The Cornbread Gospels (62 page)

Baking soda,
35
,
159
,
160
,
346

Banana:

bourbon cornbread pudding with bourbon sauce,
334
–
36

ginger corn muffins, DK’s,
138
–
39

Barbarella (Corfiot cornbead),
107

Barker, Patsy,
272

Bayless, Rick,
68

Beans,
288
–
89
,
307

baked, borracho, Brattleboro,
311
–
13

baked, New England,
310
–
11

black, cheese-crusted Southwestern–style cornbread casserole with chorizo and,
284

Dragon-in-the-new-South style,
305
–
6

effective oven use and,
313

frijoles, basic (with variations),
306
–
9

green chile soup-stew, Santa Fe–style quick,
321

kidney, in seriously spicy main dish cornbread,
75
–
76

old South style,
303
–
4

white, in caldo verde,
318
–
21

Beer:

Brattleboro baked beans borracho,
311
–
13

frijoles borrachos,
308

Beets, in October orchard idyll,
298
–
99

Bemis Hill Brunch (menu),
58

Best I Ever Ate, The
(Kerr),
62
,
104

Best Thing I Ever Tasted, The
(Tisdale),
238

Better (instead-of-straight-butter mixture),
346

Betty, apple golden-brown,
336
–
38

Biltmore Winery and Estate, N.C.,
20

Biscuits:

savory almond herb,
152
–
53

sesame-coconut cornmeal, for Kwanzaa,
153

sesame drop biscuit-muffins, Charlisa–styled,
151

Biscuits, Spoonbread, and Sweet

Potato Pie
(Neal),
192
,
195

Black beans, cheese-crusted Southwestern–style cornbread casserole with chorizo and,
284

“Black-eyed Susie” (American folksong),
157

Black pepper:

broa (Portuguese cornbread),
104

-Cheddar-scallion cornsticks,
148
–
49

Block Island jonnycakes,
229

Blue, blue blueberry corn muffins,
132
–
33

Blueberry(ies):

blintz–style corn cottage cakes,
219

corn muffins, blue, blue,
132
–
33

cream cheese honey-butter,
133

dried, in togus bread,
61
–
62

lemon babycakes, crumble-bumble,
136
–
37

orange cornmeal pancakes,
217
–
18

walnut streusel muffins,
133

Blue corn(meal),
78
–
79
,
348
–
49

blue, blue blueberry corn muffins,
132
–
33

muffins with sage and toasted pine nuts, high desert,
129
–
30

Sonoran skillet cornbread with mesquite meal,
76
–
77

Bluster On, February (menu),
172

Bobota (Greek cornbread),
105
–
6
,
107

Bolivian-Colombian–style corn pudding (humitas),
94
–
95

Bolted cornmeal,
349

Bosporus breezes salad,
299
–
301

Boston brown bread, classic,
62
–
63

Bourbon:

banana cornbread pudding with bourbon sauce,
334
–
36

-cranberry-maple butter,
141

Bradford, William,
39

Brann, William Cowper,
311

Brattleboro baked beans borracho,
311
–
13

Breakfast and brunch fare:

eggs Eureka,
264
–
65

featherbed eggs,
262
–
63

Kentucky corn dodgers,
259
–
60

“last rows of summer” waffles,
223

soft corn crepes, Wanda’s,
234

toasted sesame multigrain waffles,
220
–
21

see also
Jonnycakes; Muffins; Pancake(s); Spoonbreads

Breakfast and brunch menus:

Bemis Hill Brunch,
58

Breakfast in the Rose Room, Remembered,
263

Break-of-Day Blueberries,
137

December I’ll-Make-Breakfast-While-You-Shovel-the-Walk,
150

Deep Winter Let’s-Have-Breakfast-for-Dinner Dinner,
181

Franconia Notch Pre–Cross-Country Ski Breakfast,
210

“I Only Have Eyes for You” Birthday Breakfast,
218

January Nor’easter Breakfast,
226

My Funny Valentine,
139

Southern California Sunday Supper That Could Be Breakfast,
209

Break-of-Day Blueberries (menu),
137

Bright Bite Brown Bag (menu),
165

Bright Supper for a Gray November Night (menu),
81

Broa (Portuguese cornbread),
103
–
4

black pepper,
104

Brown, Edward Espe,
48

Brown, Virginia,
20

Brown bread, classic Boston,
62
–
63

Bruce, Patsy,
23

Brunch.
See
Breakfast and brunch fare; Breakfast and brunch menus; Muffins

Buckwheat flour:

multigrain pancakes, Ned and Crescent’s favorite,
205
–
8

toasted sesame multigrain pancake mix,
212
–
13

Budin de elote (Mexican–style corn spoonbread),
93

Buns:

hot cross, citrus-sparked,
178

sticky, cinnamon walnut,
180
–
82

Burns, Robert,
131

Butter(s),
35
,
346
–
47

Aphrodite,
139

better (instead-of-straight-butter mixture),
346

cranberry-maple-bourbon,
141

honey-, blueberry cream cheese,
133

Butter Beans to Blackberries
(Lundy),
195

Butterhorns, maple cornmeal,
182

Buttermilk,
34
,
39
,
347

cornbread and,
258

cornbread pudding with apricots and lemon,
328
–
30

soy,
347

substitutes for,
213
,
347

sweet milk cornbread, Leora’s,
20

Butternut squash.
See
Squash, winter

C

Cabbage:

