What's for Dinner? v18.01: Happy Anniversary WFD!
Good evening and welcome to What’s for Dinner (WFD) where tonight we celebrate the start of our eighteenth year of Saturday evening diaries (posts)!What’s for Dinner? is a Saturday evening get-together...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v18.02 -- Sole with Grapes
Someone recently mentioned cooking sausage and grapes, here’s some fish and grapes. I got this cookbook back in the 1980s and have made this recipe occasionally ever since. Here on the west coast the...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v18.3 Never Let The Food Win Edition
Friend of the show Chef John has a saying: Never Let The Food Win. This is of course a variation on a singular concept. You know, the “lemons to lemonade” concept. What he means is that—another of his...
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What's For Dinner? v.18.04. Leftover Alchemy
It started with some root vegetables. A large parsnip, a couple of good sized carrots, a scant pint of frozen turnip slices from last year’s garden, and what I could salvage of a sweet potato...
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What's For Dinner? v18.05: Crab-stuffed pasta shells with vodka cream sauce
Good evening, everybody! A couple of months ago, Zenbassoon did this WFD story, which tied in nicely with a recipe I’d already photographed. It’s definitely too hot here to turn on the oven, but I...
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What's For Dinner? v18.06 -- Spaghetti with Cherry Tomato Sauce
Cherry tomatoes are going to ripen earlier than the full-size ones, and this year my Sweet 100s plant is producing massively. This VERY simple sauce is a great use for them. Last summer ninkasi23 wrote...
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What's For Dinner? v18.07 Stocking Up
So I had some rib bones in the freezer from a nice two bone roast I treated myself to. I also had a nice one bone roast I was saving. Mainly to make Chef John’s “Prime Rib Gravy”. But in order to do...
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What's for Dinner? vol. 18.08: Beanshuka Marinara from "You Suck at Cooking"
One of the most fun cooking shows on YouTube that Mark & I have found recently is You Suck at Cooking. I think we stumbled onto it after a crossover with Babish. Since then we have eagerly giggled...
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What's For Dinner v.18.09 Apricots!
As I remarked at the end of July, I got a LOT of apricots this year. I needed to do things with them. I canned and dried large batches, but I also searched out and tried new recipes so those...
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What's For Dinner? v18.10 -- Kofta
Meatballs by whatever name are good. Kofta are traditionally cylinders not balls, I’ve heard this approach called “rolled sausages”. Mine pictured above are much smaller than the recipe specifies and...
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What's for Dinner v18.11 - A Taste of Thailand
Confession: this was not the diary I had planned for this week. However, when writing my *original* diary, it just wouldn’t come out the way I wanted. So I’m posting this one instead, as it was much...
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What's for Dinner? v18.12: More tamale pie edition
A few years ago, ninkasi23 posted a tamale pie diary for WFD; this is a slightly different take on that so-not-authentic (but still quite tasty!) Mexican dish. It makes a great fall/winter supper dish...
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What's For Dinner? v.18.13: Lasagna Soup
What’s for Dinner? is a Saturday evening get-together where friends share recipes, talk about good food and help others answer culinary questions.We welcome you to our virtual table every Saturday...
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What's For Dinner? v18.14 -- Saag Paneer
Tonight I’m recycling a recipe I have previously run in wfd, has anyone ever tried it? It’s still one of my regular dinner plans.Saag Paneer (Spinach with Cheese)from Aarti Sequeira (Food Network)— 4...
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What's for Dinner? vol.18.15: Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese!
The rainy season has arrived here in our corner of SW Oregon! It has been chilly and gray with lots of rain so we have been enjoying more comfort foods and one of the top ones is tomato soup with...
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What's For Dinner? v.18.16 Gumbo? Or Gumbo Flavored Soup?
Gumbo. A quintessential Louisiana dish. But the hard part. The Roux. That mystical blend of oil and flour that is the base for the structure of the stew. But what if I told you you could make a...
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What's For Dinner? v.18.17 - Soup's On!
