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Pie Pops

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:17:32 PDT

Alber Elbaz speaks about “lightness” during interviews before his collections. I think his summation of what women need seems pretty accurate. Yes, we need...

Honeydew and Mint Agua Fresca

Sun, 24 May 2009 17:41:42 PDT

Cut the honeydew melons in half and remove and discard the seeds. Using a metal spoon, scoop out the flesh into a large bowl. Working in batches, puree the honeydew melon...

Watermelon or Cantaloupe Agua Fresca

Sun, 24 May 2009 17:41:22 PDT

This series offers recipes with an eye towards empowering you to cook healthy meals every day. Produce, seasonal and locally grown when possible, and a well-stocked...

jennic writes "great list!"

Tue, 12 May 2009 07:23:47 PDT

great list!

JO GOLDENBERGS PARISIAN BAGELS

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:28:12 PDT

Now, how elegant is this?! A French bagel! Actually, in Paris there is a huge Jewish community (more than half of all of Frances 500,000+ Jews live in Paris) and the...

Triple-Chocolate Mousse Cake

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:54:26 PDT

The dark-chocolate cake at the base is baked in ramekins. Two layers of plush, pillowy mousse -- bittersweet and milk chocolates -- are piped on top and capped with...

French Fries Birthday Cake Design

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:33:27 PDT

* Preheat broiler. * Trim the darker crusts of the cake away with a bread knife. Cut the pound cake crosswise into ½-inch slices. Cut each slice into ½-inch-thick sticks....

Homemade Snickers

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:42:25 PDT

Yes thats right. I said it. Homemade Snickers Everyone loves a snickers right. Well i know i sure do. Its a classic childhood candy with the right amount of chocolate,...

cheddar & potato pierogi lasagna

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:03 PDT

Posted by aleta under recipe+fusion, savouries for sharing Just like your half-Polish, half-Italian grandmother used to make! Everyone who’s ever had pierogies loves...

homemade maple turkey sausage

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:45:24 PDT

Aleta Meadowlark enjoys both omming and nomming. Omnomicon is updated, faithfully, on Wednesday nights with original recipes. It is somewhat less faithfully updated on...

fish chowder

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:44:41 PDT

Aleta Meadowlark enjoys both omming and nomming. Omnomicon is updated, faithfully, on Wednesday nights with original recipes. It is somewhat less faithfully updated on...

Almond Tea Cakes with Creme Brulee Filling

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:06:44 PDT

Grind the Almonds Combine the almonds and 1 tablespoon of the flour in a food processor and grind to a fine powder. Set aside. Brown the Butter Using a paring knife,...

Cream Puffs

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:49:13 PDT

veron said... Hi Helen - I really need to remember the first rule in cooking school - read the recipe three times! Thanks Tanna - don't you just hate it when some...

Smoked Salmon Pizza with Caviar and Dill Cream

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:03:21 PDT

Wolfgang Puck's dishes are legendary and there's absolutely no reason that we all shouldn't enjoy a few of the wonderful foods he'll be serving at the Governor's Ball in...

Cupcake Bites

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:34:40 PDT

Now that we’ve mastered the art of making Bakerella’s Cake Balls, we’re almost ready to go to the next step of making cute, decorated Cake Pops. But first! Put away your...

faerieye writes "chubby little oreos, so cute!"

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:01:39 PDT

chubby little oreos, so cute!

gregsgal writes "I stole this for my own list. Plus, I have been checking out the tartlette blog..."

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:23:35 PDT

I stole this for my own list. Plus, I have been checking out the tartlette blog and OH MY GOODNESS everything there looks so good!

rachiavelli writes "I've made these a few times - INTENSE."

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:56:02 PDT

I've made these a few times - INTENSE.

weslee writes "Adorable!!!"

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:52:08 PDT

Adorable!!!

weslee writes "so cute!"

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:51:17 PDT

so cute!

weslee writes "oh my....i just might have to make these right now!"

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:50:24 PDT

oh my....i just might have to make these right now!

Mini Strawberry Shortcakes

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:26:49 PDT

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Combine flours in a small bowl. 3. Using a mixer, cream the butter until smooth and add the sugar gradually until a mixture becomes...

Flour Tortillas

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:34:38 PDT

When I was growing up in South Texas we had this neighbor who would, on Saturday afternoons, make her tortillas for the week. Believe me, I made friends with her children...

Gruyere and Pecan Scones

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:32:59 PDT

I'm on a bit of a savoury scone kick today. These Gruyere and Pecan scones are a lovely treat and would be perfect for a wine and cheese party or just for a savoury treat...

faerieye writes "oh neat! what a play on sweet/savory! i love foods that look like other foods..."

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:00:41 PDT

oh neat! what a play on sweet/savory! i love foods that look like other foods...

Bittersweet Chocolate Mousse à l'Orange

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:19:03 PDT

Fresh orange sections are topped with a thick chocolate mousse for a unique presentation. The mild bitterness of orange rind and bittersweet chocolate temper the...

Sparkling Cranberry Tea Cocktails

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:53:33 PDT

This is a fine make-ahead recipe for an open house. Combine the ingredients through step one and chill; stir in the ginger ale just before serving. Serve in goblets,...

Mint Julep Iced Tea

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:53:17 PDT

Combine first 3 ingredients in a 2-quart pitcher, pressing with spoon to crush mint. Stir in bourbon and tea. Add ice.

faerieye writes "this looks like it would have a nice texture..."