Bosporus breezes salad,
299
–
301

skillet-fried,
297

soup, Romanian–style sweet and sour,
270
–
71

vegetable mafé,
317
–
18

Cake flour,
347

Cakes (desserts):

cornmeal, Miss Kay’s dark secret,
341
–
42

dark, extra-gingery gingerbread with Darra’s hot citrus sauce,
343
–
44

dressing up, with confectioners’ sugar,
342

very lemony cornmeal pound,
339
–
40

Caldo verde,
318
–
21

Candy corn,
337

Capote, Truman,
13

Carr, Janice and Leo,
121

Carroll’s extra-moist cornbread,
46

Carrot(s):

juice, in golden gazpacho,
266
–
67

macaw muffins (for parrots),
115
–
16

macaw muffins (for people),
114
–
15

reduced-fat simply corn muffins with,
121

vegetable mafé,
317
–
18

Casa de Corazon Confabulation (menu),
233

Casseroles:

Southwestern–style cornbread, with chorizo,
281
–
84

see also
Spoonbreads

Cast-iron skillets, seasoning,
16
–
17

Cato, Charlisa,
151

Caywood, Zoë,
135

Central Avenue Jazz Festival, Los Angeles,
29

Cervantes, Miguel de,
182

Change Me into Zeus’s Daughter
(Moss),
28

Charlisa–styled sesame drop biscuit-muffins,
151

Cheddar (cheese):

cheese-crusted Southwestern–style cornbread casserole with chorizo and black beans,
284

Dallas hot-stuff cornbread, Chou-Chou’s original,
69
–
70

featherbed eggs,
262
–
63

rich Southern–style cornmeal cheese coins,
157
–
58

rockin’ cornbread, Patsy Watkins’,
72

-scallion-black pepper cornsticks,
148
–
49

seriously spicy main dish cornbread,
75
–
76

“shortcake” of savory onion-topped cornbread,
81
–
82

sweet-hot cheese streusel topping,
128

Texas-via-Vermont Mexican cornbread, Jane’s,
71

Cheese,
73

eggs Eureka,
265

frijoles con queso,
309

New Spain–style corn pudding,
96

Parmesan, in frittata Napoletana,
261

ricotta, arepas, Leyla’s Aunt Emma’s,
100

Swiss, in good earth frittata,
261

see also
Cheddar (cheese); Cottage (cheese); Cream cheese; Feta; Jack cheese; Monterey Jack cheese

Cheri’s cornbread pudding with sweet Mexican flavors,
330
–
31

Cherokees,
276

Chicken “Saturday sancocho,” Leyla’s,
322
–
23

Chile(s),
67
–
68

chipotle cornbread,
74

chipotle cornbread, CopperWynd,
80

corn fritters,
245
–
47

featherbed eggs,
262
–
63

green, sauce, in budin de elote (Mexican–style corn spoonbread),
93

green, soup-stew, Santa Fe–style quick,
321

North Indian–style sarson ka saag, Mr. Panseer’s,
294
–
95

vegetable mafé,
317
–
18

see also
Jalapeños; Poblano(s)

Chili,
314

Chipotle cornbread,
74

CopperWynd,
80

Chocolate:

bread pudding, CopperWynd,
332
–
34

sweet-hot Aztec two-steps,
143
–
44

tequila sauce, hot hot,
333
–
34

Chorizo:

caldo verde,
318
–
21

frijoles charros,
309

Southwestern–style cornbread casserole with,
281
–
84

Chou-Chou’s original Dallas hot-stuff cornbread,
69
–
70

Cicada Sonata Summer Supper (menu),
50

Cider syrup.
See
Apple cider syrup

Cinnamon,
348

nut crumble-bumble streusel, rich,
137

walnut sticky buns,
180
–
82

Citrus:

organic, for zesting,
329

sauce, hot, Darra’s,
344

-sparked hot cross buns,
178

Civil War,
10

Claiborne, Craig,
67
,
184
,
188
,
291

Clark, Blake,
259

Clinton, Bill,
12

Cocina de la Familia
(Tausend),
91

Coconut-sesame cornmeal biscuits for Kwanzaa,
153

Coins, rich Southern–style cornmeal cheese,
157
–
58

Collier, John,
165

Colombian-Bolivian–style corn
pudding (humitas),
94
–
95

Colonial cornbreads,
38
–
40
,
252

quasi,
44
–
45

“thirded,”
42
–
43

Columbus, Christopher,
73
,
348
,
354

Colvin, Stephanie and LeBron,
53
,
268
–
69

“Company’s coming” rich corn muffins,
124

Concerts from the Kitchen
(Arkansas Symphony Guild),
25

Cone, Lisa and Mary,
24

Coney Island of the Mind, A
(Ferlinghetti),
143

Connecticut–style cornbread pudding, new day,
285
–
86

Cooking for Profit
(Whitehead),
148

Cook’s Illustrated
,
14

Cool-by-the-Pool August Evening (menu),
242

Copage, Eric V.,
28

CopperWynd Resort and Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.,
332

chipotle cornbread,
80

chocolate bread pudding,
332
–
34

Corbitt, Helen,
68
,
193

Corfu, cornbread in,
107

Corn:

colorations of,
59

fresh, sweetness of,
244

“green,”
353

“Indian,”
354

Native American cultivation of,
5

nutritional value of,
26

planted with pole beans and squash,
201

shucking and de-kerneling,
49

whitecap flint,
230
–
31
,
350
–
51