baking with laser-like focus and mad skill in a kick-ass black outfit
Participating without really participating! But first…
Peta, of the blog Peta Eats, was our lovely hostess for the Daring Cook’s September 2011 challenge, “Stock to Soup to Consommé”. We were taught the meaning between the three dishes, how to make a crystal clear Consommé if we so chose to do so, and encouraged to share our own delicious soup recipes!
Let’s get down to it!
Steph from Stephfood was our Daring Cooks’ July hostess. Steph challenged us to make homemade noodles without the help of a motorized pasta machine. She provided us with recipes for Spätzle and Fresh Egg Pasta as well as a few delicious sauces to pair our noodles with!
So…we’ve made a lot of pasta. In the fall, it’s an almost once-a-week kind of thing around here. We love it. This past winter and spring, we created a sweet potato ravioli to die for. It’s super yummy.
Howdy bots!
Kathlyn of Bake Like a Ninja was our Daring Cooks’ March 2011 hostess. Kathlyn challenges us to make two classic Peruvian dishes: Ceviche de Pescado from “Peruvian Cooking – Basic Recipes” by Annik Franco Barreau. And Papas Rellenas adapted from a home recipe by Kathlyn’s Spanish teacher, Mayra.
Wait…Kathlyn…that’s me!
I was so honored to host this month’s Daring Cooks challenge. To be asked was just the tip of the iceberg; putting recipes out there and seeing what this fantastic group of cooks came up with to rise to the challenge was…well, at the risk of sounding corny, it was humbling, but it was also an awful lot of fun!
Oh. My. God.
Best. Dinner. Ever.
For the bots (hi bots!):
Our January 2011 Challenge comes from Jenni of The Gingered Whisk and Lisa from Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. They have challenged the Daring Cooks to learn how to make a confit and use it within the traditional French dish of Cassoulet. They have chosen a traditional recipe from Anthony Bourdain and Michael Ruhlman.
I’m sure this must be some kind of pun in French, and it’s probably either makes zero sense or is really awful, but then – it goes perfectly with my November DC challenge!
Hey, I snuck in a DC challenge!!
Dave and Linda from Monkeyshines in the Kitchen chose Soufflés as our November 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge! Dave and Linda provided two of their own delicious recipes plus a sinfully decadent chocolate soufflé recipe adapted from Gordon Ramsay’s recipe found at the BBC Good Food website.
First, the important bits of business:
The September 2010 Daring Cooks’ challenge was hosted by John of Eat4Fun. John chose to challenge The Daring Cooks to learn about food preservation, mainly in the form of canning and freezing. He challenged everyone to make a recipe and preserve it. John’s source for food preservation information was from The National Center for Home Food Preservation.
Yes! At last! I learned how to can stuff!
It’s Daring Bakers reveal day and although I did not participate in the challenge, I wanted to give a shout out to some fellow DBs and link to some of their heavenly Baked Alaskas and Petit Fours! The challenge was hosted by Elissa of 17 and Baking, who teamed up with Sugar High Fridays for a DB co-event.
Bon été! It’s time again for marvelous munchies with the Daring Cooks. And the flavor of the month is fantastic pâté! But before we get in too deep, a word from our sponsors:
Our hostesses this month, Evelyne of Cheap Ethnic Eatz, and Valerie of a The Chocolate Bunny, chose delicious pâté with freshly baked bread as their June Daring Cook’s challenge! They’ve provided us with 4 different pate recipes to choose from and are allowing us to go wild with our homemade bread choice.
Heeeeelllllooooo!
Yes, I’m late with my Daring Cooks post but I have an excellent excuse – I was partying down with my soon-to-be 95 year-old Nana up in Northern California. Pretty good excuse, yes?
A word from our robot sponsors:
The November 2009 Daring Cooks’ Challenge has been chosen by Audax of Audax Artifex and Rose of Bite Me Kitchen. They chose Sushi, specifically Dragon Rolls, Nigiri and Spiral Rolls.
Oh how I love the world wide internets. Even though I’m halfway around the world (and missing home terribly, I’m sure), here I am, posting my September Daring Cooks Challenge! Thank you WordPress and delayed posting feature! It’s August 29 as I write this (so ahead of time for once!) and I’m thrilled to tell you all about the dee-licious Challenge that Debyi at The Healthy Vegan Kitchen gave us for the month of September 2009. “But Kathlyn, isn’t vegan kind of…um, against your religion or something?” That’s a fair question – “untasty” definitely gets my hackles up, but there is a lot of great vegan food (so good you don’t have to tell finicky omnivores about the vegan part!) and that’s exactly what Debyi is doing over there at her blog. If you have food-related issues, or have people you love with food-related issues, be sure to check her stuff out!
