Baked Explorations: Chocolate Coffee Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache
Have I got a cake for you. This is absolutely one of the most satisfying cakes — both for eating and for gazing at fondly — I’ve ever made. For that reason I forgive it for taking up my entire Sunday afternoon. And making me half-watch “The Real Housewives on…
Review: Around My French Table
Recommending this book is a no-brainer and I predict that it will become a classic. It will earn coveted real-estate in many bookshelves and will be a cookbook today’s children will remember as one of the ones that was out on the countertop often during their…
Around My French Table: Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good
I wanted to make this recipe anyway but then on Friday night I was driving through some inexplicably bad traffic (honestly, does no one remember 1982 when were legally granted to ability to turn RIGHT ON RED???) when suddently, I heard Michele Norris’ voice on NPR’s…
Off Topic: Pan-Seared Scallops with Brown Butter Lemon Sauce
I feel like I owe you some fish. I was hoping you wouldn’t noticed that I don’t make it often. I blame growing up in the Midwest in the 60s and 70s where fish, with few exceptions, came in the form of frozen sticks upholstered in bread crumbs from some crazy place…
The Next Book: Baked Explorations
By popular demand (well, three votes to be accurate, but they were enthusiastic) I’ve chosen Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented as my next review book. What looks good? What doesn’t. Double-Chocolate Loaf with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Spread,…