so my friends bday is today and i got told YESTERDAY that they want me to make some food. urg ( Read more... )

My doctor just suggested going on a milk-free, soy-free, gluten-free diet for about a month to try and figure out what's causing my eczema to act up. Seeing as I usually live off of pasta and school lunch, I was hoping that somebody would have any recipes or websites or cookboks for me to look at. Help?!

Looking to maybe get into some Persian food ( Read more... )

My mother received a blender for a wedding present in 1967. It came with a blender cookbook that had lots of, well, awful recipes from that time period. It did, however, have one incredible recipe for pecan pie. The crust was a basic nut crust with ground pecans, sugar and butter. The top was, of course, halved pecans. But the center was the ( Read more... )

Help.
The following is a bit complicated - and the details are behind the cuts.

About four times in two weeks I cook for between 5 and 8 people. I love to do it, but I'm starting to run out of ideas.

The groups get together for a night of role playing -- everyone who doesn't bring 5$ worth of food must pay the cook 5$. I usually aim for a maximum cost ( Read more... )

Hello out there!
Long-time lurker, first time posting. As a poor but aspiring cook, I've got tons of questions. However, I guess I should start off with the basics. And by basics I do mean basicsAllow me to elaborate ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm moving overseas towards the end of June, and I'm trying to use up as many staples as I can so I don't have to throw away too much food. Now, this would be easy if it weren't so brutally hot where I am that I really don't want to turn on the oven ( Read more... )

I was going to do a tofu stir-fry tonight but the tofu has been lurking at the back of the fridge and appears to be about a month past its sell-by date! I need some ideas of what I can make with the following items that I have in the cupboards and fridge (bear in mind I'm vegan ( Read more... )

I'm planning a meal for a small (4 person) dinner. I have ideas about what I'd like to serve, but I don't know what to use to tie the flavours together, making it more unified ( Read more... )