Taking a page from a number of my favorite bloggers, I've decided to review the recipes I've shared from
The Food of Love kitchen this year and to cull from them my personal 10 favorites. I must confess that this was a more difficult deliberation than choosing my dissertation topic. I thought about choosing one appetizer, one entree, one side dish, and so forth. That left me dissatisfied. After finally narrowing down my favorites, I felt the need to put them in order of preference (no one ever accused me of taking the easy way out). Try as I might, I just couldn't decide which of my favorites I liked the very best. So, after great deliberation, here they are, in no particular order, my top ten favorite recipes from
The Food of Love kitchen for 2009:
Distract the Neighbors Grilled Chicken
Ina Garten's Macaroni and Cheese
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Swedish Pancakes
Ina Garten's Flag Cake
Rigatoni with Vegetable Bolognese
Slow Cooker Country Style Pork Ribs with Sauerkraut and Apple
If my list seems heavy on pasta, you'll be surpised when I tell you I had to be forced to eat "macaroni" when I was growing up. As good as mom's gravy was, I just wasn't a tomato sauce fan. You'll notice that is still true today, though I permit tomatoes to have a supporting role in my favorite sauces. While my photography isn't as good as it can be, just looking at the photos accompanying my favorites makes me hungry for a bite of each of them.
What were your top ten of 2009?
