Home Cooking Goals for 2026

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Hi everyone,

Are you setting any Home Cooking goals for the New Year?

I am currently making a lot of soups and chowders, and I think I will continue with that a goal, making a few homemade soups or chowders each week.

I am also working at making a clearer chicken stock. It’s getting better, but there is room for improvement.

I’m also working at mastering oven-braised stews.

Edited to add:

I’m also make dried beans a lot, so I keep working at better outcomes.

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I have a shambling, rolling list of home cooking things to work on/try out. Excited to take a crack at these goals this year:

  • Anesthetizing crab - just learned how to anesthetize seafood before eating. Looking forward to “practicing” that a few more times while crab and lobster are a good price
  • Pacojet/Creami recipes - We still remember this Pacojet sorbet place in Oakland called Scream that closed over 10 years ago. After finally getting a Creami I dug up one of our favorite recipes from that place so looking forward to trying that out
  • Terrines and pâte - I’ve been kind of getting into the general idea of terrines et al recently. Looking forward to exploring it more
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Here’s Scream’s recipe for pistachio sorbet. I’ve been meaning to try it with my Creami, which is still in the unopened box three years after it arrived.

https://joyofblending.com/vitamix-pistachio-sorbet-recipe/

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Yup, that’s the recipe I found