We had our friends Matt and Sean over for dinner, and the pressure was on. They love food. They live in San Francisco and are used to eating at some of the best restaurants around. My goal was to make something delicious but still easy enough for me to enjoy their company. I decided on [...]
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My Best of 2012 list was long and difficult to narrow down. Larry and I had a spirited discussion about what made the cut and what didn’t. At the end, we were left with eleven items that needed to be on our final favorites list. There was a lot of good food last year, though. [...]
This cake is the perfect finish for a dinner party. It’s dramatic and amazingly delicious, especially if you like chocolate. And it’s not fussy to make – everything can be made the day before so that it’s ready to be assembled a few hours before the fun starts. My success with big, multi-layer cakes is [...]
I was a little nervous about this week’s Baked Sunday Morning project. Cakes aren’t a problem. Giant, three-layer cakes tend to be a challenge for me, though. They usually end up crooked or the buttercream somehow slides off. My decorating skills aren’t the best, either. The first problem I had was lack of pans. I [...]
We picked up a slab of pork belly from one of the farmer’s market vendors, and it’s been sitting in the freezer, waiting for me to figure out how I wanted to cook it. It’s not the first time I’ve cooked pork belly, but this time I wanted to braise it. This recipe was exactly [...]
We had a somewhat spur-of-the-moment company night with our friends Chris and Julie. It’s something we don’t do enough lately (have people over for dinner). It seems as if dinner parties always works out better for me if they’re not over-planned, so I’m forced to just make things that are reliable and delicious, rather than [...]
I got it into my head that I wanted to make cocktails for Christmas. I’ve been bookmarking all sorts of cocktail recipes lately, for a couple of reasons. First, mixology is really interesting right now. It’s got a decidedly culinary bent, with many establishments making house-made flavorings, syrups and bitters. And we drinks a lot [...]
Larry and I share a love for eggs. Okay, I’m not that crazy about scrambled or fried, but both of us love hard and soft boiled and poached eggs. And baked eggs. Expecially when the eggs are uber-fresh like these are, out a friend’s flock so you know the hens and how they’re treated and [...]
I bookmarked the recipe for these decadent buns the from the moment I got Flour. I always put it off – brioche takes time, and there are multiple parts, and it just seemed like a lot of work and pre-planning. I thought maybe Thanksgiving weekend would be a good time to try them, but was [...]
Our friend Lisa was in town for a few days from Toronto, so we had planned to meet up for dinner. Then I realized I had everything on hand for a quick weeknight dinner. And Lisa is Vegan, but it seems like lately I’m always stocked up on fresh vegetables, tempeh and edamame. This, of [...]
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