Julie | January 24, 2010

This is a summary post overviewing the meals and baked goods I made over the holidays, concluding with the highlight of my father making ebelskivers.

Category: Appetizers, Baking, Breakfast, Dinner, Meat, Persnickety Bits, Sides, Veggies and Salads | No Comments »
Tags: apple, bacon, bake, beef, Brussels sprout, carrot, chicken, cookie, cornbread, cream, Danish, fry, goat cheese, miso, molasses, mushroom, mustard, onion, pancake, pecan, pie, porcini, potato, pumpkin, quick bread, roast, sherry, souffle, spices, stuffing, tart, truffle oil, turkey, walnut, white chocolate, yam

Julie | June 14, 2009

The June 2009 Daring Cooks challenged featured potstickers or gyoza with homemade wrappers, and allowed me to work on my pleating technique.

Category: Appetizers, Dinner, Foodblog Events, Meat, World Cuisines | 4 Comments »
Tags: broccoli, Chinese, Daring Cooks, filled pasta, ginger, mushroom, pork, soy

Julie | April 7, 2009

My son’s first birthday party, celebrated with homemade breadsticks and hummus, stuffed peppers, and a fabulously messy devil’s food white-out cake.

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Tags: baby, bake, bread, cake, chocolate, dip, entertaining, spices, spread, yeast

Julie | October 12, 2008

These crisp fritters transform eggplant into a vehicle for dipping in spicy muhammara; Moroccan chicken skewers round out the meal.

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Tags: chicken, dip, eggplant, fry, Moroccan, picky, spices, spread

Julie | September 27, 2008

The September 2008 Daring Bakers challenge featured crunchy lavash crackers, decorated with Middle Eastern spices and sesame seeds. I served mine at a going-away party with muhammara, a roasted-red pepper dip thickened with walnuts and bread crumbs.

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Tags: bake, cracker, Daring Bakers, dip, Middle Eastern, pomegranate molasses, roast, roasted red pepper, spices, spread, walnut

Julie | September 24, 2008

Oven-roasted tomatoes and garlic-herb goat cheese, leftover from catering a friend’s going-away party, see new life in this easy pasta dish.

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Tags: basil, dried pasta, goat cheese, leftovers, roast, tomato, zucchini

Julie | September 23, 2008

An overview of some of the food I prepared for a friend’s going-away party: Spreads with fresh bread, roasted chickpeas, fried zucchini roll-ups, and watermelonade.

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Tags: bake, beverage, bread, canned beans, capers, chickpea, dip, entertaining, farmer's market, fry, garlic, Italian, lemon, Moroccan, olive, roast, spread, watermelon, yeast, zucchini

Julie | July 12, 2008

These grilled shrimp skewers, served over spinach salad with feta and tzatziki dip, were bursting with flavor but in need of some tweaks in presentation.

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Tags: cucumber, dill, dip, feta, garlic, Greek, grill, leftovers, lemon, shallot, shrimp, spinach, yogurt

Julie | January 10, 2008

Despite my pitiful crimping technique, these homemade wonton wrappers perform admirably when transformed into pork potstickers.

Category: Appetizers, Dinner, Foodblog Events, Meat, Pastas, World Cuisines | 7 Comments »
Tags: cabbage, Chinese, dumpling, filled pasta, pan-fry, pork, soy

Julie | June 29, 2007

My homemade potstickers may not be pretty, but they tasted better than anything we’ve gotten from a Chinese restaurant around here.

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Tags: cabbage, Chinese, filled pasta, pork, scallion, soy