Recreating restaurant dishes at home

No, I haven't POM.

Unless I have an actual recipe to work from, it would most likely be a total disaster!

(I'm one of those people who must have a recipe, sadly. Not the world's most fabulous creative cook. )

I started collecting cookbooks when I was still in my teens. The first one I purchased was the Horizon (from the old magazine of the same name) Cook Book. I used to read them like novels.

I have had to force myself to follow a recipe sometimes. I love to put things together but I know when something just isn't going to work.

Late last winter, I cooked an entire meal from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, something I hadn't done in years. What a treat that was.

Now that sounds like quite an achievement, Pom!



Could I ask what was on the menu for that particular meal?

Chicken, broccoli and something else, probably a potato dish. It is 1:00 am here and I am falling over. I'll look at the book in a day or two . . . have to work Saturday and to paint my dining room Sunday.

Off to bed with you then, POM!
With haste!

Good night!

Gracias! Always looking for good side dishes to go with summer barbeques.

Can definitely relate It's all good, though... I have ways of getting the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth LOL.

ID LIKE TO RECREATE THE P. F. CHANGS DISH. PRAWNS IN LEMON SAUCE.

If you meant Lemongrass sauce, I have the recipe for you FM

Spill it, Pan!

Farmerman: If it's the one with the noodles, the Food Network got the recipe from P.F.Changs ...

http://www.foodchannel.com/recipes/79-grilled-lemongrass-prawns-with-garlic-noodles