Chocolate Covered Tequila Cherries

THE COOKBOOK COLLABORATION ASKS YOU

What is your sweet, sweet vice?

Mine are these chocolate-covered tequila cherries that soaked for over 24 hours in clear tequila. Recipe coming soon. Please add your own, this marks a new round of recipes!

A New Year, A New Step

Hello all,

Just a general set of announcements:

1. All members of the cookbook collaboration have been invited as members of this blog and will therefore have posting ability. Please use it!

2. We have a publishing house in mind for the cookbook and would like everyone's permission to submit the cookbook. If it does get accepted, we will be doing a complete overhaul, including new photos (for the most part), new headers, several small essays and stories about school, art, and food, as well as more recipes in general.

3. If you have a RISD grad friend who you would like to invite into the collaboration, please have them e-mail me at zbrookes@g.risd.edu and I'll give them admin status on the blog.

4. We're not stopping! Please think about super sweets and appetizers that you have not already submitted. We're thinking a book just on sweets and one just for apps (Lia thought we could name it, "There's An App For that" hahaha).

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Member Photo & Recipe: Jamie Allaire

Last minute addition by Jamie! Fantastic!

Supplí (Roman Rice Balls)

2 ½ cups of water

1 cup of rice

1 tsp of salt (if desired)

1 cup of tomato sauce

15-20 mozzarella balls, or 1 inch cubes

7 oz of ricotta cheese

2 cups of breadcrumbs

6 eggs

Italian medley seasoning

Olive oil extra vergine

Serving size: 15-20 rice balls

Bring water to boil. Add 1 cup of rice and 1 tsp of salt (if desired). Return to boil. Cover and set to low, simmer for 15 minutes or until all water is absorbed. Mix rice with sauce and ricotta cheese. Use hands to wrap rice tightly around mozzarella into 1 ½ inch balls. Refrigerate for about an hour, or until ice cold. Have 2 separate bowls: one with beaten eggs, and the other with breadcrumbs and dry seasoning. Dip each rice ball into the egg, then the breadcrumbs, and repeat. It is important to bread twice! Fry briefly (2-3 minutes) in pan with olive oil and then bake for 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees. Mangia!

General Announcements & Contest Opportunity

Hello Members!

This is just a simple and sweet hello and thank you for all of your submissions for the cookbook. As of now, we are only missing a few key items from people (headers, portraits, and the odd detail), so Chad and I are very excited about formatting and layout out the book, which we have begun in force. We have some basic news and dates for those of you interested in everything cooking:

1. The book will be listed at Blurb.com, I'll send the link as soon as we upload it, and must be ordered by December 12th in order to have your copy (or copies) by Christmas.

2. We are currently taking submissions for the second book, all RISD alumni, all desserts, with no specific deadline in sight. Tell your RISD friends and e-mail me at: zbrookes@g.risd.edu to have it posted to this blog.

3. If you want to improve your kitchen (and skills), my work is currently hosting an amazing giveaway, especially for you bakers out there, so check out how2heroes' sweepstakes for the full info.

4. If you are in the Boston or surrounding area (we go to Providence too) and are interested in doing a video of any of your recipes for how2heroes, please check out their website and let me know. We're always looking for fun home cooks--Ben and Declan are both potentially on the docket for January!

Awesome. Again, thanks so much for all of the help for the book and we'll post back soon when it becomes available for ordering.

~Zoe

General Announcement

This is just a quick heads up for all people who have submitted a recipe.

We loved reading all of your recipes, the ones with more story and family in them were especially great to read. However, due to the confines of the book, we have had to edit some of the "talk" out of the book and keep it more straightforward, for the readers.

This is just a heads up that the recipes have been edited for clarity and space. Nothing major lost or changed.

SEND IN YOUR HEADERS.

Member Photo: Bronwyn Lewis

Getting those last minute missing photos, bios, and write ups in before that final deadline...

Beautiful addition made by Bronwyn, these are her spiral cookies!