A lifetimes fascination with food somehow led to importing pottery from Europe. Initially we marketed through home parties. During our first Christmas season we realized people were looking for gifts rather than items for themselves so we decided to make our bowls and cups into baskets by going back into the kitchen. After filling them with gourmet goodies we made ourselves, the phone never stopped ringing with people looking for more.
I have to admit to being intimidate by this recipe. At first glance I thought "oh great pizza - that will be an easy weeknight meal." Then I looked at the directions and realized this is not my father's pepperoni pizza. A sweet pas...
Naan is a light bread with a recorded history dating back to the 1300's. A staple with hot meals throughout south and central Asia it is both fried and baked according to local custom. In China the standard starches are rice, noodl...
There it is on page 253 of Baking with Julia...Boca Negra or Black Mouth. Add Bourbon to chocolate and call it cake. Then top it with more
chocolate in the guise of cream. These people know how to live. I mean
really leave. Ri...
Apple Pie is a big deal around my house. My grandmother, Rocci was famous for hers. I have spent a life time trying to find my own niche and garner a two thumbs up from her biggest fan and my father. At christmas I considered making ...
I LOVE pizza and am very fond of onions. This recipe is a match made in heaven in my eyes.
Normally my go to pizza dough recipe comes from Jim Lahey's My Bread. Over Christmas I made his Pizza with Onions. I was dubious abo...
I love the story behind this. The savarin evolved from the baba. The baba was the creation of a Polish King exiled in France. He did not like the cakes he found so he made his own and soaked it in rum for good measure. Why settle ...
Oh my lord! I was definitely not prepared for this... There is something divinely evil about rugelach. What could it be? The mixture of butter and cream cheese in the pastry? Dollops of sugar, dried fruits and nuts in the filling?...
If you did not already know, Baking with Julia - the cookbook was created to pay homage to Baking With Julia the series. In it Julia Child brought some of her favorite bakers to share their specialties. Marion Cunningham was an aw...
I come from a line of improvising women. They are renegades. As a result I am terrible at following recipes. When I got up to make this involved creation today I wondered if I could really do it. Suprisingly, the authors of this ba...
Best-Ever? Best ever, really? It takes a lot of chutzpah to make that kind of statement. This recipe is not just about chocolate, it is about technique. I always thought a bit of flour, some more sugar, cocoa, chocolate bits, eggs a...
