Food, Photography and Bon Mots
I’ve had a tough week and oatmeal cookies seemed like a good idea. Recipe: Oatmeal Cookies 1/2 C. pecan halves (chopped fine) 1 C. Shortening 1 C. packed dark brown sugar 1 C. granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 t. vanilla extract 1 1/2 C. flour…
Dorie Greenspan is an American treasure. She is a James Beard award-winner. Juliet Child selected her to write Baking with Julia for The New York Times. She has written numerous cookbooks including Baking Chez Moi from which this apple custard cake recipe was adapted. Her blog, www. doriegreenspan.com…
According to Celtic legend, an Irish prince, Connla of the Fiery Hair, lost his heart to a beautiful faerie maiden who arrived on the Irish shore in a gleaming crystal boat. She beckoned him to join her on a voyage to a magical island where…
I first made a trifle many years ago when I took cooking classes at a school in Seal Beach called La Bonne Cuisine. The school is long-closed but I still treasure many of the recipes from that experience. The original English trifle dates back…
It’s strawberry season! Well, almost. I bought a beautiful three pack of fresh strawberries at yesterday’s Long Beach Farmers’ Market. While the strawberries are not at their prime of sweetness, they are very good. Give them a look. What better to complement a beautiful…
Pucker up. Damn. I should have used that line with one of my Valentine’s Day posts. It is Meyer lemon season here. I love the special lower-acid taste of Meyer lemons. Ever the foodie, I used to eat them fresh off the tree with a…
Here is a late entry for your Valentine’s Day dessert. This sorbet is spectacularly flavorful and petty to boot. Interestingly, food historians trace sorbet’s roots back to the Romans. According to some accounts, Roman Emperor Nero had his runners along the Appian way pass buckets…
I’m a sucker for a clever recipe name and the name for this dense chocolate cake is clever indeed. This great little cake could easily become a staple in your cooking repertoire. If you are a chocolate lover this would be a great Valentine’s Day dessert.…
This recipe recently appeared on a website that I read regularly, David Lebovitz’ site. I’m a sucker for a great review and Lebovitz prefaces this recipe by writing that this cake is his “desert island” recipe, the one cake he would choose were…
My friend Sarah is the queen of lemon bars. In her home, lemon bars are a food group unto themselves. Sarah has given her blessing to this variation on the traditional lemon bar recipe. Gene, lucky husband of the lemon-bar queen and lemon-bar connoisseur in…
