He’s home! He’s home! Everything is better when Daddy is home. From Sunday to Tuesday I cooked 2 dinners, baked one cake, and even a batch of cookies. That is the Daddy Difference, since before that I was pushing canned soup at my kids and pleading with them to just go to bed (ok it…
“Twisted Tollhouse” Shaved Chocolate Cookies
OK I joined yet another blogging group, and they all post the first week of the month (or thereabouts) and they are all baked goods, so… Hope you’re in the mood for sweets! This one is called The Leftovers Club, and it is not limited to sweets, just to items that ship well. The idea…
#BundtAMonth: Mahlab Vanilla Bundt Cake
I cannot decide if this qualifies as a bundt cake! I don’t know why, when I planned to make my BundtAMonth cake at my in laws’ house, it did not occur to me to bring a pan. I guess I forget not everyone lives in my world of owning 3,000 bundt pans. So this cake…
Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Crumb Cake
I love this Chocolate Party theme (buttermilk and chocolate). I adore tangy, rich buttermilk and the flavor and texture it brings to baked goods. There are many great chocolate cakes made with buttermilk, but I wanted to really be able to taste the buttermilk, so I chose this crumb cake, studded with miniature chocolate chips. Neither the…
#BundtAMonth: Vanilla Orange Bundt Cake with a Hint of Coconut
This cake was by far the biggest Bundt A Month challenge I have faced. Confession: I don’t usually care for tropical desserts. And tropical is March’s theme. Have you ever noticed that the hotter the climate gets, the sweeter the desserts get? Not richer or unhealthier, but just naturally sweeter. Rice puddings, custards… They are…
#ChocolateParty: Chocolate Dulce de Leche Bars
When Roxana from Roxana’s Home Baking announced the theme for this month’s Chocolate Party was caramel, I had mixed feelings. I am very picky about caramel, and often do not care for it with chocolate. It is just so sweet. But then inspiration struck, I could use milk caramel, i.e., dulce de leche, about which I am…
Kung Pao Chicken from The Chinese Takeout Cookbook
I always enjoy my blog, but sometimes I especially love my blog. This is one of those times. A few weeks ago I was contacted by Diana of appetite for china, asking me if I would be interested in blogging about a dish from her new cookbook, The Chinese Takeout Cookbook: Quick and Easy Dishes…
#ChocolateParty Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
You guys know I love chocolate, but do you know just how much I love chocolate? I REALLY love chocolate. Maybe I’m an addict. When I was in Thailand, I carried tiny Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Nuggets with Almonds with me EVERYWHERE. I literally always had them in my travel pouch, next to my passport (and yes…
Interview with Faith Gorsky of An Edible Mosaic
Our Cookbook Tour project is slowly winding up. It has been so much fun–not to mention delicious–promoting Faith’s An Edible Mosaic: Middle Eastern Fare with Extraordinary Flair. To put the frosting on the cake, so to speak, Faith answered sme questions for me that I thought might be of interest to my readers. Everyone involved in…