Gran's Best

Heirlooms & Discoveries

Peppermint-Stick Ice Cream

December 10, 2016 Gran

I adore Peppermint-Stick Ice Cream and was happy to find this recipe in The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz. In days of yore, every Christmas our mother would drive to the nearest Howard Johnson’s, on Route 11 in Greenville, Virginia, and buy 2 quarts of … [Read more...]

Desserts, Ice Cream, Recipes Christmas, David Lebovitz, ice cream

Shakshuka

December 10, 2016 Gran

Another great recipe from David Lebovitz, inspired by Adam Roberts' Secrets of the Best Chefs and Yotam Ottolenghi's and Sami Tamimi's Jerusalem. David reports that he ate shakshuka every morning on his trip to Israel. It's definitely worth looking up his blog entries for that … [Read more...]

Breakfast, Mains, Miscellaneous, Recipes, Vegetables, Veggie Main Dishes David Lebovitz, Israel, vegetarian

Pad Thai

December 10, 2016 Gran

Adapted from Cook's Illustrated, July 2002. There were two ways to get Thai food on the Eastern Shore of Virginia: drive an hour south over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel to Virginia Beach, or make it yourself. We were desperate for the Thai food we had loved in San Francisco, … [Read more...]

Mains, Recipes, Seafood, Seafood Main Dishes Cook's Illustrated, shrimp, Thai

Thai-Style Shrimp & Rice Soup

December 8, 2016 Gran

Another great recipe from the late and lamented Gourmet magazine, January 2004. This "shrimp with a kick" soup has brightened many a dreary winter day at our house. It's especially appreciated whenever someone is feeling poorly since it clears your head in a good … [Read more...]

Mains, Recipes, Seafood, Seafood Main Dishes, Soup chicken, Gourmet, shrimp, spicy, Thai

Molasses Butter

December 4, 2016 Gran

From Blue Apron, used in Sweet Potato & Collard Green Hash with Sunny Side-Up Eggs, Molasses Butter & Biscuits, December 23, 2015.  I was initially skeptical of the idea of molasses butter and was even going to skip making it, but Dick encouraged me to go ahead.  So glad … [Read more...]

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