To me, there is no bigger wish for the New Year than world peace. The original recipe of these cookies comes from the French renowned…
What are my excuses in baking cookies? The holiday season. Perfect season for baking cookies. I figure that I can wrap them up in pretty…
I have made these almonds many times but have not posted the recipe. ‘Tis the season to be sharing some of these wonderful gift ideas, besides…
Dorie told us to vary the ingredients: spices, nuts, dried fruits or go with some strong tea, and have fun with this cake. I like…
This is an alternative and a solution to take advantage of the bounty of the apple harvest and to bake something besides the ubiquitous apple pie.…
Making cookies is a seasonal thing to me. The spirits of giving. The holiday buzz. Sugar and spices. They are all nice to bake with. Pfefferneusee,…
Baking anything classic can be challenging given all the longstanding expectations of what it should taste like and look like. I’m jumping in with both feet.…
My most memorable cooking/baking experience is one that helps inspire and expand my skill set and knowledge in the kitchen. It does not hurt if the…
What is your guilty pleasure? Usually I put nuts, fruits and vegetables in my desserts to make the likes of apricot cake, pecan pie, beet chocolate…
This Dorie Greenspan’s custardy apple squares remind me of another custardy fruit dessert, clafoutis, in which whole summer fruits, such as cherries and peaches, are…
Is it a tart or is it a pizza? Dorie Greenspan says that everyone in France thinks that apple tart flambée is a pizza, except…
bread with preferment/ Fruit/ quick cake/ sweet bread/ Tartine/ whole wheat
Zucchini-Kumquat 100% whole-wheat Tea Cakes
This zucchini kumquat cakes is one of the trio 100% whole-wheat teacake recipes in Tartine Book No.3. I have posted the other two: apple walnut…
The project at hand is to make a 30-minute express meal. (See IHCC for details.) The clock is ticking. Time is a blur. I wonder how…
Who could have thought of using blueberries and corn with the iconic Philadelphia cream cheese to make a cool summer tart like this? I have…
Two pounds of fresh apricots in a tart to start, what an amazing mound of summer fruits for a dessert? I’m keen to buy up…
Summer galette puts a smile on my face for the wide variety of juicy and delicious fruits I can use in it. This is the…
When there is abundance of fresh summer fruits around more than you can eat and you want to extend the peak-of-the-season fruits beyond the summer…
July 4th is right around the corner. I need to come up with a dessert to bring to a celebration party far away from home. So…
These extra moist lemon cakes came about from Yotam Ottolenghi and his team cooking their way through the dessert recipes for his new book, yet…
Another fancy cake from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi (page 103) is a challenge I can’t resist. Le Fraisier is the French cake that celebrates the…
breakfast/ Fruit/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials/ quick bread/ Sweet
French Toast with Microwave Brioche, Berry Sauce and Vegan Whip Cream
French toast is great for weekend breakfasts, especially with company. It takes more time to prepare but its elegant taste and look is making up for…
Tarte Tropézienne, a popular cake in Saint-Tropez pastry shops, was described by Pierre Hermé to be mythique. At least that was how Dorie Greenspan recounted…
This salted butter caramel-chocolate mousse is rich and decadent. You would surely expect that from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen. I made half of the…
Smoothies of any flavor, berries, tropical or greens, are among the best and easy eats that I like to make when I have fresh fruits…
Inspired by Blue Hill’s Inspiration of this chocolate bread came from an unlikely source. We were celebrating a milestone birthday for my husband a week…