Friday, August 31, 2007

Thyme Roasted Potatoes

Duck fat is culinary liquid gold; it's savory flavor and rich fragrance can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. The averag...

Thyme Roasted Potatoes

Duck fat is culinary liquid gold; it's savory flavor and rich fragrance can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. The average ...

Chicken Soup Brownies for the Soul

This post is a tough one to write. I must have begun typing it at least a dozen times. I'm used to feeling a surge of energy when I star...

Monday, August 27, 2007

Chicken Parmesan

Crunchy chicken, gooey spotty brown cheese, pasta and tomato sauce with basil plucked fresh off the plant, how can you go wrong? It's b...

Friday, August 24, 2007

Cai Fan - Vegetable Rice with Chinese Sausage

Ever since I was little, I have always been captivated by infomercials boasting of ridiculous products that can perform almost impossible fe...

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Buttermilk Oven Fried Chicken

Fried foods are a guilty pleasure of mine; onion rings, French fries, and tempura are some of my favorite things. Perhaps it's a good t...

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Birthday Cake!

I mean, really, that statement requires an exclamation point. Any good cake suddenly becomes even better when it's made and eaten to ce...

Friday, August 17, 2007

Strawberry and Honey Cream Tart

Just when I thought I had seen the last of this summer's strawberries, Steven comes home with a huge box from none other than Costco and...

Thursday, August 16, 2007

No Para la Lactosa Intolerante

In my last post celebrating the joy of the sponge cake , I alluded to a doused dessert that I am pretty thrilled to share with you. And by ...

Saturday, August 11, 2007

The Great All-American Sponge Cake

Okay, so maybe the sponge cake isn't literally an American invention (most food historians agree that the sponge cake as we now know it...

Friday, August 10, 2007

Shrimp and Corn Chowder

One day I want to pick corn straight from the field and eat it raw off the cob. Corn starts to lose its sweetness as soon as it's picked...

Thai-Style Chile Beef

I love stir fries with basil so when I saw this recipe on America's Test Kitchen I was almost sold. Almost because rather than using ...

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Almond Extract

Almond extract is made with the oil of bitter almonds. Bitter almonds, unlike their more common sweet almond counterparts, are very bitter ...

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Almond Poppy Seed Muffin

Almond poppy seed is my all time favorite muffin flavor. One of my secret indulgences is a gratuitously large, terrible-for-you, but so-dam...

Raspberry Muffin with Brown Sugar Hazelnut Streusel

Steven’s parents have a raspberry bush in their yard and I was the lucky recipient of some of the delicious berries. I ended up eating most...

So Worth It

Sometimes it's hard to be away from my mom. I've gotten used to the distance over the past four-plus years I've been in LA and s...

Monday, August 6, 2007

Peanut Butter Fritters

Oh, no. You heard right. I first found this recipe in the June/July 2007 issue of Everyday with Rachael Ray while on a flight to Denver. I k...

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Strawberry and Blue Cheese Salad

Remember the strawberry and cheese scene in Ratatouille? Remy first takes a bite of the cheese , which creates an upbeat, robust swirl of f...

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Hush Puppies for Yankees

About three years ago, I was in Pensacola, Florida with my husband visiting his beloved Granddaddy. Although my description of him could nev...

Friday, August 3, 2007

Tiramisu Brownie

The idea of a tiramisu brownie/brownie tiramisu has been brewing in my head for a while now. I wanted the main flavor components of the bro...

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

It's Two, Two, Two Treats in One!

Who wouldn't love a muffin that tastes like a doughnut? Who doesn't love dessert masquerading as breakfast? Communists, that's w...