Family cooking in Ann Arbor, MI

Now, when I say “family cooking in Ann Arbor, MI”, I really mean it. Remember the very detailed and fun post by Lynne of Lithia?.. Well, this is from her brother Horace that we get the following culinary experience.

This is what the Itinerant Cookbook Project is all about. Plus, it looks like they are sending the cookbook to the other side of the planet. Read on…

“We received our cookbook from my sister Lynne in Lithia, Florida just in time for our daughter who was home from graduate school for a week to participate in making some recipes from Barbara Fairchild’s The Bon Appetit Cookbook: Fast Easy Fresh.

We had a great time gathering the recipe ingredients, setting them up for pictures, cooking, plating, taking more pictures and ultimately enjoying the end results.

The recipes that we selected were: Chilled zucchini-mint soup (page 91), Sweet and spicy chipotle-glazed ribs (page 412), and Skillet corn on the cob with Parmesan and cilantro (page 469). It was a perfect time of the year for these recipes as we could obtain many of the ingredients fresh from our local farmer’s market.

These three delicious recipes were fun and easy to prepare. We did modify the ribs recipe by par-boiling the ribs before finishing in the oven just to speed up the preparation time.

We also found that it was difficult to get the parmesan cheese to stick to the corn in the skillet. Otherwise everything was great.

Hope to send our cookbook on to friends in Australia soon.”

Horace, Francine, and Laura
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Thank you so much Horace for such a great post and photos. Let us know if you can get this cookbook to Australia. Special prize for you if you do!

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Here are the Itinerant Cookbooks:

Started in Tampa, FL with Margaret. Was in Tampa, FL with Noel, in Mt Elgin, Ontario with Rosemary. Now in York, Ontario, with Janice.

Started in Brandon, FL with Dave. Now in Brandon, FL with Dave.

Started in Nice, France with Marc-Antoine. Was in Bar-sur-loup with Faye. Now in Exeter, UK with Judie.

Started in St Petersburg, FL with Janet. Now in St Petersburg, FL with Janet.

Started in Dunedin, FL with Janis. Traveled to Chicago. Now in San Francisco, CA with Liz.

Started in Gainesville, FL with Esther. Traveled to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Now in Tokyo, Japan with Martin.

Started in Plant City with Lynne. Traveled to Ann Arbor, MI with Horace.

Started in Largo, FL with Marty. Was in Madeira Beach, FL with Carol. Now with Sharon in Brandon, Mississipi.

Started in Brandon, FL with Debbie. Now in Tampa, FL with Jeff.

Started in Dunedin with Bob. Traveled to Chicago with Bob. Now in NY with Dan.

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