So even after zenbassoon wrote about gumbo last week(or “gumbo”, if you prefer), I was still undecided as to whether I would do a diary on French food or another one on soup—which I thought might be a...
View ArticleCombating the Climate Crisis, One Issue at a Time: Your Halloween Pumpkin
As I’ve been repeating for a while, we do have many climate crisis solutions and one of the BIG ones is to stop wasting food! Stopping food waste would make a big improvement in the climate crisis,...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v18.18 -- Pork Stew with Tomatoes and Cumin
This is probably from a newspaper food section from the late 1980s, and I’ve made it occasionally ever since. I diaried it here once before, but it’s good enough to repeat.Pork Stew with Tomatoes and...
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What's for Dinner? v18.19: Garlic! Two delicious (and very different) soups...
I LOVE garlic. Some of my favorite meals have been favorites b/c of the garlic flavor in them. Tonight I’m offering two soups that are based on garlic. You might want to have them on Friday, if you...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v18.20 - Chicken Jardinière (h/t to International Treasure...
As has happened previously, this is not the diary I had originally planned, life having interfered with my plans once again. BUT it gave me the chance to post a recipe for this classically sumptuous...
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What's For Dinner? v.18.21 Mongolian Meatloaf
I’m sure you all have heard of “Mongolian Beef”, a fixture at Chinese restaurants throughout the US. It’s usually beef strips that are stir fried, served with a savory sauce, along with peppers, onion,...
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What's For Dinner? v18.22 - Roasted Root Vegetables
I’ve brought this to the Thanksgiving potluck the last 2 or 3 years. The writer says this serves 6, but for a meal where there are other starches it goes farther than that.Roasted Root Vegetablesfrom...
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What's For Dinner? v18.23: Brunch variations on a theme
Good evening, everyone! If your holiday plans include overnight guests who need to be fed in the morning, these variations on a theme might prove useful. Both recipes involve an egg and liquid mixture...
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What's for Dinner? v.18.24 Tsukemono
Hi, everyone. Been a while since I asked What’s for Dinner, but I wanted to talk about one of the favorite meals around our house.Every week or two, GF and I tire of the usual workday fare and...
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What's For Dinner? v.18.25 Listen to the Ancestors
It’s that time of year. Christmas Dinner time. In the cover photo you see a Medieval Christmas feast, complete with Boar’s Head. For me, I’ll be having Christmas Dinner at my brother’s house. Not sure...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v18.26 - Hoppin' John
This is a repeat from my Holiday Food Traditions WFD from 2014. I have found no reason to mess with the recipe.---Special foods for New Year's differ around the world but pretty much all share the idea...
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What's For Dinner? v.18.27 New Year Foods
So, something like this was done last week, but focusing on a specific recipe. I did a Saturday Top Comments diary similar to the Hoppin’ John recipe, but discussing general superstitions about the...
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What's For Dinner? v.18.28: Fishermen's Lore And Seafood Recipes From Alaska
My mom’s brothers ran fishing boats out of Ketchikan, Alaska, in the 20th century. I have an old seafood cookbook published by a fishing organization in Kodiak, Alaska and purchased at Wodlinger Drug...
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What's for Dinner? v.18.29: Farfalle with Creamy Carrots and Pancetta
Ok, I know right after the holidays I was excited about all my new cookbooks and I still am! But shortly before Christmas I took advantage of a special offer to get full access to all the recipes at...
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What's for Dinner?: v18.30: Company's coming!
Since it’s still January, I’ll talk about New Year’s resolutions; one that is perennially on my list is to have friends over to share a meal more often. Normally, since I live on my own, I end up...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v18.31 -- Party Food
It’s time for my Super Bowl party again (Go Niners!), and I’ve been going through the WFD appetizer index and planning my food for next weekend.I’m looking at Pickled Snow Peas and Smoked Salmon Dip...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v18.32 (B)Raise the Roof!
I’m finishing this diary on Thursday morning, in my little mountaintop cabin in the woods. As I look out the window, I can see the last of last night’s snow melting, and I’m wearing two pairs of socks...
