I had my doubts about this tart. Orange desserts are definitely not at the top of my list. I don’t drink soda and I’ve never been crazy about Creamsicles. Plus there are a lot of steps to putting the tart together. It needs time to chill at various points in the recipe and is probably [...]
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I’ve been relatively content with the Good Eats pasta dough recipe I’ve been using, but when someone suggested I try out Thomas Keller’s recipe, I was intrigued. It’s got a lot more fat than other recipes – 6 egg yolks and an egg, plus a bit of milk. Kathy and I set out to make [...]
I’m in love with these oatcakes. They’re dense, slightly sweet and heartier than a muffin. I love them plain or with a bit of honey. I used all whole wheat pastry flour, but they can be made gluten-free by using spelt flour. I realized in the middle of mixing them up that I didn’t have [...]
I just love shortbread. I like that it’s rich and decadent without being fancy. It’s buttery goodness. And it’s super easy to make. This version is particularly easy, quickly coming together in the food processor. The recipe comes from Melissa Clark, food writer and author of the terrific book In the Kitchen with A Good [...]
Our favorite restaurant in Reno is Daughter’s Cafe. We go there without fail every time we’re in Reno, sometimes multiple times. They’re normally open for breakfast and lunch, sometimes dinner, and for Sunday brunch. It’s just outside of downtown Reno on the West side, a couple of blocks from the river. Going to eat at [...]
One of my friends from high school came for dinner tonight. I’ve known Mark for 28 years and have never cooked for him. Pressure! We had a really nice time, and I stuck to things that I had made before and could be put together at the last minute. One of my favorite appetizers is [...]
As far as candy bars go, Almond Joy were always one of my favorites. This tart tastes exactly like an Almond Joy, so I loved it. Larry? Not so much. He’s not a picky eater at all, but coconut is definitely not one of his favorite things. The recipe makes six small tarts, perfect for [...]
I do not like pumpkin. I can tolerate it sometimes if it’s baked into a cake or muffin or quickbread, but I don’t like it all baked into a pie or as a squash side or main dish. It needs to be hidden. But we had three sugar pie pumpkins in the pantry from the [...]
Ron came over for dinner tonight, along with Jay. I made the meatballs and sauce, baked the bread and make the cake yesterday so tonight all we had to do is cook the pasta and put together the salad (which Larry took care of). We liked the spaghetti and meatballs, but it’s very rich – [...]
Jay’s sister Kala was in town tonight, so we had the two of them over for dinner tonight. Kala is a vegetarian, so I made the quinoa pilaf that I made recently – it’s a hearty vegetarian main. We had delicata squash and butternut squash from the CSA this week, so I made a huge [...]
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