..2

Vodka, in pie dough…..24

W

Waffle irons, grilling cheese sandwiches in…..3

Walnuts

Wasabi…..16

Water bath…..9

Watercress-Apricot Salad…..RC

Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing…..13

West Virginia Pepperoni Rolls…..12-13

Whisks, all-purpose, testing of…..30

White bean(s) – Salad…..7

White chocolate…..16

White Fruitcake…..IBC

Whole-wheat Pasta…..16

Wild Rice, Quick…..RC

Wine

Wonton skins…..16

Wood chips

Wooden spoons, testing of…..21

Wraps

Y

Yogurt

Z

Zipper-lock bags, freezing chicken broth in…..24

Zucchini

Hardcover  190 pages  ISBN-13 : 978-1936493340