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What’s For Dinner v.18.33: Sticky Orange Tofu
With the price of takeout going through the roof, I’m always looking for ways to recreate our favorite dishes at home. This has become one of my go-to recipes because it’s quick, inexpensive, and has...
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What's For Dinner? v18.34 Greasy Noodles
A couple weeks ago, I mentioned a dish my family calls “greasy noodles”. I got a LOT of interest in that phrase. “Greasy Noodles”. So, what exactly ARE “greasy noodles”?Well, story time. My dad moved...
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What's For Dinner? v18.35 - Chicken Spaghetti Casserole
A couple months ago a recipe for “Chicken spaghetti” popped up in one of my internet news feeds. I eat chicken and spaghetti all the time (usually with marinara sauce from a jar) so I looked to see...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? Open Thread
Hey all! I am waiting on our scheduled post for tonight but decided to get an open thread up since it is getting late.What are you cooking or eating tonight? Here is the schedule:What's For Dinner...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner. Late, Late Addition
Well… Here’s my Better clean out your ffreezer before spring, and boy am I late with this diary, so, cutting to the chase.A stirfry on rice fills every need, and it also famously sucks up all sorts of...
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What's For Dinner? v18.36 - 2-For-1 Blue Plate Special!
Well, well, well… The struggle is definitely real. This past week, the joys of an insufferable cold took over my body and brain. By last Sunday, my head was full, I could not stop coughing- and so…...
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What's For Dinner? v.18.38 Lobster Béchamel. And Hubris.
Hubris: It’s OK when the Gods do it, but when it comes to us mortals…What’s for Dinner? is a Saturday evening get-together where friends share recipes, talk about good food and help others answer...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v18.39 -- Shepherd's Pie
The newspaper’s food web page put this recipe up for St Patrick’s Day, but AFAIK there isn’t anything specifically Irish about shepherd’s pie (AKA “cottage pie”). Wiki says it was first written about...
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What's For Dinner? v.18.40 Casserole!
This isn’t the first, nor will it be the last casserole diary here. In fact, I’ll predict right here and now that between this diary and next year’s at this time, out of 52 diaries at least 6 will...
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What's for dinner? v.18.41: Spicy Meatballs edition
Good evening, everybody! According to esquimax’s excellent WFD Index, it’s been a minute since we had a meatball diary; the most recent I found was ninkasi23’s Chicken Parmesan Meatballs in WFD18.1.The...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v18.42 -- Eggs Benedict
This year Joan and I had brunch together for Easter instead of dinner, and we made Eggs Benedict.You probably know that the basic structure is some kind of bread, some kind of protein, a poached egg,...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v18.43—Viva España!
Spanish cuisine often gets short shrift. Say the words “European cuisine” and one’s thoughts usually turn to French and Italian fare, or perhaps Greek. We’re all familiar with some Spanish dishes, of...
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What's For Dinner? v18.44: Olivier, Classic Russian Salad, Created By A...
In Eastern Europe, this salad is popular as an everyday meal, and is a favorite in very large batches for holidays and special occasions. Olivier salad was invented in 1860s by a Frenchman Lucien...
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What's For Dinner v18.45: Chinese Buffet Edition
So there’s been a couple of diaries (such as here) where take out dishes are duplicated at home. This is something from a Chinese Buffet. What’s for Dinner? is a Saturday evening get-together where...
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What's For Dinner v.18.46: Traditions, Food Fights, Adventures With...
Last year, the town where I live hosted the International Convention of Germans from Russia for the first time since the organization began. The selfie station with the organization logo featured a...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v.18.47: Baked Beans to Kick Off Summer!
Memorial Day weekend is upon us here in the US and that often means backyard barbecues to celebrate the beginning of summer. I remember that this holiday usually fell about one week or two before the...
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What's For Dinner? v18.48 -- Artichokes
I mentioned artichokes in my comment last week and people asked how I prepared them, so I decided it was time to write about artichokes again, it’s been TEN YEARS since my first artichoke WFD. I don’t...
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