Enough for a Party: Cheap and Easy Cinnamon Crisps
We recently had an invitation to an evening gathering (Hi Karin!!!) where the food theme was Mexican, and I wanted to bring something along with the usual bottle of wine. I was thinking Mexican Wedding Cookies, but the budget was screaming, “NO PECANS!” and I was running short of time as it turned out to [...]
Special 3-Day Minimalist Book Sale!
Thanks to everyone who purchased and helped to promote this sale! If you like The Minimalist Cook and other blogs about minimalism, simplifying, uncluttering, living debt-free, and in general freeing yourself from overconsumption, then you’ll appreciate this opportunity to acquire 17 ebooks and guides by 13 different minimalist authors, a $224.54 value for $27! Karol [...]
Minimalist Cooking–My New Cooking eBook is Now for Sale!
We’re happy to have it done and it’s now ready to purchase. For more about the book and the chance to buy it just click here Thanks so much for your support! Meg
Gourmet Ratatouille – A Minimalist Cooking Approach
I finally had a chance to make a gourmet ratatouille in the manner of the one Remy makes in the Pixar film “Ratatouille,” which I wrote about a few weeks ago. A little research revealed that the real-life version was a creation by Chef Thomas Keller of the French Laundry restaurant in California, and named [...]
No-Knead Bread: Great for Baguettes
There are few recipes more minimalist than no-knead bread: flour, salt, yeast, and water mixed together, left to sit and ferment for half a day, then dumped into a lidded pot and baked for an hour. The original Jim Lahey recipe published in the New York Times back in 2006 has been tweaked and adapted [...]



