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Georgette
 
Home Town: Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Living In: Austin, Texas, USA
Member Since: Nov. 2006
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Nouvelle, Dessert, Gourmet
Hobbies: Gardening, Photography, Reading Books, Wine Tasting
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About this Cook
Married, no kids yet-- work as an attorney, relax by gardening, playing judo and BJJ, and reading
My favorite things to cook
Cakes, cookies, pasta dishes, salmon, steaks, and big complicated salads.
My favorite family cooking traditions
My mom made the best buttermilk-nutmeg donuts! and waffles for Sunday breakfasts... she was very frugal and didn't waste food, and enjoyed learning lots of ethnic foods.
My cooking triumphs
Annual Thanksgiving dinner for 20+ people, cooked all myself... and annual Christmas party for 40+ people, also (mostly) on my own.
My cooking tragedies
Bought a real stewing hen from a local farm and tried to make Coq au Vin-- the red wine turned the bird a very unappetizing grey-purple-y color and we didn't enjoy the meal at all.
Recipe Reviews 14 reviews
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Chocolate-Mascarpone Phyllo Triangles
KEY to avoiding leaking-- cut your phyllo into strips and wrap around a spoon of filling in a triangle shape just like folding a flag-- then you will have many more layers of phyllo to contain the filling, and not so much of a seam. (I wonder if the author intended this? but not very clear from the instructions..)

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Reviewed On: Nov. 6, 2009
Apple Cake IV
Loved this cake. Of course changed a little-- 3/4 cup chopped pecans, 1/2 cup oil, 1 cup applesauce, lots of cinnamon and some nutmeg as well (unmeasured)... had 7 small getting-soft Pink Lady apples, but ended up just coring, slicing and roughly chopping... the peels didn't make a difference. Also I think the directions to beat eggs and sugar *FIFTEEN* minutes had to be wrong-- I had it in the stand mixer for maybe a minute and it turned out great. Baked 50 min. This cake was widely praised as being not overly sweet, very moist, and having great texture. Thank you Ann!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 22, 2009
Ahi Poke Salad
Excellent fresh flavor. Didn't have the seaweed so I crumbled up a little nori instead. The tuna is easier to dice if you partially freeze it first. I put in a little wasabi as well.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 3, 2009
 
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