Meant to Happen
Homemade gianduja (chocolate-hazelnut) gelato is heaven in a bowl (or cone, or any other chosen delivery system).
Category Archives: World Cuisines
Yule (B)Logging, Part 2: Sawing Logs
The December 2007 Daring Bakers challenge featured a traditional yule log, or buche de noel, which is decorated to emulate an actual log. My "log" was embellished with meringue mushrooms, marzipan ivy and acorns, ganache…
Yule (B)Logging, Part 1: Logrolling
The December 2007 Daring Bakers challenge featured a traditional yule log, or buche de noel, which is decorated to emulate an actual log. My version used a chocolate genoise, and chestnut and dark chocolate buttercreams.
It’s All About the Bun
There is nothing quite like a burger or pulled pork sandwich served up on a fresh-from-the-oven roll.
Buttermilk Biscuits
My go-to recipe for biscuits, provided I have some buttermilk or plain yogurt in the fridge. A quarter-cup disher comes in very handy for this recipe.
Thanksgiving Paradise
An old-fashioned paradise pumpkin pie, with layers of cream cheese and streusel, made new with puree from a freshly roasted sugar pumpkin.
Poifect
The perfect apple crumb pie, redolent of cinnamon and with just the right levels of crunch and tenderness.
Thanksgiving 2007 Debriefing
An overview of our Thanksgiving feast, from brining the turkey to dishing up the fixings.
Golabki
Polish cabbage rolls stuffed with pork and served over mashed potatoes with a creamy paprika-tomato sauce.
Gussied Up
This easy mac and cheese can be served either straight from the pan or from the oven; peas, prosciutto, and garlicky breadcrumbs give it a little flair.
Shades of Grey
Pale amaretti cookies meet gray buckwheat cookies in a mini-smorgasbord of Italian pastries.
Lightning Bolts with Avgolemono
This recipe is a testament to the lengths to which I will go when confronted with another meal of boneless chicken breasts. Grinding the meat opens up a new world of options, including these dilly…
Pork Chahps and Gahlic Sauce
Fresh sardines with pepperonata, 7-hour leg of lamb, and pork chops with a garlic-cream sauce.
Cracking Up
A whole crimson snapper baked rather spectacularly in a coarse salt crust.
A Mediocre Menu (and My Ultimate Comfort Food)
Noil's Noodles---a straight-up Americanized version of what was once a Thai noodle dish---may not be much to look at, but always hits the spot when I'm feeling low.
Presto Pasta Night: Prawns and Noodles in Thai Coconut Broth
A request for fried coconut prawns turns into shrimp and noodles served in a Thai-inspired broth.
A Miscellany of Pasta
Linguine carbonara, and Vietnamese beef and broccoli with an attempted noodle pancake.
Gigot d’Agneau à la Cuillére
Seven hours seems like a long time to cook anything, but this braised leg of lamb comes out fantastically spoon-tender. Any leftover lamb and braising liquid can be transformed into risotto.