You have probably have at least heard about "Julie and Julia" even if you did not see the movie or read the books.... so here is my idea for a similar project. The 101 classic recipes issue of Saveur magazine just arrived in my mailbox. I am going to cook every single one of them over the next year. And I will write about them as I go. I know this may not seem like the most original project but I have a history with this kind of plan.
For over 10 years now I have been getting together either weekly or monthly with a group of my girl friends for dinners. We take turns hosting with a dinner out added to the rotation. When we had eight members to our group this was a pretty sweet deal.... Lots of good food and even better company with ladies I have known for ages. We call it Stitch N' Bitch even though we don't sew many stitches - but we make do with lots of eating, drinking, bitching and celebrating!
The main idea behind SNB for us was to provide a chance to try out new recipes and enjoy our time together over a meal. As life got progressively more complex for all of us - marriages, careers, children, travel - it became increasingly difficult, but also very important, to all of us to make time for each other and our meals together. Thus the change about 9 or 10 years in to a monthly, instead of weekly, dinner.
But back to my new project- I have made some of the items on the Saveur list already. Many of them were tried out for SNB dinners: Gougeres, clafoutis, chicken korma, chocolate mousse, Boston cream pie..... I love all of these and welcome making them again. I am also excited about trying out many of the others on this list!
Stay tuned for updates on my progress through the list....
Yum! Can't wait to try more!!
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