282963 Sat Feb 04 23:36:14 -0800 2006 3 31 Home Cooking 0 1509350 Not diet resolutions, but cooking ones! Now that January has come and gone, I've been feeling more guilty about not abiding by my NY's resolutions that I professed for the HC world to see. To remind myself and you, I basically hoped to work on 3 things: 1) getting back into cooking through Bayless's Mexican Kitchen; 2) cooking more Asian food; and 3) using the pig's foot that's been in my freezer forever. I have been most true to #2 (although not great), but have been sorely neglecting #1 and #3. I was hoping to make pozole w/ the pig's foot. I figured that if Bayless had a pozole recipe in my book, then I could chip away at 2 resolutions w/ one stone. Unfortunately, no recipe there. Where to find another recipe... I am considering Dommy's recipe she posted recently from Patricia Quintana, but I also found the one linked below that sounds quite good. I'm thinking that I will cut it down a bit (as I only have one foot) and use pork shoulder instead of head/loin and cabbage instead of romaine lettuce. How does the linked recipe look to pozole fans? I've never eaten pozole before, so not sure if I'm missing anything. Any alternative recipes would be appreciated. The other help I could use right now is to be inspired to cook something out of Mexican Kitchen. It's just not clicking w/ me right now. I half-heartedly flipped through it the other night w/ no sparks. Can someone recommend any particular dishes in that book? Elaborating on why you liked it would really help to motivate me. I still need help w/ #2, but please, one small step at a time. Thanks for your support and keeping me in check! Link: http://www.pbs.org/foodancestors/food.html Sat Feb 04 23:36:14 -0800 2006 0 Carb Lover 1 1509354 The pozole recipe looks good to me. I actually made it using some dried hominy I got at the old Mi Rancho Market/factory on 8th St. in Oakland. The guy sold it to me - it wasn't in stock at the store but he had some somewhere. I soaked it and picked out the dealies. Never again. Pozole is one of my favorites. Hearty and spicy yet refreshing. Can't help with Bayliss cause I'm stuck on my D. Kennedy books cause I already have them. Sun Feb 05 01:30:30 -0800 2006 1509350 0 oakjoan 2 1511967 Oh my God. Mi Rancho Market!!!In Oakland!! My dad used to take me down there with him every week to buy the following weeks food for his restaurant Maria Elena's on Piedmont Ave. in Oakland. This was in the early 1970's when I was just a young pup, but I LOVED going on those weekly shopping trips. What great memories!! Tue Feb 21 03:15:53 -0800 2006 1509354 0 Ericka 1 1509410 There was an articles about Rick Bayliss' cooking with a couple of recipes in the New York Times very recently - I think it was early last week. you'd enjoy reading it and maybe the recipes would be interesting to try. They looked easy. One was for chipotle meatballs and sauce. I'm planning on using it to deal with my own guilt about that can of chipotles in my pantry that's been staring at me for months. You could access the article at newyorktimes.com. Just search Bayliss. Sun Feb 05 14:02:15 -0800 2006 1509350 0 Niki Rothman