Brewin' in the Night Kitchen

Welcome!  This is my first post on my kitchen and/or crafty blog . . . I'm not entirely sure what this will turn into.  For now, it is a place for me to keep my recipes and such, since I tend to lose my cookbooks.   No, I didn't say marbles, though that may be applicable at times, as well.

In particular, I will be putting up recipes from my Livre des Recettes (Book of Recipes).  Yes, I know that is incorrect--it should be Le Livre de Recettes--but I was still quite new to speaking French, and the title has remained what it is.  Oh well.  This is a book I started as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  I purchased it in Brussels in 2001, and I started collecting recipes from my companions, fellow missionaries, locals, etc.  I will try to give credit where credit is due, though I tend to tweak my recipes, and I'm not one to measure exactly.  To me, that's one of the beauties of kitchen chemistry--the ratios can be off a little, and you can still get great results.  Maybe that's why I hated Organic Chemistry Lab so much . . . you can't just add a dash of isopropanol and expect your mass spectrometer to give you a perfect reading.  But in cooking, I'm only slightly opposed to ethanol (I feel a little guilty!).  And an oven is much more forgiving than gas chromatography.  I'm just sayin'.

To this day, my Livre des Recettes is the book I use most for my cooking.  I haven't made everything in it yet, but it contains some great stuff--time tested and Mary-approved.

And now, my disclaimer: this is not a blog for healthy eating, gluten-free living, weight loss, etc.  It's just me, a night owl, science nerd and halfway-decent cook, passing on some knowledge and some good eats.  Thanks for reading, and bon appétit !