Help for the food-imagining-impaired: cookbooks and sources of recipes with pretty pictures? [more inside]
posted by bookdragoness on Nov 6, 2009 - 14 answers

What can I make using a can of jellied cranberry sauce that not only doesn't involve a turkey, but doesn't involve an oven or (most) cheese? [more inside]
posted by acidic on Nov 3, 2009 - 16 answers

Friends are coming to dinner and I'm relishing the challenge of finding a recipe that will satisfy the picky eater who doesn't like any vegetables. Can you help? [more inside]
posted by Busy Old Fool on Nov 3, 2009 - 36 answers

Slow cooker/rice cooker question. I have a standard Cuisinart rice cooker and I've heard it said that you can cook other things in it as well, so my question is, can I use it as a slow cooker, in other words, will any slow cooker recipes turn out just as well in a rice cooker? If so, please share them with me! [more inside]
posted by Jubey on Oct 28, 2009 - 11 answers

Give me your favourite vegetarian cookbook that has illustrations of simple but delicious meals, and offers the nutritional information for each meal. [more inside]
posted by Phire on Oct 27, 2009 - 5 answers

Help me get my head straight about cooking! It's not that I don't like it, per se... [more inside]
posted by coppermoss on Oct 27, 2009 - 30 answers

What is delicious in a cold tortilla wrap? Other than chicken. [more inside]
posted by Lorc on Oct 23, 2009 - 28 answers

So, we have been invited to a party which celebrates 100 years of Italian Futurism... [more inside]
posted by Wavelet on Oct 21, 2009 - 8 answers

Give me your best cranberry salsa recipe! [more inside]
posted by runaway ballista on Oct 4, 2009 - 3 answers

Where can I find a database of cookbook indexes? [more inside]
posted by chefscotticus on Oct 3, 2009 - 4 answers

What are some good recipes that prominently feature cheese, but that mainly use common pantry ingredients? I'm getting tired of grilled cheese sandwiches!
posted by archagon on Sep 29, 2009 - 33 answers

I like cooking, and I have a variety of spices, but I have never learned how to really use them. How should I learn to use them? What are some tips for trying things out? Do you have any any good recipes that highlight particular spice blends in traditional or unusual ways? [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Sep 29, 2009 - 16 answers

Every time I go to a Polynesian restaurant [all too rarely] I love the food. Please help me prepare some of these dishes at home. [more inside]
posted by netbros on Sep 18, 2009 - 9 answers

Wok stir-fry cooking: best resources for instuctional cooking videos? [more inside]
posted by Ligament on Sep 18, 2009 - 3 answers

Why do even the most banal grocery staples have suggested recipes on them? Even things like sugar, salt, butter, etc. always seem to have a 'suggested recipe' printed on it. Is this just lack of anything else to fill the space, or might there be some law/taxation-status issue?
posted by dmd on Sep 16, 2009 - 27 answers

Autumn is almost here where I live! Tell me your favorite autumn party recipes, with some restrictions listed inside. [more inside]
posted by librarianamy on Sep 16, 2009 - 10 answers

I love the iPhone app GroceryZen, which is a shopping checklist app with a built in recipe thingy. However, I'm tired of waiting for them to make my recipes editable on my iMac. Are there any apps I can use that function similarly that have, right now, this feature? Or, conversely, any good cooking apps for the iMac that have an iPhone app add on? [more inside]
posted by You Should See the Other Guy on Sep 11, 2009 - 3 answers

Help me cook some delicious pre-Columbian food! [more inside]
posted by definitely not a hipster. on Sep 10, 2009 - 11 answers

I've peeled five apples for an apple pie, and now I'm wondering if there's anything I can use these apple skins for. [more inside]
posted by pazazygeek on Sep 7, 2009 - 16 answers

Where can I find tasty recipes online? (intermediate cook)
posted by nam3d on Sep 4, 2009 - 18 answers

What can I do with a bunch not-so-appetizing cuts of meat that have been tossed into the deep freezer and forgotten? [more inside]
posted by kitcat on Sep 3, 2009 - 10 answers

What should I make with demi-glace? [more inside]
posted by jacob on Sep 3, 2009 - 13 answers

Since my FiL died, me and my good-cookin' fella have been reliving the Czech food of his childhood. While he remembers most of the dishes he has forgotten many of the recipes his old man used. Feed our imagination please and give us your best Czech recipes. [more inside]
posted by Kerasia on Sep 3, 2009 - 8 answers

What can I cook with delicious Swedish glögg? I am looking for something that is really going to bring out and enhance the awesome flavor. [more inside]
posted by WidgetAlley on Sep 2, 2009 - 13 answers

What are some good uses for leftover beer? A *lot* of leftover beer? [more inside]
posted by kro on Aug 30, 2009 - 23 answers

