Posted in chocolate, custard, dessert, tuesdays with dorie on Apr 28th, 2009
Chocolate cream tart seems like an appropriate way to cap off this month of chocolate, with a bitter chocolate crust and rich chocolate pastry cream balanced by lightly sweetened whipped cream and topped off with decorations of pure bittersweet chocolate. It’s a good thing that I don’t get tired of chocolate or have problems with [...]
Posted in chocolate, cookies, dessert, recipe comparisons on Apr 26th, 2009
clockwise from upper left: CI, Baked, Outrageous, box
Sometimes these recipe comparisons are a little silly. Once recipes reach a certain point of outstanding-ness, it’s almost meaningless to try to pick a favorite. Plus, we’re talking about brownies – how picky do we really need to be?
But since I’m not one to be deterred [...]
Posted in cheese, healthy, nuts, one pot meal, pasta, vegetables, vegetarian, weeknight meal, whole grains on Apr 22nd, 2009
I was recently reminded me of why I unabashedly (okay, maybe a little abashedly) stole Smitten Kitchen’s “one year ago” idea (although all the cool kids are doing it these days it seems). I’ve had this pasta recipe bookmarked since she posted it, and every week when I plan my meals, I consider it, [...]
Posted in bread, chocolate, custard, dessert, tuesdays with dorie on Apr 21st, 2009
My first bread pudding experience involved Dessert Envy, when Dave and my brother and I went out for dessert and beer a few years ago. I ordered something rich and chocolately and otherwise unmemorable, and my brother ordered pumpkin bread pudding. I had one bite, my first taste ever of bread pudding, and [...]
Posted in breakfast, dessert, french, fruit, quick bread, spring, summer on Apr 18th, 2009
When I scoped out the fresh blueberry selection while shopping for the blueberry crumb cake a few weeks ago, I caught a strong scent of strawberries. Yay! I hadn’t seen them there, hadn’t even though to look for them yet, but I definitely wasn’t passing them up. After months of apples and [...]
Posted in gluten free, healthy, side dish, spring, vegetables on Apr 16th, 2009
Asparagus was part of one of my worst eating experiences. I was spending a few weeks traveling, working with one of the top researchers in my field. She’s an intimidating woman, known for her arrogance and her temper. Fortunately, what little contact I had with her was generally pleasant. She even [...]
Posted in cake, chocolate, dessert, gluten free, italian, nuts, tuesdays with dorie on Apr 14th, 2009
My cake is ring-shaped! Because I’m creative! Because I have a plethora of interesting-shaped pans to choose from! Because, um.
It’s actually because I totally botched this week’s recipe.
The torte is made by grinding store-bought Italian amaretti cookies with almonds in a food processor. Then butter, sugar, eggs, and chocolate are blended [...]
Posted in bread, freezer friendly, yeast bread on Apr 12th, 2009
My friends and I aren’t amateurs at sleeping outdoors, but we went on a disaster of a trip a few years ago. Near the end of October, we went to West Virginia hoping to see some fall colors. We hiked up to a ridge with all of our gear, planning to camp at the [...]
Posted in cheese, freezer friendly, one pot meal, pasta, vegetables, vegetarian, weeknight meal on Apr 11th, 2009
I read the Pioneer Woman’s cooking blog, even though I don’t find too many recipes there that are my style. Ree tends to add more butter, more oil, and more cream to her dishes. And yes, all of those things make food very good. But it’s a safe bet that I live a [...]
Posted in custard, dessert, fruit, pie, tuesdays with dorie on Apr 7th, 2009
Poor Dave. His favorite dessert is banana cream pie, and I just don’t make it very often. For one thing, it’s kind of a lot of work, what with the crust and the pastry cream and the whipped topping. (Okay, so whipped cream isn’t hard to make. But still.) Plus, [...]
