Who doesn’t love a donut to dunk in their morning joe? Heck, a fresh homemade donut is great for just about whenever! This cake donut is subtle in its sweetness and spice, but the caramel glaze is over-the-top awesome in it’s warm and gooey sweetness. Serving suggestion: […]
Read more →I started out with the full intention of making Cake Truffles. I visited The Momofuko Milk Bar @ midtown, nyc a year or so ago. It was dark and sleek and compact and professional. In contrast the gorgeous sweets they sold were homey and warm and slightly nostalgic of afternoon baking projects […]
Read more →As the name suggests this is a middle eastern take on nachos, based in part on a couple of salads in Claudia Roden’s very awesome cookbook The New Book of Middle Eastern Food. The flavors and textures of this multilayered dip says Salatim to me; the salad and dips part of […]
Read more →Retains the comfort qualities of good ol’ Chicken Noodle Soup, but with the added suggestion of creamy, slightly exotic, coconutty flavor. The Habanero chili pepper adds a really nice jolt of heat that cuts through the rich coconutty creaminess. Serves 6 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 onion, […]
Read more →Today was a great eating day. The tastes ran from blini, caviar, and smoked fish engagement party finger-food to down-home-and-dirty Superbowl tucker. I have to submit my complete delight for the late- afternoon party I visited. There, a blini bar was found, stocked with bottles of ice cold vodka, coin-sized blini’s, layers of […]
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