Posted in custard, dessert, freezer friendly, gluten free, tuesdays with dorie on Jul 29th, 2009
I haven’t been as interested in ice cream the last few years (I demand butter and flour and the stand mixer and the oven!), but that wasn’t always the case. When Dave and I started dating, we lived near a great frozen custard place. We’d go probably once a week, normally just for [...]
Cooking, to me, isn’t a competition. It’s about sharing and exchanging ideas. Cooking for someone is like offering them a bit of a gift, and competition adds intimidation where there should be none. Plus, whether someone is more or less experienced than me when it comes to cooking, I’m sure I have something [...]
Posted in chocolate, cookies, dessert, recipe comparisons on Jul 25th, 2009
clockwise from upper left: #4 (whole wheat) #3 (yeast) #1 (control) #2 (bread)
I’m a scientist. I spent years working in labs, and I kid you not that what I did was combine ingredients and bake them. I did not, however, eat the results of those experiments. My cooking lately has become increasingly [...]
Posted in cheese, healthy, one pot meal, pasta, soup, spring, vegetables, vegetarian, weeknight meal on Jul 23rd, 2009
It turns out that pea-picking is way more fun than strawberry picking. For one thing, it isn’t nearly as crowded. Shocking, I know, that strawberries are more popular than peas. There’s also nothing squishy lurking under the foliage, and the peas are plentiful and just demanding to be picked. And pick [...]
Posted in custard, dessert, fruit, gluten free, tuesdays with dorie on Jul 21st, 2009
Sometimes I have a hard time motivating myself to make certain things. Or, what I should really say is, I’m going through a cookies and cupcakes phase. Blancmanger is neither of those.
So what is it? Basically fancy whipped cream. First, you heat milk, ground almonds, sugar, and in my case, a [...]
Posted in Bread Baker's Apprentice, bread, cheese, freezer friendly, italian, pork, sandwiches, yeast bread on Jul 17th, 2009
This is the third time I’ve made this bread, and the first two times just didn’t do it for me. It seems like a given, right? Bits of sausage and cheese dispersed in a tender buttery bread? What isn’t to like?
The first time, it was the type of cheese I used that [...]
Posted in appetizers, dessert, freezer friendly on Jul 15th, 2009
Remember when I made these? I was like, they’re so easy! Just cut out some puff pastry rounds, top with fruit and sugar, and bake until beautiful and buttery and perfect!
Um. “Easy” isn’t really my thing when it comes to baking. I am determined to overcomplicate things.
So I made my own [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, fruit, tuesdays with dorie, yeast bread on Jul 14th, 2009
My opinion of this recipe might be biased based on the morning I was having.
First, it was 4th of July, possibly my favorite holiday and the second day of a three-day weekend. I got up early, after getting plenty of sleep (rare on the weekends; usually I stay up late but can’t get myself [...]
Posted in breakfast, dessert, fruit, gluten free, winter/holidays on Jul 13th, 2009
As food blogging becomes more popular and more established, companies will start to take advantage of that to draw attention to their products. At some point, it seems that most food bloggers will have to ask themselves what their policy toward accepting free stuff for review is.
Michael from Bella Viva Orchards offered me a [...]
Posted in chicken, freezer friendly, gluten free, soup on Jul 10th, 2009
Once I started to get a reputation as someone who was into cooking, I realized that there were certain basics that I’d better master. The first step was chocolate chip cookies, and although it took me a while, I eventually learned how to consistently make them how I like them. (This was before [...]
