Sometimes, when mediocre imitations of food are easily available, you can forget that it’s easy to make the thing yourself. But once you try the real thing, you can never look at the store-bought version the same way again. Whipped cream is one of those things. Contrary to popular belief, whipped cream doesn’t naturally come [...]
I’m happy tonight, and I’m going to celebrate by giving you caramelized peaches. Not really. You can’t eat the picture, and I didn’t even eat these tonight, though I’m now feeling the urge to go make more. But, I am in a good mood, because I did a little redesign. Er… more like a facelift? [...]
I remember when my mom used to make popsicles when I was a kid. She had a set of plastic molds, and for at least a few years there were always popsicles in the freezer for summer snacks, and they were so good. We used all kinds of juices, and they were the perfect way [...]
Last year, I saw the movie Waitress twice, and was utterly inspired to make pie. To become an expert at pie, like the main character – a pie master. Until now, I never really tried, for perfectly valid reasons: Pie is intimidating. It’s very intimidating to me, and I’m pretty bold about trying things I [...]
If I were a good little blogger, I’d have posted about food gift ideas before Christmas, but instead I kept my silence so as to surprise my gift recipients, some of whom read this blog. But the results have been a big hit, so keep these in mind for your future gift-giving needs! Since the [...]
This weekend featured a surprising number of experiments in my kitchen. Blueberry soup I’d seen a few recipes for blueberry soups over the past week, and it seemed like too much of a coincidence not to try it. It’s incredibly easy: simmer and blend the berries, chill, stir in yogurt. It made a nice and [...]
This post is overdue, but late nights and thunderstorms have made it hard to blog this week. But, while my actualy cooking last weekend was lackluster, I had two little projects that I’m especially proud of. Exhibit 1: Ice cream sandwich with fresh, homemade chocolate chip cookies (from the classic Toll House recipe) and organic [...]