My most under-hyped cookbook: Cold Weather Cooking

I've been paging through Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc cookbook but I had to put cooking from it on hold while my kitchen is under construction. I found myself relying on my old standby cookbook--Cold Weather Cooking by Sarah Leah Chase. It's my most worn cookbook; I've probably had it 16-17 years.



It's one of those cookbooks where you find a new recipe that sounds good every time you page through it. I'm kind of surprised it hasn't gotten more press. I could only find one brief mention of it. Chase has another cookbook I really like, too--The Nantucket Open House Cookbook. But it's really the Cold Weather Cookbook I find myself using the most.
I really like the way the cookbook is organized: there's a chapter on late summer, one on soups, 2 chapters on Thanksgiving (savories and sweets), 'December Dazzle' (show-stopper recipes appropriate for holiday/NYE dinner parties).
Here are some recipes I've made from CWC recently:

Indian Chicken Ragout (cooked in a paste of cashews with curry powder, cardamon, yogurt, ginger, etc...)


Peperonata



Cornmeal crepes with goat cheese and hot pepper jelly (I omitted the drizzle of butter that's supposed to go on these before going into the oven)






Southwestern Corn Chowder (with sweet potatoes, green chiles, beer, jack cheese)--Spring roll from Nhu Lan in background


Cream of Asparagus soup (with dill and tarragon)





I'm also a big fan of the Baked Stuffed Sweet Potatoes (twiced-baked sweet potatoes with avocado, cheddar, sour cream, jalapenos), Shrimp potstickers, Tortilla spirals, her potato gratin recipes.

If anyone is looking for a very versatile cookbook, I highly recommend this one. I believe it's out of print but you can find a copy on used-book sites for a couple bucks.

Hi,

Your basement temporary kitchen is providing for you very well. I will trade just about everything you prepared for the tofu turkey experiment I conducted.

Well done!

Regards,

Made a couple of my favorite things from Cold Weather Cooking this week: baked stuffed sweet potatoes (stuffed with sour cream, avocado, cheddar, jalapenos, garlic, scallions, etc) and asparagus from my CSA with a mustard breadcrumb topping. Both turned out great (though kind of a strange combo)

I LOVE this cookbook. I always forget about it though and that's a shame. I have both cookbooks and i'll have to pull them out and report on what I've cooked in the past. Quick look through reminded me how much I liked the meatloaf recipe and the banana muffings. Keep cooking!

I just ordered it on abebooks.com for $4.00 including shipping.

teatpuller wrote:I just ordered it on abebooks.com for $4.00 including shipping.

Worth every penny, I promise you!

thaiobsessed wrote:

teatpuller wrote:I just ordered it on abebooks.com for $4.00 including shipping.

Worth every penny, I promise you!

It better be! I don't typically shell out that kind of money for a cookbook.

I made the Cuban pork roast from Sarah Leah Chase's Open House Cookbook last week. Great recipe. You spread cilantro pesto over a butterflied pork loin, then roll it up and put more pesto over the top as well as some orange, grapefruit and lime juices, then roast it. Easy to put together, delicious and the leftovers make great sandwiches the next day.

Hi,

Yesterday I finally joined Hoopla via my library card.

I want to do a cookbook program, so I have been scanning looking for interesting reads. One book offered is Cold Weather Cooking, which I immediately recognized from this thread from 10 years ago. This can be found at Hoopla here: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11689349

It am embarrassed I can immediately remember this book title and yet spent two days looking for a sausage I stashed in the fridge. I finally found it tucked on top and just behind the milk in plain sight.

Regards,
Cathy2

Still a favorite at my house! Your post reminded me I haven't cooked from this book in a while. I think cream of asparagus soup might have to go on the dinner list for this week...