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Sushi/Sashimi! I would love to make rolls.
I would also like to improve my cake decorating to more than just spreading on frosting. I'm going to try and attempt our cake topper with fondant!
I agree with @Janana...I would LOVE to be able to make my future hubby some sushi since he loves it! I am not a huge huge fan but I like a few things...
I would also like to be more confident overall, I do quite a bit of cooking but am not good and guestimating yet or changing the recepies
I'm not the cook at our house, but he is and he's been driving me nuts with all of the new recipes he will be working on after we get some of our new cooking gadgets in. Going to see Julia and Julie only gave him more ideas of things to cook and he's even ordered the Julia Child cooking DVDs.
flambe.
Consistent flambe.
I'm a ball of nerve when it comes to frying anything in the kitchen! I'm much more of a slow cooker - chop some things up, throw it in the pot, and let it simmer for 5 hours.
But Julia's coq-au-vin requires the chicken be flambeed - I wish I could consistently burn that chickie!
Breadmaking! I just got Peter Reinhard's "The Bread Maker's Apprentice". Not only are the recipes great (although really time-consuming...), but the behind-the-scenes stories are so much fun!
I just love the homey feeling of the smell and taste of freshly baked bread... ahhhh!
@mariapaz - you should try the "light wheat bread" recipe from that book! I'm baking it right now, actually - it's among the easiest bread recipes I've ever tried! :) Look for "triple cero" flour in the grocery store, that's how I found high-gluten flour! (I think Lider carries it)
I agree with sushi too! I would love to also master Mexican cuisine.
@MariaPaz--my FI is soooooooo into The Bread Baker's Apprentice, and everything he's ever made from the book has been incredible!
@MsHymanRoth-- Me too! I am working hard to perfect my chicken marsala recipe. I've tried it all kinds of ways, but it never seems to have as strong a flavor as the good restaurant versions I've had.
I actually don't bake because I have never really had the tools to do it. We got quite a bit of baking stuff for the wedding, so I am going to try to start. I need that Kitchen Aid mixer. I am also going to try to start learning show to make some of the Caribbean food that I grew up with. I want Mr. Swan to like it too. :)
@ Bearcub: Ooohh I so heart you right know! I'll try it out this weekend and let you know how it goes! By the way, have you tried baking "Pain à l'Ancienne"? I still don't (such high expectations)!
Oh... and the challah recipe rocks
I'd love to be able to find a few simple recipes to use on a regular basis. We're definitely "restaurant" people but need to start dining in to save money!
we got a knife set for our wedding also and im going to do a knife course next month at my local community college in how to use them without cutting my fingers off and how to look after them
i would like to learn how to present my meals better - i try not to slop it onto the plate but some days it looks like your standard meat & 3 vege that it needs some jazzing up
@mouse: I'm right there with you with the need to find some simple everyday recipes. If we don't figure out what we're having for dinner ahead of time, we end up either going out or getting takeout. Probably not a great long-term solution!
I am with Mouse and Dewdrop- recently I've been making an awesome baked chicken and summer salad- peaches and heirloom tomatoes anyone? With homemade dressing.
I was talking about needing new recipes for simple food to a friend and she recommended the Food Made Fast series from William Sonoma or the Cooking with Friends book.
I love to bake but I've never tried to make bread. So once it starts to cool off around here and it's not too hot to have the oven on in our non airconditioned house, I'm going to try it out. I'm hoping we'll get the Kitchen Aid mixer with the dough hook to make it a little easier.
I love to bake, but my cakes are always lacking the decorating department. I'd love to take one of the Wilton Cake decorating classes at Michael's.
I've recently been trying to perfect some semi-authentic mexican dishes for FI. He and his bro love Mole Chicken. But they say I'm stereotyping them by only cooking Mexican food. Um...I love mexican, why can't I make what I want?
I'm also working on cake decorating.
@mariapaz - we actually made pain a l'ancienne last week! Mr. BC LOVES to make it - it's super straight forward, and DELICIOUS (you'll never want pan batido again! ONLY PAIN A L'ANCIENNE!!)
Mmm... breadmaking. I'll have to give that a whirl this winter.
There are two things I can never get right: tofu and cornbread. My grandmother made awesome cornbread and just had a "feel" for it, but mine never turns out. My mom says it's because I don't use bacon grease and I don't have a good skillet.
If I could get my tofu not to be mushy that would really help me expand my menus.
I'd like to start breadmaking too. my dad has a bread machine and im so jealous.
I'd also like to get the hang of making full meals (not just throwing sides in at the last minute)
i love cooking everything. i'm a huge cookbook fan in general. everything from America's Test Kitchen to ethnic cookbooks and old church and junior league cookbooks. i would love to improve my knife skills as well. i love to cook and need to start planning ahead as work gets busier because i too fall into eating out way too much.
I want to learn how to make a good tart....I'm lusting after the mini tart pans, so cute!
Homemade marshmallows. They taste way better than store-bought, especially when they're super-fresh. But making them isn't the easiest thing in the world. I ended up with a sugary mess all over my stovetop the first time. Practice makes perfect, though. I want to cut them in cute little shapes and give them as gifts or favors.
@mary-alice-me try freezing your tofu til you use it... it helps make it have that 'chewy' taste that it always has at restaurants, not 'mushy' like it gets at home.
AAAANNND. Now I'm hungry. Thanks. ;p
You're definitely not helping my wedding diet.
But in the spirit of things, I'd like to perfect my homemade pasta. It's good, but it's not quite GREAT.
I want to start taking cake decorating classes and making the fun cupcakes (my friend has a cupcake book, Hello Cupcake! that has a ton of really cute ideas)
I just want to get better in general, especially at meal planning, variety, and creativity. My husband is the Italian food expert in our marriage, so I try not to step on his toes there, but I'd love to learn more about making Indian and Chinese food, maybe some Thai food as well. I also would like to move my baking skills beyond bread machine-bread and cookies. I've been reading through the Julie/Julia Project Blog and A Year of Slow Cooking Blog lately, and they've both been really inspiring. I want to kill off that one or two nights a week when I'm looking at the fridge going "I have no idea" and giving up and making box macaroni. :)
@chirico8684 I've got a pretty easy, yummy chicken or vegetarian paella recipe. I have NO idea how authentic it is (it's out of an 80's era BHG cookbook) but PM me if you'd like the recipe.
I want to learn more things to cook on the stove top! My oven is currently BROKEN but the stove top still works ... and I always feel like I'm cheating with spaghetti or one of those meals-in-a-bag like voila. Tacos seem to be a favorite for us too... and when I lack inspiration - to the restaurant we go ... and my wallet really hates that.
I would love to find the perfect macaroni & cheese recipe!
I've never actually made macaroni & cheese... I hadn't even had it until my first trip down to Kentucky 4 years ago. Yeah, I know what you're thinking! 20 years without mac & cheese. I was deprived as a child...
I would never make it for just the 2 of us, too many calories & I'd most likely end up licking the pot. lol still, it's on my list. I'd like to learn to cook more southern dishes, but in a more heart healthy way!
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What new techniques or cuisines are you interested in perfecting? We received some amazing knives off our registry, so I really want to take a Sur La Table "Knife Skills" class so I can get good at using them -- and not lose any fingers in the process!
And, I want to continue to explore the flavors in Spanish and French cuisine.