Grandma's chicken soup

I made a batch of soup last night and it came out great, yielding 2 1/2 quarts of clean, gold soup after separating, straining, and defatting.

Molinari's

I've just discovered the variety of salamis at Molinari's Italian deli (a block from home), their best being the "Sopressata" which at some point is cured in red wine.

French Bread

After getting pork chops in the oven, I was still bored, so I mixed up a batch of french bread dough and let it sit in an oiled bowl for a while. The apartment felt chilly so I put the bowl under a lamp so the magic would happen.

The recipe is from The James Beard Cookbook.

Found the book!!!

Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1 first edition found at Green Apple Books! I've looked for it every time I've gone to the store for a few years-- makes sense that I'd find it at some point.

I've cooked a lot of good stuff lately, but without the camera to start the quantization, it never makes it to blogland!

Recent seasonal cooking: Mrs. Tuchman's honey cake (recipe coming soon), FoodTV pumpkin chocolate chip, and Gourmet mini black+white cookies.