Sometimes adding a garnish can make or break the appearance of a cake. A cake can be absolutely delicious, but if it doesn't look appealing and inviting, everyone might pass on it. Which of these would you rather dig into? or Yep, de
I know, I know- The Hummingbird Bakery again ? Well, you see, I have this terrible habit of getting stuck on certain cookbooks. I tab all of the recipes that I'd like to bake and then proceed to bake, using the sliding scale of my excitement to guide me.
Being from the north, there are many things I had to learn when I moved south. The first time someone told me that they were going to "carry me" to the store I let them know in no uncertain terms that they weren't picking me up at all, let alone carrying
Lemon Sevai
Busy work days call for simple dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And the past few weeks have been really busy! As a result, my family has been subjected to the Upma - Poha - Idli routine for breakfast. I have not even made it as fa
How do you tuna fish? You say: "Howzit fish?", Such a lame joke, but my children kill themselves laughing everytime they catch some unsuspected victim. We love tuna whether it is fresh or tinned. I think either way, the possibilities are endless. For me,
This has to be the most decadent and the easiest dessert that I?ve ever made. With only 3 ingredients and about 10 minutes of hands-on time, it?s hard to believe the end result could be this tasty AND the technique is almost fool-proof. When I saw this
Summer is coming.
It is not exactly here yet, but with the rising temperatures and cloudless skies I can feel it on the horizon. I am ready for it this year after the unpleasantly cold winter we had. When the weather gets warm I start craving
My youngest sister dropped me a bombshell - a lemon cake for her birthday. I went "what?!?!?!" It was a challenge as I've not tried a fully frosted lemon cake. Panick sank in. Challenge sprang up. I flipped through my cakes recipe books one by one. Loo
I did some research and found the origin of this pie, it was invented in the early 1800?s by the Shakers. The Shakers are a religious group who believes in pacifism and the simplicity of communal living. They believe in giving up all their worldly goods a
Sometimes I feel like the Queen of the quick meal; prep it, cook it, sauce it and serve it! Fresh ingredients that require minimal effort but result in exceptional flavor.
And sometimes I like to make dinner a project. Piddling around in the kitchen
I have been making biscotti since I was a kid with my mother. We made the Greek version which is called Paximathia. This recipe is a no-fail biscotti recipe. See my post on bunches of Biscotti. This base recipe is the one I always use and I change it
Inspiration from 'Flour', a fun read for lovers of home baking, by Joanne Chang, the owner and pastry chef at Flour Bakery Cafe in Boston. It's been a few years since I made a lemon poppy seed cake and my stash of Meyer lemons was calling out to me,
It has finally risen above 50 degrees in Minnesota, and the sun has been out the past couple of days, which puts me in a sunny sparkly sort of mood! It has been nice to soak up a bit of vitamin D as winter is officially over tomorrow! I thought such sun
Spring is finally here and I am excited...excited for warmth, excited for sunshine and excited for the produce such as fresh strawberries! I spent my first day of spring cleaning my and having a home spa day. I thought, why not have a kitchen floor so
I'm trying different juices and milk based drinks to beat this summer. It has become really hot here these days...I recreated this juice after tasting in Pazhamudhir Nilayam with minor modifications. Ingredients: (Serves 2) M
The very first day I spent in England, I threw my suitcase onto the stained mattress of the YMCA bed where I would lay my head for the next few months and looked around for a place to eat. At a local pub, I ordered a ?vegetarian fry up? and was se
This was a task for which I was thoroughly prepared: I?d bought all the ingredients (taking a list as long as my arm!); I?d watched the TV programme for the recipe I was going to do so I could visualise everything I should be dong and when; I had the book
Today has been filled with many food-relatedactivities. We were invited to a BBQtonight and asked to bring a fruit salad, and we were also invited to a BBQtomorrow and asked to bring a dessert. Both will appear later? But first! I am very excited
As a kid, I disliked fish. My mother, in her true German way, loved to cook whole trout and serve it to us this way. When you're young, if it doesn't look like fish sticks and isn't served with tater tots-- well, a fish with cooked eyeballs looking up
Today we had two reasons to celebrate. It s my son s birthday but it was also his graduation from the University. Although the lemon cake was made for my husband ten days ago, I didn t have the time to prepare the post for the new cake, which is a Van