My Thai Dragon Chili pepper plant is huge with I'm estimating at least a hundred peppers. Please recommend culinary uses for these peppers. [more inside]
posted by Mitheral on Aug 25, 2009 - 15 answers

I want to learn to cook. I just bought a Magic Bullet blender. Please suggest good recipes for beginners...it'd be nice if I could put my Magic Bullet to use, but your suggestions don't have to involve it! [more inside]
posted by mingodingo on Aug 25, 2009 - 27 answers

What cooking secrets take your food to the almost-pro level? [more inside]
posted by chalbe on Aug 24, 2009 - 134 answers

Planning on harvesting my cucumbers and I need the hive mind for relish recipes. [more inside]
posted by Mastercheddaar on Aug 24, 2009 - 6 answers

Hong Kong style shrimp noodles and what to do with them? Give me your recipes please. [more inside]
posted by lilywing13 on Aug 23, 2009 - 7 answers

What do I do with two pounds of moong daal that's been sitting in my refrigerator for three months? I'm a hopeless cooking noob on a budget, and I can't really grasp what this stuff even is. [more inside]
posted by Muffpub on Aug 22, 2009 - 8 answers

Cool... work just put a quality food steamer in the really clean break room (boss is a workout queen). We're free to use, and there's a good farmer's market every Thursday right out the door. Now, what can/should I make? (more inside) [more inside]
posted by Arch1 on Aug 21, 2009 - 15 answers

What are some of the most delicious, unique, and relatively easy to execute foods for a Tea Party? [more inside]
posted by simplethings on Aug 20, 2009 - 16 answers

What are your favorite eggplant recipes? [more inside]
posted by hilaritas on Aug 18, 2009 - 32 answers

I just bought a juice extractor. It's very nice but it takes a lot of space. Help me justify this space with ideas on how to exploit it better. Carrot juice oK. But how about recipes, desserts, sauces? What else could I use it for?
posted by uauage on Aug 18, 2009 - 7 answers

My husband just came home with 8 bags of cherries - for only $10! Yum! But what should we do with them? Recipes, anyone?
posted by kitcat on Aug 15, 2009 - 31 answers

Tell me some simple, delicious recipes that are thickened by a roux. [more inside]
posted by martens on Aug 13, 2009 - 22 answers

Need gluten-free, milk-free delicious cookies! [more inside]
posted by flawsekno on Aug 9, 2009 - 13 answers

Plastic-free beauty filter: I'm researching how to diminish the amount of plastic I am using from day to day, and I'm about to attack my personal-care items. Does anyone have suggestions for shampoos, deodorants, face washes, lotions, toothpastes, etc., that don't come packed in plastic containers? I'm interested in commercially available stuff and also recipes I can make at home if the components aren't too plastic-y.
posted by toomuchkatherine on Aug 5, 2009 - 19 answers

I have 20 pounds (or more) of summer squash. What do I do with it? [more inside]
posted by mustcatchmooseandsquirrel on Jul 30, 2009 - 32 answers

I need your best gazpacho recipes! [more inside]
posted by dancinglamb on Jul 22, 2009 - 17 answers

What do I do with smoked rib bacon? [more inside]
posted by Arbac on Jul 19, 2009 - 11 answers

Great (summer-friendly) lunch menus. Difficulty: can be mostly or wholly made beforehand. [more inside]
posted by availablelight on Jul 18, 2009 - 21 answers

My previously dormant love of guacamole has recently been reawakened. I. CAN'T. GET. ENOUGH. But what to do with it beside slathering on tortilla chips and burritos (and, ok, I admit, sometimes a spoon)? Any suggestions and recipes would be appreciated.
posted by nuclear_soup on Jul 17, 2009 - 37 answers

Are there some tasty dessert recipes I can make that don't require baking or any of the things I have trouble getting in Ghana? [more inside]
posted by BusyBusyBusy on Jul 10, 2009 - 22 answers

What is the one dish that is quintessential to your state? When I say [North Dakoda, New York...] you say?
posted by bigmusic on Jul 8, 2009 - 157 answers

Tried an amazing eggplant dish on the weekend - no idea what it was. Help me find the recipe so I can make it at home! [more inside]
posted by shewhoeats on Jul 6, 2009 - 11 answers

I'm going to have a bunch of ingredients left over from another recipe. What can I make? [more inside]
posted by [insert clever name here] on Jul 5, 2009 - 13 answers

How do I use up 4 kilos of onions? I only meant to order four onions in my online shopping but clicked the wrong thing - please help me with ideas for cooking/storing/eating lots of onions before they go mouldy...
posted by janecr on Jul 3, 2009 - 31 answers

Help me preserve my family's culinary heritage! Help me find a webapp for storing my Dad's favorite recipes. [more inside]
posted by perrce on Jul 3, 2009 - 8 answers