I offered to host playgroup today but when I only got a few responses late at night I decided not to bake (this happens in the summer a lot–people out of town, plus we have several newborns in the group). Then, late last night, I read Big Red Kitchen and knew that yes indeed I…
Archives for June 2009
My Delayed But Intense Love Affair With Tom Ka Gai
Tom Ka Gai (sometimes spelled Tom Kha Gai) is a delicious and fresh Thai coconut soup, flavored with galangal, cilantro and lime. I updated these photos in December 2016; they look a little different, because I let each person add their own nam prik pao, which means the photos were taken before it was added,…
Family Recipes: Susan’s Sour Cherry Pie
Do you have any dishes that while not your favorite, will remain indelibly associated in your mind with a particular family member? That it is important to you to learn to make just because that dish is a part of your culinary heritage, even though it is not your cup of tea? That is my…
Taste & Create Plus One: Chocolate Chip Coffee Scones & Brownie Scones
Here’s the deal: when I make anything coffee flavored for dessert, I usually need to make 2 things, because how cruel is it to make something my toddlers cannot eat? But I love coffee flavored desserts (although I cannot abide straight coffee), so 2 different scone flavors it was. I got these coffee flavored scones…
Mint Chocolate Dalmatians
Why does peppermint seem out of place in the summer? Yes it is a holiday flavor, but it is so cooling and refreshing, the perfect complement to chocolate on a hot summer day. That’s my story anyway. I found this recipe, sans peppermint, in Marcel Desaulniers’ Death By Chocolate Cookies. I am not a big…
Wrapping Up Alex’s Birthday: Lemon Serviceberry Cupcakes With Lemon Cream Frosting
Alex’s birthday celebrations ended up taking 3 days. 3 because her party had to be on a Sunday, we hosted playgroup on Monday and celebrated her birthday, and her actual birthday was on Tuesday. I did not go crazy with the food all 3 days, of course, but I did make cupcakes for playgroup, which…
Happy Belated Birthday Alex! Worms in Dirt Mousse Cups
Belated because near the end of Alex’s party on Sunday, when nearly everyone was gone anyway, we had the mother of all thunderstorms, got 2 inches of water in 30 minutes (sending our creek into flash flood), and had a big power surge, which, while we did not lose power, totally destroyed our internet box….
Strawberry Lemonade Bars
Can you take another strawberry recipe? This might be the best so far. I think these Strawberry lemonade Bars are probably making the blog rounds–and they deserve to be. I first heard about them on Twitter, I forget who, and got linked to Playing House, who linked me in turn to Baking Bites, whose original…
Bacon, Pork & Potato Tinga Tacos
We had a very cool, very rainy day here, which was a godsend because it meant I was ok with having the oven and cooktop going all day. And because it meant I did not need to water my garden (yes it is planted) and tree. Or my rhubarb plants. Or the flower bed. You…