Monday, March 8, 2021

Harry Bosch reading order

 The Black Echo (1992)

The Black Ice (1993)

The Concrete Blonde (1994)

The Last Coyote (1995)

The Poet (1996, JM, RW)

Trunk Music (1997)

Blood Work (1998, TM)

Angels Flight (1999)

Void Moon (2000, CB)

A Darkness More Than Night (2001, TM)

City of Bones (2002)

Lost Light (2003)

The Narrows (2004, JM, RW, TM)

The Closers (2005)

The Lincoln Lawyer (2005, MH)

Echo Park (2006, RW)

The Overlook (2007, RW)

The Brass Verdict (2008, MH)

The Scarecrow (2009, JM, RW)

9 Dragons (2009)

The Reversal (2010, MH)

The Fifth Witness (2011, MH)

The Drop (2011)

The Black Box (2012)

The Gods of Guilt (2013, MH)

The Burning Room (2014)

The Crossing (2015)

The Wrong Side of Goodbye (2016)

The Late Show (2017, RB)

Two Kinds of Truth (2017)

Dark Sacred Night (2018, RB)

The Night Fire (2019, RB)

Fair Warning (2020, JM)

The Law of Innocence (2020, MH

The Dark Hours (2021, RB)


24 December 2020

 Baked Knoephla

1 egg

1/2tsp salt

1/2c milk

1 1/4c flour (must have been heaping)

Make the knoephla, boil with 3-4 potatoes.


Brown 1/2c diced onion and 1# bacon cut into 1" pieces. Drain, and tip into 9x13, pour 1 pint cream* over all. Top with browned bread crumbs. Bake at 350°F for an hour.


*Used half of a 22oz container of cottage cheese stirred in, and a scant cup of cream poured over. Baked 30 minutes.


11 December 2020

 Valhalla Brownies (Scandilicious)


Soak for an hour and drain:

100g dried sour cherries

3T kirsch

2T lemon juice


Melt together:

125g butter

200g dark chocolate (bunny)

20g cocoa (Special Dark)


Whisk together:

3 eggs

110g sugar

110g powdered sugar

1tsp vanilla.

Whisk in chocolate. Stir in 150g flour. Stir in cherries (and a handful of sliced almonds). Bake at 350°F 20 minutes.

6 December 2020

 Gougeres (Ratio)

300g egg (in shell)

300g water

150g flour

150g butter

cheddar


Needed another small egg.

Monday, January 11, 2021

29 November 2020

 Carne Adovada (Santa Fe School of Cooking)

3 1/2# pork loin or butt, cubed (3# 6oz venison)

2c diced onion (2 med-lg)

2T minced garlic (3 average cloves)

4c chicken broth, or water (water)

2tsp coriander, toasted and ground

2tsp Mexican oregano (regular oregano)

2tsp chile caribe (3/4tsp Hell Flakes)

3/4c New Mexico ground red chile, toasted (1/2c?)

1T red chile honey (regular honey)

2T sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar (red wine vinegar)

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26 November 2020

 Cream Cheese Crêpe Filling

4oz softened cream cheese

4T powdered sugar

1T milk

1/4tsp vanilla bean paste


Enough for 6-8 larger crêpes, maybe more with other fillings. This was most excellent combined with lemon curd or cranberry curd. Sugar can be cut a bit, especially if not combining with a tart curd.


22 November 2020

 Soft Peasant Sandwich Bread


768g flour (576 bread, 226g rye)

1T kosher salt (18g)

1T sugar

2 1/2tsp instant yeast (5g)

3c water

1/3c oil (67g olive)