What are you Cooking the Week of December 6, 2020?

[RiversideLen]

BakerAunt, what is Christmas shaped pasta? I've never heard of it.

Tonight I had leftover chicken spaghetti sauce with bow tie pasta and green beans.

[BakerAunt]

Len--I'm fond of pasta in shapes. Think of the alphabet ones, but these are little Christmas trees, santas, and shooting starts. This particular brand is Riese, and it is made in Germany. I've bought similar pasta that was shaped like pumpkins and leaves for fall, and once I found bunny rabbits for Easter. It's the kind of ingredient that I would usually pick up at T.J. Maxx or Tuesday morning seasonally. I suspect that Cost Plus (does it still exist?) and some other stores might carry it as well.

[cwcdesign]

Cost Plus is World Market or it was bought out or merged or whatever quite a few years ago. For a while they advertised World Market/Cost Plus.

We had homemade pizza tonight for the first time in months. I tried Baking Steel’s 24 hour dough and it’s probably the best one I’ve made yet. A lot due to the fact that I’m getting better at my technique. Will made the sauce and we made 3 - one with cheese and fresh tomatoes, one with cheese, kalamata olives and sundries tomatoes and the third with cheese, roasted peppers and sautéed onions & mushrooms. The crust was crisp and chewy

[BakerAunt]

Thanks, CWCdesign. I had a hazy memory that Cost Plus had merged/changed name, but as I am far away from stores these days, I sometimes forget what exists and what does not.

[cwcdesign]

I just got an email - it’s Cost Plus World Market 🙄

[Mike Nolan]

Never been in a World Market, always thought it was a grocery store, though.

[BakerAunt]

Cost Plus World Market carries not just foods but other items--housewares, pillows, etc,--from around the world.

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