“If I should wish a fruit brought to Paradise it would certainly be the fig.” - Prophet Mohammed
We don’t really “do” dessert. We really don’t. If we did we’d probably get a lot more hits from Tastespotting and Foodgawker, since they only seem to post chocolate flavored desserts topped liberally with powdered sugar and sprigs […]
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It’s always fun to be with my British husband and celebrate the 4th of July. Some of his favorite questions he been asked many times since moving to America to be with moi is, “So, Jonny, what’s Thanksgiving like in England!?” or “How do you guys celebrate the 4th of July in England!?”. Such silly […]
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Posted in Recipe, Recipes, baking, blood orange, cake, dessert, embarrassment, flour, food, frosting, icing, important details, juice, martini, orange juice, oranges, strawberries, strawberry, sweet, sweets on Apr 1st, 2008
I tried… after my first failed attempt at baking a strawberry cake in order to use up some nasty-looking, dying strawberries (that I bought hungry and on sale… natch) in my fridge, my ego was so bruised I didn’t think I was up for it again. You see, stupid me kind of forgot one ingredient […]
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Posted in Christmas, French, Recipe, Recipes, baking, chestnuts, cognac, cream, custard, dessert, easy, holiday, nuts, pastry, pie, sugar, vanilla on Jan 15th, 2008
During the cook-a-thon that was the weekend before Christmas, in which my wife and I got our first real glimpse of just how hard professional chefs have to work, I turned out something of a rarity for me, and thus far, unique to this blog - a dessert. Touring the food blogosphere (hmm, starting to […]
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