Korean Pancakes
I’ve been holding onto this recipe since 2004. You see, cooking with an unusual ingredient that I’ve never heard of is kind of intimidating. But, I kept this recipe with the hope of one day having...
View ArticleCalas
One of my favorite podcast/radio shows is The Splendid Table. I’m Lynne Rossetto Kasper’s biggest fan. A couple of months ago she interviewed Poppy Tooker, who is a self-proclaimed Calas’ saviour....
View ArticleOlive Oil Mini Brownie Cakes
It seems like all those promises of cutting back on sweets are pretty much out window by the second week in January. But no, that’s not the case at all. You see, not everything baked with...
View ArticleGoji Berry & White Chocolate Muffins
These muffins really want to be cupcakes… all dressed up in pink and very colorful cupcake liners. This recipe started as a basic white whole wheat blueberry muffin, then something real crazy...
View ArticleMidnight Cake
Remember the wacky cake we made about six months ago with no butter or eggs? Well, here is a similar cake. A cake that requires very few ingredients and one extremely unusual one. Mayonnaise. Yes,...
View ArticleFlaxseed & Fig Crackers
It’s amazing what words can do. For example, consider such words as reserved, aged, vintage, or antique. Imagine now that you are about to buy a vintage pair of jeans or an antique piece of furniture,...
View ArticleBarraquito
When I think of Tenerife, I should think about the weather or the friendly people and of course, the ocean. But no, the only thing I can think of is this coffee. You may be wondering, what exactly is...
View ArticleFeta Cheese Squares
We are still celebrating spring, and we’re trying to do as much as we can outside before our 80° F weather leaves us. If anyone ever tells you that not much happens in the desert, don’t believe it....
View ArticleGuava and Cream Cheese Puffs & Spinach Puffs
I keep a couple of packages of puff pastry in our freezer in case we want to make a special treat. About six months ago, Bon Appétit featured a Spinach Puffs recipe with the most beautiful picture,...
View ArticleFried Halloumi Cheese
I grew up eating cheese–all kinds of cheeses with many different textures and flavors, including white salty cheese, string cheese, and Gouda cheese from Holland. Some of the Gouda was made with the...
View ArticleMango & Passion Fruit Ice
Growing up with warm weather year-round, the one perfect thing to have was ice cream. Around the corner from our house there was a lady who sold ice cream from her home. Sometimes you could hear the...
View ArticleTomato and Sardine Crostini
While driving this morning, I decided to listen to an old Splendid Table podcast where I heard an interesting interview with Barton Seaver. In this interview he talks about the many options we have...
View ArticleCoffee Shortbread
One might argue that I have an abusive relationship with coffee, but I’d like to think of it as something else. Coffee is my first drink of day. It’s my quiet time best friend and never a problem...
View ArticleBacon Buttercrunch
The other day while having a conversation about food with friends, I said something that was a total revelation, something I’ve never thought of before: “Bacon is the only reason why I’m not a...
View ArticlePumpkin Mostarda
It almost seems like everywhere I look these days I see pumpkins: a few in front of my neighbor’s house; a few spread out on the kitchen counters; and of course, lots of them in almost every market...
View ArticleSpiced-Earl Grey Tea Cranberries
Today I found myself, as I have many times before, smelling my Earl Grey tea. Seriously. My face was less than half an inch away from the rim of my cup.“What’s wrong with me?” I asked myself. “Is...
View ArticleZeppole
Do you want an easy and super comforting sweet treat that you can make in minutes? Then let’s make some Zeppole. If you are waiting for me to tell you to take out your flour and of course eggs, milk,...
View ArticleCarrot and Beet Slaw with Walnuts and Raisins
No, I don’t want us to start a raw food movement. That has been done before. But I do want you to try something new that is super easy to put together and at the same time is healthy. It’s new because...
View ArticleSweet Surprise Muffins
I know how hard mornings can be: getting ready for work, making breakfast, and getting our kids to school on time. It can seem like an impossible challenge to fix something like fresh muffins for...
View ArticleWild Rice and Wheat Berry Salad
I once heard someone say that when it comes to food it’s okay to hate or dislike a few things. In fact, they said most people dislike five foods. I don’t think I dislike many things. I do know I...
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