Gran's Best

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Shrimp Boiled in Beer

July 23, 2016 Gran

From The New York Times Cook Book by Craig Claiborne (1961).  We started boiling shrimp in beer in the 1970's and now we need only the promise of at least one extra family member for dinner to find some excellent wild North American shrimp (not easy nowadays). … [Read more...]

Mains, Recipes, Seafood, Seafood Main Dishes shrimp, Thanksgiving

Chicken Pot Pie

July 8, 2016 Gran

Comfort food at its best. Andy asked for Chicken Pot Pie for his sixteenth birthday dinner. Instead of a cake, we had sixteen biscuits on top. We didn’t get too far with birthday candles on the biscuits, though. The chicken pot pie recipe became notorious in the … [Read more...]

Mains, Meat Main Dishes, Recipes biscuits, chicken, comfort food, potatoes

Shrimp Fra Diavolo

July 7, 2016 Gran

Adapted from Cooks Illustrated, November & December 2001. One of our favorite dinners. On the rare occasions we entertain anyone who is not family, we serve Shrimp Fra Diavolo--what is known around here as "the one with the fire," though the Italian translation is "Brother … [Read more...]

Mains, Recipes, Seafood, Seafood Main Dishes flambé, monkfish, pasta, scallops, shrimp, tomato sauce

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 Gran likes to watch things grow. Grandbabies, bread dough, pepper plants, and stacks of books are a few of the things growing around here.

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