Buttermilk Pancakes

May 26, 2008 | 15 Comments | Email | Print

My search for the perfect from-scratch pancake has eluded me for some time. Some of the recipes have been way too loaded with butter, and others have resulted in curdled butter when mixing together the melted butter, eggs, and buttermilk. At last, while watching the Food Network late one night, Alton Brown made buttermilk pancakes [...]

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Lighter Chicken Parmesan

May 24, 2008 | 18 Comments | Email | Print

Not too long ago, after I fell in love with Cook’s Illustrated magazine, I began recording the America’s Test Kitchen show on PBS. I have really enjoyed watching many of the recipes being made, picking up some tips and tricks along the way. An episode that I saved from a couple of months ago featured [...]

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Homemade Pita Bread

May 21, 2008 | 38 Comments | Email | Print

I love hummus and I try to keep a batch of it in the fridge so I can snack on it during the week with vegetables. I keep meaning to buy some pita bread to eat with the hummus, but the last two weeks I have forgotten. I thought about it again today and figured [...]

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Traditional Madeleines

May 19, 2008 | 39 Comments | Email | Print

This week’s recipe was chosen by Tara of Smells Like Home. I was so excited to see that Madeleines were chosen, as I have been wanting to try them for some time now. After a quick trip to Williams Sonoma to get my pan, I was all set to whip up these delicate, French tea [...]

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Chicken Fajita Enchiladas

May 18, 2008 | 19 Comments | Email | Print

I have seen enchiladas popping up on a number of blogs recently, and have never had them, so I decided to make them for dinner Friday night. I absolutely loved these – they (and any other variations I can think of) will be going into the “regular rotation”. How to make the enchiladas and recipes [...]

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Vanilla Cake + Chocolate Hazelnut Filling + Chocolate Frosting =

May 1, 2008 | 27 Comments | Email | Print

Happy Birthday to my sister, Lauren!! After I started taking my cake decorating classes, my sister asked if I would make (and decorate, of course) a cake for her birthday. Of course I said yes! Then she saw the drunk clown cake and demanded that a drunk clown grace the top of her cake. Haha, [...]

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Fluted Polenta Ricotta Cake

April 29, 2008 | 24 Comments | Email | Print

This week’s recipe selection comes to us from Caitlin over at Engineer Baker. I have to be completely honest – at first glance, this recipe didn’t seem all that appealing to me, but my mom and grandma thought it sounded fantastic, so I decided to make it and give it to them to enjoy. As [...]

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Daring Bakers: Cheesecake Truffles

April 27, 2008 | 51 Comments | Email | Print

And squares. I love cheesecake. It’s my favorite dessert, and I will eat it in just about any form. Rolled in a ball and dipped in chocolate? Bring ‘em on! More about the challenge, and the recipe, after the break…

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Wilton Course 1, Class 4

April 24, 2008 | 17 Comments | Email | Print

I “graduated” last night from Wilton Course 1: Discover Cake Decorating. I had so much fun with this class, and was very pleased with my final cake: When we learned “THE ROSE” last week in class, I was awful. I couldn’t remember which way to hold the tip or spin the flower nail and as [...]

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LiveSTRONG with Cheddar Corn Chowder

April 21, 2008 | 20 Comments | Email | Print

When I saw that winoesandfoodies.com was hosting the LiveSTRONG blogging event, I knew immediately that I wanted to participate. The only problem was trying to figure out what I wanted to make that was yellow! This blogging event is something a little extra special in the blogging community and was created to remember how cancer [...]

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