Frozen | Corona
Happy Cinco de Mayo! I plan to feast this evening on delicious food (chicken and shrimp fajitas), consume large amounts of queso and drink my share of strawberry margaritas… but I have to admit, these Corona Beer popsicles look super yummy! Check out this fast easy recipe at Bakers Royale! Hope you all have a [...]
Holiday | Treat
I was looking for some holiday recipes this evening and found this great double chocolate hazelnut fudge brownie recipe on What Katie Ate. YUM!
Boat | Anchor
Weapons of Mass Disgusting, aka Tasty Fruitcake. Culinary Conversations with Brian Brooks Fruitcake can be so much more than a door stop or boat anchor. Sure, you’ve had a horrible fruitcake. It was probably made with those eerie glow-in -the-dark candied “fruits.” (And “fruit” is a generous word to use.) Why? Why shouldn’t fruitcake be [...]
Summer | Time
Hope you are all having a beautiful weekend! I have a busy weekend filled with graduations, dance recitals and tons of household projects. I wanted to quickly post the link for Faisselle Ice Cream & Raspberries Popsicles over at Tartelette .. DELICIOUS! xoxo, Jenn
Fish | Tacos
Grab a Mexican Coke and make this simple Baja-style recipe – adapted from Loading Dock’s Forrest Cole ( of Choncho’s Tacos fame). Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in style! Photograph and recipe courtesy of Daily Candy. Grilled Fish Tacos Serves four Ingredients 1-1½ lb. mahi mahi A few limes 1 medium head red cabbage (or experiment [...]
Lemon | Poundcake
I am craving my mother’s lemon poundcake! For yummy deliciousness, check out Taste Spotting. Here is the recipe: YIELD:5x9x3-inch loaf pan (this needs a small loaf pan) Ingredients: * 6 tablespoons butter * 2/3 cup granulated sugar * 4 egg yolks * 1 1/4 cups flour * 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder * 1/8 teaspoon salt [...]
Yummy | Desktop Calendar
Chocolate & Zucchini is serving up delicious desktop calendars that she posts monthly for her fans. For April, she has featured sugar-studded brioches – the recipe is attached via that link also. Clotilde Dusoulier and her Parisian food musings are delightful!
Yummy | Recipe
My favorite thing to eat at Easter is Deviled Eggs! Check out this delicious recipe from the Food Network! 4-Pepper Deviled Eggs Ingredients 6 hard boiled eggs, cooled and peeled 1 teaspoon whole pink peppercorns, divided 1/2 teaspoon whole white peppercorns 1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns 1/2 teaspoon whole green peppercorns 1/2 teaspoon caper liquid [...]
Peep | Sushi
Serious Eats has the best Easter recipe of all! Peep sushi, their love-child of Easter and Japan, made from Peeps, Rice Krispie Treats and Fruit by the Foot! BRILLIANT! Go to Serious Eats to get the whole scoop and recipe – which is hilarious as they walk you through beheading the Peeps.
Strawberry + Lime | Cupcakes
I was searching for recipes with my mother for Easter for our family get together this weekend and saw these Strawberry-Lime Stuffed Cupcakes on the Food Network. I think they would make a fun treat for Easter! Here is the recipe: Ingredients 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon fine [...]
Small Scale | Crawfish Boil
I’m craving….. a crawfish boil! I grew up in New Orleans and all of my friends are always having these great crawfish boils and posting fabulous pictures on social media sites that I drool over. So, for those who can’t do the whole sha-bang but want their own little crawfish boil, this one’s for you.. [...]
Happy Sunday | I’m Craving Pancakes
Prepare these pancakes when fresh blueberries are in season, from late spring through late summer. When making the batter, take care not to overmix it, as too much stirring will develop the gluten in the flour and result in tough pancakes. Ingredients: 2 eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted 3 Tbs. sugar 2 tsp. baking [...]
Egg | Salad Sandwich
Grandmother’s Egg Salad (Sandwich) – serves 2 – Ingredients 4 hard-boiled eggs, finely chopped (boiling instructions below) 1 stalk of celery, including the leaves for flavor, finely chopped 2 green onions, chopped 2 to 4 tablespoons mayonnaise, preferably homemade with a neutral oil (i.e., not olive) Salt and pepper to taste 4 slices white bread, [...]
Fabulous {Cookies}
OOOOHH! Whippedbakehsop out of Philadelphia, has the most gorgeous desserts! Check out her fabulous cookies! These are amazing! I really love the detail, especially on the tiles she created.
Guinness Does Dessert
In lieu of St. Patty’s Day and my love for everything cupcakes and chocolate, I thought I would share this delicious recipe from The Kitchen Sink and Suzanne Goin via The Boston Globe for all of the cooks out there on this beautiful Saturday afternoon! Chocolate Stout Cake Butter (for the pan) 2 cups flour [...]
This one takes the cake
I found this recipe of Nigella Lawson on www.thekitchn.com. I think every holiday should have a recipe that incorporates chocolate cake in the theme… and this one takes the cake! Chocolate Guinness Cake From Feast by Nigella Lawson (reprinted in the New York Times on 12/8/04) Yield: One 9-inch cake (12 servings) For the cake: [...]
