It's not that I don't have a ton of new cookbooks (behold my new treasures from Kitchen Arts and Letters!):
But in addition to focusing on the new (pricey) cookbooks, I wanted to spend some time recreating dishes I've loved and can no longer eat (because I don't live near the restaurant. For instance, Grizzly Peak used to have a hanger steak & couscous salad, which was my favorite thing on their menu, but 1) they took it off the menu and 2) I don't live in Ann Arbor any more...someday I'd like to eat it again, and I'm going to have to make it myself. Same goes for the kale & quinoa summer salad from the Blind Burro in San Diego & Hediye's Breakfast from Cafe Zola (also in Ann Arbor).
A. Grizzly Peak hanger steak & couscous salad
["Hanger steak over harissa-spiced couscous, dried cherries, red onion marmalade and spring greens with curry vinaigrette"]
B. Blind Burro Quinoa salad
C. Cafe Zola Hediye's Breakfast
["Toasted bagel filled with scrambled eggs, scallions, mushrooms, asparagus, caramelized onions, herbs and Danish Havarti cheese. Served with a slice of tomato and Kalamata olives"]
D. Blueberry mascarpone babka with lemon curd glaze from Bake from Scratch Vol. 3
E. Pistachio-hazelnut loaves from Gateaux
Let me know what you'd like to see! Thanks for voting.
Hands down A. Sounds fantastic!
I'll go with C. Sounds delish!
A & C for me!
C sounds perfect. Breakfast/brunch is my favourite meal.
Thanks to everyone for voting! Love the responses 😉 Looks like a tie for first-place between the hanger steak couscous salad & the breakfast bagel... A few friends have already promised to let me test out recipes on them next weekend so these should be polished and posted soon.