Monday, February 26, 2018

February 2018 IHCC Potluck! (And Our New Chef Voting Poll is Open!)



It's time for a little potluck! Make ANY recipe from our current IHCC Featured Chef (Ina Garten) or any recipe from any of our previous IHCC chefs listed below:

Nigella Lawson  
   Mark Bittman    
Giada de Laurentiis
  Jamie Oliver
  Tessa Kiros
  Rick Bayless
  Madhur Jaffrey
  Yotam Ottolenghi
  Donna Hay
 Nigel Slater
  Diana Henry
 Jacques Pepin
  Ellie Krieger
   Curtis Stone  
Heidi Swanson
Hugh Fearnley-Whiitingstall
 
Make and post your February IHCC Potluck recipe by Sunday, March 4th and link a picture up below.

Please remember to link a thumbnail image and please do leave a comment after you link up so that we don't miss out on your dish. 
 

New to IHCC? Need help linking up or just a refresher on how to join in the fun and become a part of our community? Please check out our Welcome page. If you have any questions please leave a comment below and we will get back with you. 

If you missed out on our theme Ina's Bistro last week, please click on the link to see what everyone made.



********SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT********

It's time to vote for our next male chef! Here are our four candidates!
(Click on their names below for their bios/more details!)


Eric Ripert is a French chef, author, TV personality, and restaurateur.  He is the owner of the Three-Michelin-Starred Restaurant, Le Bernadin. Ripert is world-renowned for his modern French cuisine, specializing in seafood.


Bobby has been around since the infancy of the Food Network, over 25 years ago! Bobby is an American chef, restaurateur, author, and TV personality. In his early years, he was well known for his take on barbecue and southwestern cuisine. Nowadays, he cooks up everything from burgers to breakfast to healthy cuisine!


Symon is an American chef hailing from my hometown: Cleveland, Ohio! He currently stars on a  talk show called The Chew, is the author of several cookbooks, and owns several restaurants. In the beginning, Symon's recipes were somewhat meat-centric, but recently he has published several books, and recipes, focusing on quick weeknight meals, as well as vegetables.


Bill is a native of Australia, a self-taught cook, restaurateur, and food writer. Bill's style of cooking is eclectic and simple. He is the author of several cookbooks. He has often been referred to as the Australian version of Jamie Oliver.  He did a ten-part television series on BBC Lifestyle and has written several articles for Lifestyle.

As you can see, we have four great choices! We can't wait to see who you vote for! The voting poll is up now on the top of the right sidebar. 

You can vote until 12:00PM EST Sunday, March 4th. Our new chef will be announced in the next post. We will start cooking with them on April 2, 2018!  

Please vote only once!

Monday, February 19, 2018

Ina's Bistro!

Let's travel to Paris and visit...

Ina's Bistro!


Welcome to Ina's Bistro where she runs Barefoot In Paris and falls in love with all things French. You can enter Ina's Bistro by making any of Ina's many French recipes!  

Make and post your Ina's Bistro recipe by Sunday, February 25th and link a picture up below.

Please remember to link a thumbnail image and do please leave a comment after you link so that we don't miss out on your dish. 

New to IHCC? Need help linking up or just a refresher on how to join in the fun and become a part of our community? Please check out our Welcome page. If you have any questions please leave a comment below and we will get back with you. 

If you'd like to see our Struck By Cupid theme last week, please click on the link to see what everyone shared.

 

Monday, February 12, 2018

Struck By Cupid!

Have you been Struck By Cupid?



February 14th is Valentine's Day. In celebration of the holiday, make any Ina Garten recipe that shows your love, and has either you, or your loved one, Struck By Cupid!

Make and post your Struck By Cupid recipe by Sunday, February 18th and link a picture up below.

Please remember to link a thumbnail image and please do leave a comment after you link up so that we don't miss out on your dish. 
 

New to IHCC? Need help linking up or just a refresher on how to join in the fun and become a part of our community? Please check out our Welcome page. If you have any questions please leave a comment below and we will get back with you. 

If you missed out on our Monthly Featured Ingredient/Dish--One Pot Meals! theme last week, please click on the link to see what everyone made.

 

Monday, February 5, 2018

Monthly Featured Ingredient/Dish: One-Pot Meals!


A sink full of dishes is never fun, so this week we are taking a break from all those dirty dishes and making One-Pot Meals! 

Make any one-pot meal from any of our past, or present, IHCC chefs!

Grab your cookbooks, or search online, and chose from any of our past or present IHCC chef(s) until you find a one-pot meal that speaks to you! Make any one-pot meal from any of our past, or present, IHCC Chefs! (See the IHCC Chefs list on the sidebar.) Also, feel free to share any of your favorite one-pot meals within your post.
   
Make and post your One-Pot Meal recipe by Sunday, February 11th and link a picture up below.

Please remember to link a thumbnail image and do please leave a comment after you link so that we don't miss out on your dish. 

New to IHCC? Need help linking up or just a refresher on how to join in the fun and become a part of our community? Please check out our Welcome page. If you have any questions please leave a comment below and we will get back with you. 

If you'd like to see our How Good Does That Look theme last week, please click on the link to see what everyone shared.



*photo credit:www.curitsstone.com