Who are your favorite cooks/shows to watch on TV and/or social media?

Lately I’ve been watching stuff by Minoli DeSilva and Sad Pappi recently.

Also love watching Someone Feed Phil.

There’s an entire streaming channel for America’s Test Kitchen / Cooks Country.

The Steven Raichlen stuff on the PBS app is good too.

We love watching ATK on Sunday mornings. Kind of soothing.

My favorite sweet potato dish I got from them. People DEMAND that I make this. LOL.

CANDIED SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

From: America’s Test Kitchen Live!

by Cook’s Illustrated

For a more intense molasses flavor, use dark brown sugar in place of light brown sugar.

Serves 10 to 12

Sweet Potatoes

• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch chunks

• 5 pounds sweet potatoes (about 8 medium), peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes

• 1 cup packed light brown sugar

• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1/2 cup water

Pecan Topping

• 2 cups pecan halves

• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

• 1 egg white, lightly beaten

• 1/8 teaspoon salt

• Pinch cayenne pepper

• Pinch ground cumin

Directions

1. FOR THE SWEET POTATOES: Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the sweet potatoes, brown sugar, salt, pepper, and water; bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and cook, stirring often, until the sweet potatoes are tender (a paring knife can be slipped into and out of the center of the potatoes with very little resistance), 45 to 60 minutes.

2. When the sweet potatoes are tender, remove the lid and bring the sauce to a rapid simmer over medium-high heat. Continue to simmer until the sauce has reduced to a glaze, 7 to 10 minutes.

3. FOR THE TOPPING: Meanwhile, mix all the ingredients for the topping together in a medium bowl; set aside.

4. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 450 degrees. Pour the potato mixture into a 13 by 9-inch baking dish (or a shallow casserole dish of similar size). Spread the topping over the potatoes. Bake until the pecans are toasted and crisp, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve immediately.

Variation

CANDIED SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH TOASTED MARSHMALLOW TOPPING

Follow the recipe for Candied Sweet Potato Casserole, substituting 4 cups mini marshmallows for the pecan topping. Bake until the marshmallows are crisp and golden, about 5 minutes.

Who are your favorite cooks/shows to watch on TV and/or social media?

Lately I’ve been watching stuff by Minoli DeSilva and Sad Pappi recently.

Also love watching Someone Feed Phil.

Who are your favorite cooks/shows to watch on TV and/or social media?

Lately I’ve been watching stuff by Minoli DeSilva and Sad Pappi recently.

Also love watching Someone Feed Phil.

Who are your favorite cooks/shows to watch on TV and/or social media?

Lately I’ve been watching stuff by Minoli DeSilva and Sad Pappi recently.

Also love watching Someone Feed Phil.

Who are your favorite cooks/shows to watch on TV and/or social media?

Lately I’ve been watching stuff by Minoli DeSilva and Sad Pappi recently.

Also love watching Someone Feed Phil.

Missed this while I was out of town, but wanted to share anyway.

Chef John from Food Wishes.

I’ve had a little bit of a crush on Julia and Bridget from ATK/Cooks Country for years now. They’re both so great.

I also like Kenji for learning more about using sous vide. He’s good for others stuff too though.

I watched the new Netflix Chef Masters program, the one with Jamie Oliver, who I never paid much attention to honestly. It was great, and I’m hoping to finish that soon.

I will need to check out that Netflix show.

Jamie Oliver is a good chef when he stays in his lane (Italian) and isn’t trying to cook things in 15 minutes. Although some of his 15 min meals do seem to be pretty good, but I don’t think that’s where he shines.