A month of Bon Appetit.

Years ago someone asked me why I needed another cookbook if I had not cooked all the recipes from the ones I already had. Sadly the person was serious. If someone asks a question like that you know that it is not even worth answering. It would go down with questions like why do you need more than one pair of shoes and why try another wine if you've already tried one you like.

Anyway for fun or just for something to write about I thought I would try to make every recipe out of this months(June)Bon Appetit. (Sorry Ruth, I'll try this with Gourmet when I have a tad bit more time.

If I have counted right there are 68 recipes including drinks and desserts. In about a week and a half I have completed 9. Not sure how long it will take me, but I am trying to only cook from Bon Appetit and I do have a few events coming up. So this is no Julie and Julia but it should be fun.

I have had to improvise a bit. I will take that into account as I rate the recipes. So far we have had one 3 star (out of 3) dish, five 2 stars and two 1 stars.

The one recipe I could not follow through with was Cream Fraiche Salmon. Not only does my behind not need the cream fraiche, but it seemed a shame to put on a first run of copper river salmon.

One of the early winners. Chile and Cheese Tart. I added a few more veggies (red peppers and mushrooms) than called for and decreased the cheese. Was easy and could be breakfast, take to work lunch with a salad or a dinner with a cup of soup (this months Gazpacho of course).


More to come