Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
Happy New Year! I wanted to share with you a recipe for candied orange peel that I used this holiday season. I made one batch, which covered all my baking needs for the holidays, with some left over. I used it in my Polish spiced honey cake (“piernik“), Polish fruitcake (“keks“), and Polish poppyseed roll […]
The story for this family heirloom recipe goes something like this: A good friend of my mom’s was handed down the recipe from a Jewish baker who baked these cookies for his shop over the Christmas holidays. They were a hit. Growing up, my mom made these cookies each and every Christmas. They were a […]
This Christmas season, I became obsessed with making Polish honey gingerbread cookies, called “pierniczki.” These are traditional honey cookies that date back to at least the 14th century. The history behind pierniczki is immense. They are an important fixture not just in Polish culture, but also Russian, German, and Slovakian cultures, to name a few. […]
It was one of those days when liqueur was needed, but not for making chocolates! Hpnotiq liqueur, pictured below, probably does have exotic fruit juices as described on the bottle, but the primary flavor for me was the taste of refreshing grapefruit. Mmmm good. This blue concoction is the brain child of Raphael Yakoby and […]
I was interested in finding new Christmas desserts from around the world, and I came across this traditional Spanish dessert called “Marquesas.” I was especially thrilled to learn that these cakes use mainly almond flour and are gluten-free. I was looking for a traditional yet gluten-free dessert for my mom for Christmas, so Marquesas fit […]