I have a rant. Toddlers in preschools everywhere are constantly scolded for the same offense: eating Playdough. Why is it that curiosity is chastened whereas adults have good fun rolling and shaping fondant, gumpaste, and the like all the while popping bits into their grown-up mouths? Shouldn’t we share our little secret with the kids?…
Potbelly Chocolate Chip Cookies
With Christmas only 11 weeks away, holiday baking is just around the corner. Why not add another recipe to your repertoire? In search of a thick chip cookie, I scoured blogs, cookbooks, and cookie “tips” until I settled upon the following recipe. It is a hybrid of Levain Bakery Copycat recipes, Allrecipes cookie baking guidelines,…
Peanut Butter Cup Panna Cotta
Last night, on a whim, Husband and I took dinner to Brother-in-Law. (Aside from enjoying B-I-L’s company, my other self-seeking reason was to make use of his food processor. Shhh, let’s keep that between us.) Since I had little notice, a quick dessert prep was the order of the afternoon. Panna cotta, perfect! The unconventional…
Rainbows in la Tormenta
It’s pouring outside. As soon as the sky began to darken, I rushed to alistarme para correr. I didn’t quite make it in time, so here I am sitting at the computer, my running shoes giving me nasty side glances when I’m not looking. Jogging will have to wait until tomorrow, or this afternoon, if…
Cozy Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Vegan baking has been made loads easier since the publishing of Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. I myself am not a vegan, but the goodies that have come from my oven with the “vegan seal of approval” have been mighty tasty. Why vegan? On Tuesday I was asked to bake a cake for the…
Pretty in Pink Chocolate Cream Tarts with Raspberry Mousse
My two recent blog love finds are by French food stylists. I picture Bea and Helen sipping cafe au lait at a chic open-air bistro plinking away at their keyboards formulating the latest fashionable recipe. Their blogs are artistic, elegant, and full of the some of the most dazzling photography that I’ve seen. Brimming with…
Pate a Choux Tutorial & Aztec Cream Puffs
It all began with Sopa Azteca. On a whim, Husband wished to invite a few business colleagues to dinner, requesting Aztec soup be served. Dessert was another story. Soup,cheesecake? Soup, cookies? Nothing seemed quite right. You see, all week long I’d had my heart set on making an exquisite cake, something new and sophisticated, decorated…
Sugar Cookies: revisited
Update: Yesterday I baked up a batch of Elle’s White Sugar Cookies recipe. The cookies, in comparison to my current favorites are crisper and thinner. They have a well-developed almond flavor and a melt-in-your-mouth sweetness. For a crisp cookie, they’re fantastic (this coming from a soft-cookie girl). The stiff texture and crisp crust make these…
Sugar Cookies
I finally did it! I outlined. I flooded. I dotted, swirled, and traced. A baby shower this weekend prompted sugar cookies with royal icing take #2; my 1st experience with the entire royal icing procedure. I’d used royal icing once before, but only in the stiff piping texture. While my cookies look decent, I had…
Lindt who?
When I was a kid, my dad often travelled to Europe on business. To my mother’s delight, he often returned bearing a small box of Lindt’s Lindor Truffles. These were such a prized gift at that time, before Lindt stores invaded American malls and became just as familiar as Hershey’s. I still consider truffles to…
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