Posted in chocolate, custard, dessert, nuts, pie, summer, tuesdays with dorie on Mar 16th, 2010
Chocolate and raspberry was my favorite flavor combination for a long time. It’s still up there for sure, but I’ve tried so many desserts recently that I’ve found all kinds of other great pairs – orange and vanilla, peaches and amaretto, cream cheese and anything. There’s no need to play favorites, but I [...]
Posted in custard, dessert, pie, tuesdays with dorie on Mar 1st, 2010
I used to not like coconut. That was dumb. I used to not like a lot of ingredients that are actually very good – ingredients that I’m not sure I’d actually tried. That was also dumb.
Although I think I would have liked this tart even back in my coconut-adverse days. There’s toasted [...]
Dave lucked out this year when his annual birthday pie didn’t come out quite right. Because then I made another one, and then when that one wasn’t perfect either, I made another one.
The recipe is Tartine’s, and as usual, they take a classic and kick it up a notch. Their banana cream pie [...]
Posted in chocolate, dessert, nuts, pie, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Dec 29th, 2009
Conversations from this Christmas:
Me: I was thinking we could all go to the botanical garden’s light show like we did a couple years ago.
My sister: Oh yeah, we did that last year too, so it’s a new tradition.
4-year old, after opening a present: A truck! Vroom vroom! Can I open another present now?
His [...]
Posted in custard, dessert, fruit, nuts, pie, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Dec 1st, 2009
I’m not really good with pears. I don’t know much about them, so I never buy them. And, of course, because I never buy them, I don’t learn much about them. Which types are best for baking and for eating? When are they in season? How do I know when [...]
Posted in chicken, freezer friendly, pie, pork, vegetables on Nov 23rd, 2009
Dave got yelled at over these empanadas. I’m not much of a yeller normally; I’m more of a silent treatment and glower type of person. But there was no time for that; action needed to be taken immediately.
It’s all because I made the filling a couple of days before I planned to form [...]
Posted in dessert, fall, freezer friendly, fruit, pie, tuesdays with dorie on Sep 15th, 2009
I have officially relinquished my annual Fight Against Fall. Usually I’m very stubborn about waiting until October before I want to think about apples, pumpkin, or candy corn. But, eh. It got cold early this year, and we’re going to be really busy in October, so I figured I’d better soak up [...]
Posted in citrus, custard, dessert, fruit, pie, tuesdays with dorie on Aug 25th, 2009
Oh, how times change. I had kind of thought that last year’s lemon cream tart would be my first and last citrus cream experience. Seriously, that is a lot of butter. But apparently, my attitude toward rich foods has slowly evolved from ‘this is way too fattening for me to indulge in [...]
Posted in cheese, gluten free, one pot meal, pie, potatoes, summer, vegetables, vegetarian, weeknight meal on Aug 16th, 2009
Dave and I have this conversation nearly once a week:
Me (whining, after baking all day): I’ve been cooking all day and I’m tired and I haven’t even stupid started dinner. Stupid stupid stupid.
Dave: Okay. We’ll order pizza.
Me: We can’t order pizza! I bought ingredients for dinner! If we don’t use them tonight, [...]
Posted in chocolate, dessert, favorites, fruit, pie, spring on Jun 12th, 2009
Those U-pick places tend to be better in theory than in practice for me. I do like knowing that my food is picked at its peak ripeness. It makes for some wonderfully sweet strawberries. On the other hand, ew, bugs. And thorns, and rotting berries that you can’t see under all [...]
