What to do with eight pounds of freshly picked olaillieberries. A lovely dilemma because now I have a good base ingredient to experiment with. I wanted a dessert that would showcase the fruit on its own so I thought, a pie. An olaillieberry pie filled to the brim of just the berries and a bit of sugar to bring out [...]
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May 30, 2010
I love an occasion to go all out with food and festivities. A graduation certainly deserves a celebration and my mind was overflowing with ideas of how to celebrate my sister’s well-earned degree. The school is UC Berkeley so I incorporated the school colors, mustard yellow and navy, into my sweet treats. And for celebration dinner, the place [...] May 2, 2010
After making Giada’s Pasta Ponza, I needed something sweet so I made Lemon Thyme Bars.
Close up. I like how the flecks of thyme show when you cut into the bars.
March 6, 2010
Red roses, red hearts, red boxes of candy. Valentine’s Day is a sea of red. I decided to make pink the color to celebrate with and my ingredient of choice… grapefruit.
Grapefruit heart cakes filled with grapefruit curd September 24, 2009
Figs are the perfect transition ingredient from summer to fall. They show up at the markets in July so they are great for grilling on warm nights. When roasted, they are comforting and warm like fall. It doesn’t feel like you’re completely into the fall season like if you used apples or pears. Because for some of us, we can’t let go [...] September 4, 2009
Since I had done a Julia Child dinner recipe, I felt like I needed to try a dessert recipe as well. The plum cakes comes from Dorie Greenspan’s book, Baking with Julia. The photo looked rustic and homey and I love the idea of a individual size cake. The recipe can be found [...] July 14, 2009
I’m going through an ice cream phase. At Sur la Table this past Saturday for 4 kinds of ice cream for lunch. A kid’s ultimate dream turned into a reality.
Ice cream makers on in full force. Clockwise from top left: chocolate orange ice cream, coconut ice cream, rum macadamia nut ice cream, [...] June 29, 2009
For a dinner party over the weekend, I took another stab at a recipe from my June issue of Gourmet. I’m still not showing any signs of finishing the issue considering this next recipe appeared on the page opposite to the Raspberry Buttermilk Cake. The cake was so successful I attempted another Quick Cook recipe. Peach-Laquered [...] June 8, 2009
I decided to have another taste from Icing on the Cake. Since its summer (well that and bananarama was not available) I chose Pink Lemonade. this one baked up lopsided so it couldn’t really sit upright
i like the lemon wedge garnish to make it look more like lemonade
lighting a little [...] May 3, 2009
One of the ingredients I look forward to using when in its in season is meyer lemon. I love that every part of it can be used - zest, peel, juice. Meyer lemon is not as tart as lemons you find year round which make them perfect for baking. These bars would be great for [...] |
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