Food

  • Let’s Talk Chocolate Now

    I haven’t done a foodie post in a while, and I stumbled upon a link a couple of days ago (I *think* it was Jenn who shared it, sorry, can’t remember for sure) — about chocolate manufacturing practices that are… Continue reading

  • Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Fresh Figs

    Was getting a bit tired of our usual veggie salads, and needed more vegetarian ideas, specifically those with more of a Mediterranean bent, so I got me Yotam Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem cookbook. I cannot wait to try ALL the recipes. Okay,… Continue reading

  • Montmorency (Sour) Cherry Lambic Sorbet / Sorbetto alla Ciliegia

    I’m in a cherry mood. 🙂 And I’ve been wanting to make cherry sorbet for a while now, except the recipes I’ve been running into seem to produce a light rose-colored sorbet, and I wanted to replicate the deep-red cherry… Continue reading

  • French Onion Soup / Soupe a l’Oignon Gratinée

    Onion soup is a lovely thing to make right after the onion harvest at end of season, when the weather’s just starting to cool down. Onion soup is also a lovely thing to start love stories with. Like ours, which… Continue reading

    French Onion Soup / Soupe a l’Oignon Gratinée

  • Pork Tenderloin Scallopine with Lentil-Vegetable Salad

    To make the salad: 1 1/2 cups lentilles de Puy (or use regular lentils)4 tablespoons butter, divided usesalt and freshly ground black pepper to taste3 small carrots, or 1 large, diced1 small zucchini, diced1 medium onion, diced2 ribs celery, diced2… Continue reading

  • Holiday Baking: Sugar Cookies

    These cookies are excellent for rolling, with a few tried-and-true tricks up your sleeve. 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 tablespoon milk… Continue reading

  • Holiday Baking: Rugelach

    This recipe is the traditional one. You may find others — I tried currants one year and didn’t like that. Chocolate chips are not traditional but we’ve also tried that and love it. Cookie Dough: 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted… Continue reading

  • Holiday Baking: Spitzbuebe

    Original recipe here. For years I was making the recipe for Drei Augen from Gourmet, which I posted at Baking Delights (now Blisstree) when I was still blogging for b5media (reposting below). This is also similar to Linzer cookies, although… Continue reading

  • Holiday Baking: Stephanie Schrader’s Walnut Cups

    Original recipe here. My adaptation: Makes about 60 cookies Crust: 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened 6 ounces cream cheese, softened 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt Filling: 4 large egg 4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled 3… Continue reading

  • Chopped Horiatiki Salata / Greek Salad

    I make no claims at all about the authenticity of this recipe. I’ve read in places that romaine lettuce does not play a part at all in traditional horiatiki. All I know is that our Greek foodie friend who married… Continue reading

    Chopped Horiatiki Salata / Greek Salad