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Farro Salad

Farro. Isn’t that a city in North Dakota? That one in the movie with the grisly scene of someone disposing of a body in a mechanical wood chucker? No, that’s Fargo. Farro is, well, actually there is disagreement. Farro is certain grains of some species of wheat. After...

Perfect Tuscan Panzanella

As someone who typically posts about brownies and ice cream, you might be surprised that I would now write about bread salad. I would not replace my brownies with this, but having panzanella can certainly reduce those latent feelings of sugar guilt. In fact, I love...

Vanilla Bourbon Ice Cream

Yesterday’s post for Double Chocolate Brownies suggested adding ice cream. Here is what we serve at Cooking by the Book: a rich, bourbon spiked vanilla treat. This recipe follows the classic technique of carefully making custard. The steps here are well described and...