Posted in comfort, dessert, events, food to share on Mar 9th, 2010 8 Comments »
This post should be labeled the very best chocolate cake in the entire world. Or cake that will change your life. Or cake that will single-handedly cure seasonal depression and a very crummy day. And perhaps, cake that will destroy your diet. I don’t fall victim to sweets all that often, but serious chocolate is [...]
Posted in dessert, food to share, make and store recipes on Feb 16th, 2010 No Comments »
Awhile back, my sisters and I dined at the Lark Creek Steak Restaurant. It happened to be Allison’s birthday, so our over enthusiastic waiter brought us each a butterscotch pudding for dessert. We all enjoyed it, and I decided to attempt a version for Thanksgiving. One of my favorite things about eating out is trying [...]
Posted in comfort, dessert, food to share on Jan 16th, 2010 5 Comments »
Cooking is an expression of my love. Seriously. People say that homemade gifts are better, and that always sounds like an excuse, but really. For me, if I love you, I want to cook for you. And I want to think about you and what you like and what would make your day brighter or [...]
Posted in dessert, food to share, make and store recipes on Nov 18th, 2009 No Comments »
Cold Snap! So tonight we had one of our all-time favorite comfort meals, Bob’s Chicken. We concluded our meal with my personal favorite dessert, crème brûlée. (Though molten chocolate cake takes the second place position with the slimmest of margins.) I’m not thrilled with the picture quality for this recipe, so I’ll definitely be making [...]
Posted in dessert, food to share on Nov 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
I’ve started several chocolate cupcakes posts this year, only to later decide the food wasn’t really blog worthy. These turned out extremely cute for the preschool craft, were quite good, and the frosting glided on gently and attractively, something I’ve been struggling with. That said, I’m not totally sold on this as the ultimate chocolate [...]
Posted in dessert, food to share, herbs, make and store recipes on Sep 6th, 2009 5 Comments »
I haven’t had grasshopper pie since I was a kid, and I’m not even sure what prompted me to remember it. It may have stemmed from my minor obsession with mint. Mint tea, mint drinks, minted lemonade, dark chocolate and mint, mint ice cream, mojitos, you name it. Fresh mint has a very strong, earthy [...]
Posted in comfort, dessert on Aug 30th, 2009 1 Comment »
A bar of bittersweet chocolate has been mocking me in the pantry for months. Bake me! Bake me! It cries. I’ve taken it out at least four times only to find myself too worn out to create yet another set of dishes. Some how the idea of cleaning the Kitchen Aid and a double boiler [...]
Posted in dessert on May 27th, 2009 1 Comment »
This issue of Gourmet was killer. I’m not kidding. There are months when I never want to try anything and there are months, like this June issue, where I want to cook EVERYTHING, well nearly everything, except the squid.
Our best friends have a ranch in east Texas. At the closest highway stop to the ranch, [...]
Posted in dessert on May 8th, 2009 1 Comment »
I started making this chocolate souffle recipe recently and it has jumped to my new favorite desert. I’m not entirely satisfied with this picture as my presentation so I’m going to remake this weekend and rephotograph for you. The key to souffles is all in the egg whites. I was trying to make this version [...]
