Heritage Red Velvet Cake
Heritage Red Velvet Cake is an old-fashioned all butter red velvet cake recipe with bright color and tangy buttermilk flavor. I have made and tasted many versions of red velvet cake, but this one stands…
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Chocolate Pâté with Crème Chaud-Froid
Pâté sometimes gets a bum rap. It can be time consuming to make and is usually made of ground meats; most often liver, fat, sometimes offal and et cetera – and is shaped in a…
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Pâté sometimes gets a bum rap. It can be time consuming to make and is usually made of ground meats; most often liver, fat, sometimes offal and et cetera – and is shaped in a…
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Panera Bread and Salted Caramel Bread Puddings
A few weeks ago the kind folks from Panera Bread emailed me and asked if I’d like to be part of their blog program. My reply? Yes! Then I further read they’d give me free…
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Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries
Call me easily amused, but these little torch-topped cupcakes delight me. Besides being a cute novelty item for a party, I think they would add a little drama to the end of a romantic meal. …
View PostChocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries
Call me easily amused, but these little torch-topped cupcakes delight me. Besides being a cute novelty item for a party, I think they would add a little drama to the end of a romantic meal. …
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White Ricotta Tart with Sugared Fruit
Oh, January. You are a chilly month. Yesterday we had the kind of snow that makes mighty tree limbs bow in submission. On days like this I’m perfectly content to spend long hours in an…
View PostWhite Ricotta Tart with Sugared Fruit
Oh, January. You are a chilly month. Yesterday we had the kind of snow that makes mighty tree limbs bow in submission. On days like this I’m perfectly content to spend long hours in an…
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Sparkling Champagne Cupcakes
2010 is almost a memory, and what remains is mostly the bitter-sweet disassembling of Christmas. I’ve been finding pieces of packaging shrapnel from eager gift opening and the odd half-eaten piece of Christmas candy (a…
View PostSparkling Champagne Cupcakes
2010 is almost a memory, and what remains is mostly the bitter-sweet disassembling of Christmas. I’ve been finding pieces of packaging shrapnel from eager gift opening and the odd half-eaten piece of Christmas candy (a…
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