the remaking of a kitchen

last monday night was edesia at barnes and noble; edesia being the roman goddess of food preparation. each month for over a year, bn has hosted this event where community cooks or chefs, cookbook authors or other food industry people discuss their fave cookbooks on a certain subject. this past one was on chicken....and the guest speaker has authored several books on this subject. but i digress.....the deal is i googled the recipe and made spanish chicken salad which was in a cooks illustrated book and was our tasting treat made by kim ode.
i decided we would have a few salads for our evening meal, and prepared sweet potato salad yesterday and the chicken salad today. i also made the dakota bread rolls, and i can tell that as i get more experienced, this bread making thing is going ever so much easier!! the bottom of the rolls do not look wrinkled and deformed.....smooth and carefully tucked in is definitely more appealing. the dough reacted better.....it was elastic and it raised much more quickly. i think i didn't mention that i purchased a LARGE amount of yeast at cosco, then wasn't sure how to store it. i called red star, and the woman suggested i put it in freezer bags and then keep it in the freezer until i wanted to use it. worked perfectly!!
the chicken salad was easy.....a little fussy on the deets, but really went together well and is tasty!!
now i have to go eat! yummmmmmm

Labels: dakota bread, salads, spanish chicken, sweet potato