We’re in the midst of summer right now, and it’s just too hot to be cooking and eating a hot meal. I was craving a salad that was hearty enough to be my dinner, but cool and refreshing to eat in this heat. While not an exact match for any traditional Thai salad, I used…
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Apple Olive Oil Bundt Cake
My friend who gave me the bundt pan started asking when he’d be getting another bundt cake. I’ve had an itch in my brain about olive oil cake ever since I had an amazing one at Osteria Mozza, and that was years ago! It was finally time to try my hand at making one. I…
Buta No Shogayaki (pork with ginger and onions)
Cookbook Club – Mastering the Art of Japanese Home Cooking Our cookbook in May was Iron Chef Morimoto’s Mastering the Art of Japanese Home Cooking. See all the Japanese cuisine we cooked at home on my Cookbook Club site. For now – my dish! Pork with ginger and onions sounded so good to me, and…
Peanut Butter Swirl Brownie Cake
I wanted to make a cake for my boyfriend’s birthday, but as you might know I’m on Team Pie, so I wasn’t excited to make a typical birthday cake. What I came up with is actually a giant brownie pretending to be a cake… shhh, don’t tell my boyfriend because he loved it! It’s rich…
Mini Amaretto Cakes with Blood Orange Topping
After my Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Blood Orange Topping was such a hit, I found myself constantly thinking about how the amaretto made that topping shine. And it occurred to me that I could really showcase the amaretto flavor by using the blood orange topping on amaretto cake. I’d also been trying to come up…
Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Blood Orange Topping
My friend gave me a bag of blood oranges from his tree. They are sweet and so stunning, so I thought they would be a perfect topping for panna cotta. And I had some leftover buttermilk, so I decided to make it buttermilk panna cotta. Just a tablespoon of amaretto added a luxurious almond flavor…
Lemon Buttermilk Bundt Cake
My friend gifted me a bundt pan on the condition that he would get some bundt cake desserts at future dinner parties. I think he made that stipulation because he knows I’m on Team Pie. But I’m always excited to use a new kitchen thingamabob, so I set out to figure out bundt cakes. This…
Lavender Lemon Cream Pie
It’s March, and that means my favorite holiday… Pi(e) Day! As the world is figuring out how to live with COVID and slowly opening back up, we were able to do a big Pie Day bonus event for Cookbook Club. Continuing to find fun ways to use lavender in my cooking, I made a Lavender…
Lavender Lemon Cookies
So far my adventures in cooking with lavender have been successful, so I’m gonna keep going. I recently had some lemon cookies at a party, and as I was eating them couldn’t help thinking a lavender lemon cookie could be a treat. It is! Guessipe 1 stick butter 1 cup lavender sugar 1 TBSP lemon…
Pasta with Burst Cherry Tomato Sauce and Fried Caper Crumbs
Cookbook Club – America’s Test Kitchen, Cook’s Illustrated For February’s Cookbook Club, people were able to choose recipes from the America’s Test Kitchen website and cookbook and the affiliated Cook’s Illustrated magazine and cookbook. To see what we selected from the thousands of recipe options, go to my cookbook club site. For now – my…
Lavender Sugar
I was gifted some lavender, which my friend grew and dried herself. I love the scent of lavender and the wonderful fragrance it adds to baked goods, so I was excited to try incorporating it into my baking. The first step was figuring out how to work with it, and after consulting with a chef…
Caramelized Cabbage with Bacon
I crave this cabbage dish. How many cabbage dishes can you say that about? But I kid you not. The caramelized sweetness of the cabbage with crispy bacon bits and a touch of spice make it a savory spicy sweet bit of heaven. Do you think dessert cabbage could ever become a thing? Guessipe 1…