De-licious-cember 12th: Chocolate Truffles
Quick! Make a wish before 12-12-12 (or as I’m calling it “the De-licious-cember dozen”) is over for good! It’s supposedly luckier than 11-11-11 ( if you believe in those sorts of things) and a...
View ArticleBEET & BLACKBERRY PANCAKES
Although she would have never let us have beets for fear of irreversible stains, this recipe reminds me of my mother. She was always sneaking vegetables into other foods and when I was older she taught...
View ArticleRECIPE REPOST: CHAMOMILE CREME BRULEE
I’ve never been a real fan of chamomile tea, but a cup of chamomile creme brulee sounds like a perfect pre-slumber snack. My second contributor recipe for Best Friends for Frosting went up this week...
View ArticleFAUXPAPILLAS WITH HONEY + CHERRIES
Today I want to talk about the unsung hero of Tex-Mex cuisine: the sopapilla. Not as filling as the enchilada or as flashy as a magarita, the humble sopapilla never seems to get enough credit....
View ArticleBANANA ICE CREAM SANDWICHES
It feels like only yesterday that I was whining about the winter. Now I’m peeved because it’s getting too warm. Yes, I know, I know. I’m a Texan, I should be fine with heat, but I’m not. My Southern...
View ArticleRECIPE REPOST: HORCHATA PALETAS
Ever since Vampire Weekend made horchata cool again, I’ve been an ardent fan of the traditional Latin American refresher. But I made it a bit cooler, literally, by freezing the whole thing into a...
View ArticleFRESH PINEAPPLE & MINT CUP
“Most every woman in America has at some time in her life thought she would like to have a tea room all her own.” – Charleen J. Baker, Buttercup Hill Tea Room A few weeks ago I found this bright little...
View ArticlePINING FOR SCHOOL & STRAWBERRY S’MORES TARTS
This is my first Fall in 19 years that won’t be marked by a first day of school. It’s a little peculiar stepping outside the academic calendar, thinking of time in months rather than semesters. Not...
View ArticleBROWN FROST COCKTAILS AKA APPLE CIDER FLOATS
Scarves layered, Bean boots laced up tight, and the radiator is threatening to turn itself on. Winter is knocking on New England’s door. Whether the weather is cooling or not, the rest of the nation is...
View ArticlePOPPY SEED PUMPKIN BREAD
Sometimes things don’t really seem to go together. Black belt with brown shoes. Avocado and toast. Cats and hot showers. PhD research and recipe writing. But to all you naysayers, I just want to point...
View ArticleSUGARED GINGER + CRANBERRY BUNDTLETTES
I’m always sad when Halloween is over because that means fall is coming to a close. But in reality, it just means we have new excuses for more decadent baked goods and rib-stickin’ dishes that you...
View ArticleBRÛLÉED CLEMENTINES + SPICED HONEY YOGURT
Belmont, Massachusetts. Temperature, 19 degrees. And that’s some of the highest temperatures we’ve seen all week. Needless to say, my resolution to go outside more has been put on the back burner. Oh,...
View ArticleCHOCOLATE PEAR CRUMBLE
When I write a recipe – be it for a work assignment or just for a post here on the blog – I often keep three people in mind. The first is my Mum, a decent cook in her own time, but she wasn’t very keen...
View ArticleCRANBERRY APPLE PIE
There’s always time for pie. Whether you’re rushing round gathering holiday presents, cleaning the house before company arrives, tending to a wide-eyed and wide-mouthed newborn, or wrapping up big...
View ArticleSARSAPARILLA POACHED PEARS W/ SKYR AND PECANS
Poached is an awkward word. In the kitchen it means to cook something in simmering liquid. But like many words, it has other meanings, like to encroach, to take, to trespass, to appropriate. See what I...
View ArticleBLUEBERRY + RHUBARB CORNBREAD FLAG CAKE
We just got back from the West Coast (more on that later) and realized we were wholly unprepared for Independence Day. So we watched all the National Treasure movies (containing plot lines in which I...
View ArticleBANANA PUDDING W/ TOASTED WALNUT CRUSTS
ABD. I wish I could tell you that stands for something like All Banana Desserts, but it’s a little less exciting. It really means All But Dissertation and marks my new status after finishing my last...
View ArticleMOON MILK MARSHMALLOWS
It’s been a few moons since I last posted a recipe. Between all the writing for work and school and endless emails, this little space just falls lower and lower and lower down the to-do list. I’ve been...
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