Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
I noticed the other day that my dessert-oriented blog is missing one of my favorite desserts: the humble, all-American chocolate chip cookie. True, it is probably one of the easiest cookies on the face of the planet to make, and there is a recipe for it on every bag of chocolate chips that you can […]
So you’ve gotten an invitation for an elegant, standing room only party and have been asked to contribute a cold appetizer. I suppose little sandwiches are an option. I haven’t quite mastered elegant sandwiches though. Jumbo shrimp? I might need to break open the piggy-bank for that one. What to do? If you want to […]
Several years ago, I made a few attempts at making a sour dough starter. Each attempt failed miserably. Mold would grow on the starter and that was the end of that. After reading several articles on the health benefits of natural yeast and sour dough bread, I grew more determined to master this very basic […]
One of the oldest cookies is the jumbal. It’s a crunchy cookie that can be shaped like a ring or a pretzel, or any other which way you like. Here is Mary Randolph’s version of it from her 1838 cookbook, “The Virginia Housewife.” This cookie does not seemed to have made into my cookbooks covering […]
Pouring a thin coating of shiny chocolate over a cake adds a certain elegance that a regular buttercream frosting just can’t pull off. It could be that I’m partial to chocolate. Or, it could be that I’m getting old. I can’t believe that I am saying this, but I’ve come to a point in my […]