This was a first for me – I don’t have any childhood memories of eating bowls of comforting rice pudding. In a household where skim milk and frozen yogurt reign, you don’t get indulgences like that. Not that I didn’t have awesome desserts growing up, just nothing that contained full-fat cream.
Archive for March, 2009
Tropical Comfort Food
Monday, March 30th, 2009Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna: Daring Bakers March 2009
Thursday, March 26th, 2009I was wondering what kind of challenge we’d be thrown this month for Daring Bakers. Last month was easy as they come, and I was cringing in anticipation of some ridiculously complicated, week-long project. Luckily it didn’t take me a week, just an afternoon/evening. It wasn’t particularly easy and it was a crazy day overall, [...]
Cantalicious
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009What do you do with an underripe cantaloupe, some overripe strawberries and a half-empty bottle of wine?
Adding to the Confusion
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009I feel fairly confident in saying that every single person (at least in the US) who has ever made, eaten or even mentioned macarons has had to explain themselves. No, they are NOT macaroons. So stop looking at me like I sprouted a third eye when I go on about how delicate and finicky they [...]
Iron Cupcake Earth: Nuts & Seeds II
Monday, March 23rd, 2009This is a recipe I’d like to tweak some more, but the ingredients are not terribly easy to come by. However, the flavor pairing I picked is one I really like.
Iron Cupcake Earth: Nuts & Seeds I
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009Happy Pi(e) Day!
Happy Birthday Mom!
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009This wasn’t the easiest project I’ve ever undertaken in the kitchen. Well, it was easy in the sense that the recipe was simple and didn’t take too long to put together, but the planning wasn’t the simplest. In this particular instance it turned out to be a good thing that I waste countless hours reading [...]
Pink & Brown
Saturday, March 7th, 2009Oof, right now the last thing I really want to talk about is sweet things. I had a busy, fun day filled with friends and sugar. It was the first really spring-like day of the year and we got out and enjoyed it, and earlier Z and I shared a plethora of really good cookies. [...]
Quince Love!
Friday, March 6th, 2009I know quinces are not quite in season anymore, but they still had some at Whole Foods when I went down there last week and I had to load up on as many non-bruised ones as I could. That turned out to be an underwhelming four, but that’s plenty to experiment with!
