Tyler's Ultimate Cookbook by Tyler Florence

Tyler's Ultimate: Brilliant Simple Food to Make Any Time by Tyler Florence

In 2008, fellow blogger Rockycha wrote the following about this, her favorite cookbook, on a page on another blog:

"He's Tyler Florence - the hunk of HGTV (goodness gracious he's gorgeous, LOL.) He's another celebrity chef, for a long time he had a show on Food Network called 'Food 911' where he'd go to people's houses (usually women's) and teach them how to fix a certain recipe that always flopped for them. The whole time he was teaching them he'd flirt in all these cute subtle ways - a joy to watch. I loved it because it didn't matter if the lady was short, fat, old, young, attractive. He was just always so warm and delightful.

Anyway, now his show (in 2008) on the Food Channel is Tyler's Ultimate and airs usually in the afternoon around 2 p.m. central every day. He takes classic recipes - beef stew, apple pie, meatloaf, roast chicken - and then investigates how to make them in the ultimate recipe - a pretty good show and his teaching is very clear." 

Rockycha, if you're reading this, be sure to let me know where you are working online now.

Meanwhile, readers, you can check out Tyler's Ultimate cookbook here on Amazon.

See you in the kitchen!

Brenda

Culinary Favorites

Hawaiian Punch Recipes: A Resource Page

In my last post I shared our family Hawaiian punch recipe. When I originally prepared that post in 2009 I also compiled a list of additional interesting punch recipes, which I will share again here on this page. All of the links lead to punch recipes from reputable sources. I hope that they help you find a recipe for your next party.

If you are curious, our family Hawaiian punch recipe can be found here.

Trader Vic's Tiki Party book by Steve Siegelman (shown above) shares cocktails and food to share with friends. You can find it on Amazon here.

You might like Martha Stewart's Hula Coola Recipe, which features canned sweetened cream of coconut, fresh pineapple, a big squirt of lemon or Martha's Tropical Ginger Punch Recipe.

Hawaiian Tropical Cocktails by Mark Sullivan (shown above) contains a collection of "awesome muddled (crushed fruit) tropical drinks!" Amazon customer reviewer Thirsty Chick in Honolulu says that it is great if you are looking for new ideas for cocktails. You can find it on Amazon here.

Giada De Laurentiis shares her Italian Fruit Punch recipe here.

Fuy Fieri shares his Fourth of July cocktail recipe here.

Finally, Mele Kalikimaka punch by Mischele Hicks can be found here.

See you
in the kitchen!
Brenda