Buttercream Quickie
I did not leave my cake out in the rain. Last night I baked a dark chocolate-espresso layer cake for a co-worker’s 80th (!) birthday party today. She’s a completely amazing – she still rides her bike around New York City, and is constantly flying around the world speaking at fancy-pants conferences – so she ...
Channeling Rachael Ray: Savory Bread Pudding with Faux-mesco
None of these ingredients is in the Faux-Romesco sauce. Did I just blow your fucking mind?!? I’ve always been attracted to mixes of sweet and savory, both combinations of the two or flipping recipes around – making sweet versions of things that are usually savory, and vice-versa. Not everything lends itself to this treatment – ...
Restaurant Re-creations: The Ugly American
We built this sandwich on rock and roll. Downtown Jersey City used to have a little restaurant called Melt whose specialty was grilled cheese sandwiches; it may not surprise you that grilled cheese is one of my favorite things. Unfortunately, it was only around for about a year before it fell victim to urban neighborhood ...
It's Pudding Time, Children
Saturday night’s all right for pudding. Keeping this site going has really been a culinary boon for me – I’m cooking more than ever, am constantly inspired by the amazing creations of fellow bloggers, and can more easily justify astronomical grocery bills. One downside, though, is that I rarely make anything sweet anymore. After all, ...
It’s Pudding Time, Children
Saturday night’s all right for pudding. Keeping this site going has really been a culinary boon for me – I’m cooking more than ever, am constantly inspired by the amazing creations of fellow bloggers, and can more easily justify astronomical grocery bills. One downside, though, is that I rarely make anything sweet anymore. After all, ...
That's just how I (blog) roll.
Part of what motivated me to finally start a blog, along with sheer love of food and the need to find an outlet for my writing, was the desire to be part of the online foodie community.*? It’s been great to be a part of Leftover Queen’s Foodie Blogroll, and just today I found and ...
That’s just how I (blog) roll.
Part of what motivated me to finally start a blog, along with sheer love of food and the need to find an outlet for my writing, was the desire to be part of the online foodie community.* It’s been great to be a part of Leftover Queen’s Foodie Blogroll, and just today I found and ...