Culinary Bucket List 2012

I am writing this in the last few days of 2011. A journey over the last few month that has brought out the vast array of culinary and creative talents I didn’t know existed.
For a while I have been mentally listing various dishes of different cuisines that I want to make one day and finally as the wonderful year of 2012 approaches-what better way than to create this list for the New Year!

I am open to ideas and suggestions from my readers and will be adding items to the list as interest arises. Once I make the dish, I will cross it off and link it to the post!

Sounds fun, doesn’t it?

Italian
Home-made Italian Sausage
Cioppino

Jewish
Hamantaschen
Poppy seed Filling (for Rugelach, etc)

French
Julia Child’s Coq au Vin
French Onion Soup
Hollondaise Sauce
Souffle

Asian
Hand-Made Steamed Dumplings

Deserts/Baking
Connoli
Macarons
Lattice Fruit-Pie  Done!
Home-made Ice Cream
Cream Puffs
Pastry Cream (for Cream Puffs, desserts)
3 or 4 Strand Challah
Donuts
Pumpkin Pie (from scratch!)
Apple Tart Tatin
Bread (A good bread-crusty outside and soft/chewy inside)

South American
Home-made Tortillas
Peruvian Aji Sauces

Mediterranean/Turkish (childhood favorites I grew up with and miss)
Fasulye (green bean and lamb stew)
Bimuelos (fried dough with simple syrup)
Ava’s (beans)
Rose Water infused Cookies
Saffron Rice

Healthy Twists to Your Favorite Classics
Eggplant Parmigiana
Things I want to Accomplish This Year:
Grow/plant an herb garden
Bake with other flours (spelt, coconut, etc)
Learn to “weigh” baking ingredients instead of measuring (more accurate)