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:31:00 PST

this looks like it would have a nice texture...

gregsgal writes "Your list makes me want to cook all week!"

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:31:46 PST

Your list makes me want to cook all week!

gregsgal writes "Oh my this looks scrumpcious!"

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:30:44 PST

Oh my this looks scrumpcious!

capri writes "I am luvin this list!"

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:30:54 PST

I am luvin this list!

Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:43:13 PST

In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and butter; stir in milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from...

Raspberry Truffle Tart Recipe

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:51:48 PST

This is pure indulgence. What could be more enticing than a giant raspberry-flavored truffle set in a biscotti crust. When I say 'truffle', I do not mean the 'fungus'...

Watermelon Basil Agua Fresca

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:42:07 PST

basil simple syrup 1 cup water 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup roughly chopped basil agua fresca 1 (6-pound) seedless watermelon 1 cup cold water Juice of 1/4 lime 1/4 cup basil...

Berry Crepes with Chocolate Fondue Sauce

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:56:26 PST

To make crepe batter, sift flour and salt into a bowl. In another bowl, beat together milk and eggs, add butter. Pour mixture over the flour, beat until smooth; let stand...

Cutest Cupcake Contest Winners

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:32:03 PDT

Ck_dcr8r submitted this photo of cupcakes decorated as miniature cherry pies. We chose this as our final grand-prize winner in our first-ever Cutest Cupcake photo...

Super Mario Mushroom Cookies

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:45:35 PDT

A bit of pound cake with a brightly iced cookie top. These cookies are the same size as a mushroom, but taste better and are cuter to boot. Ingredients for making the...

The Two of Us

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:35:32 PDT

raspberry smash cocktail herbed crepes with smoked salmon and radishes lobster, avocado, and grapefruit salad venison tenderloin with madeira green peppercorn sauce ...

Good Day Sunshine

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:32:51 PDT

champagne punch pimento cheese toasts ambrosia braised-pork hash creamy stone-ground grits lowcountry breakfast shrimp eggs with cream, spinach, and country ham ...

Get Your Dixie Kicks

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:19:09 PDT

cheese straws fried chicken with bacon and pepper cream gravy mashed red-skinned potatoes buttered peas with onion sweet cucumber and radish salad lemon meringue pie

Coconut Masala Curry with Smoked Fish

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:55:24 PDT

Prepare “coconut masala mixture” combining all ingredients in a small bowl, and stirring it well. Leave aside. To make curry heat the oil, add onions and let them fry...

Tortilla Soup With Chicken And Lime

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:47:57 PDT

This soup is a terrific one-dish meal that is flavorful, quick and easy to prepare. The lime juice and zest added at the end of the cooking gives this soup a fresh, tangy...

Stuffed zucchini

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:47:42 PDT

Last Friday, the girls had chicken burgers for their packed school lunches. I used the leftover chicken burger mix to cooked these baked stuffed zucchinis. One thing I...

Drinking to that long-awaited summer!

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:37:22 PDT

Summer. After weeks and weeks of dreary grey skies, chilly mornings, afternoons and evenings, bizarrely cold nights and snowed-out hiking trails, we were pretty much...

take this cake

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:35:06 PDT

I was planning to pipe some cute little standard stars around the edge, dotting them with pistachios, but I was too impatient for my ganache to set up because I had a...

Culinary Concoctions by Peabody

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:34:26 PDT

I may be 36 now but my mother still seems to think she knows me better than me. Like she always tells me I’m not a Democrat(because they raised me to be republican). She...

Prosciutto, Figs, Goat Cheese & Arugula Pizza

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:13:36 PDT

A few days ago, I started looking at blog-events for one that I could participate in, and when I saw that HHDD #17 theme was Pizza, well, I couldn’t pass it up! And,...

Baked Stuffed Tomatoes

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:11:52 PDT

Maybe it's an issue of wanting what I can't have. It could be that I'm working on a retail schedule here in my kitchen. I'm a veritable Fashion Week over here: always...

Chicken Korma

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:11:11 PDT

I absolutely love Indian food. I think I could give up all other foods forever if I had an unending supply of chicken korma. Heck, leave out the chicken! Just give me a...

Bleu Cheese and Bacon “Cake”

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:05:50 PDT

Food and love, the real spices of life « It was probably the accent Reserved for later use. Could anything be sweeter than seeing those words next to “bacon grease” in a...

Gorgonzola, Fig and Ginger Chutney, Shaved Pork Sandwich on Walnut Wheat Bread

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:05:18 PDT

In hockey when you have bad streaks where you are not scoring(or as I call it…every time I play hockey) people want to get rid of the bad ju-ju. Hockey players are highly...

Rosemary Lemon-Ginger Vodka Spritzers

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:04:57 PDT

A beachside refresher Our vacation got off to a tremulous start - what with the 5.2 earthquake and all - but we managed to get everyone safely in the car and on the road...

Onion And Goat Cheese Puff Pastries

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:04:50 PDT

I’m in a puff pastry phase. Not a major one. I’m not obsessed. But the three packages of puff pastry I’ve gone through in the past couple of months probably number more...

Bacon-Wrapped Baked Eggs with Cream Cheese Biscuits and Arugula

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:01:11 PDT

Mark Manguerra a currently jobless but never out-of-work physician, designer, and food-lover in Manila. Working, studying, and eating his way to new adventures. That is a...

Too Many Chefs: Chilaquiles

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:00:57 PDT

Chilaquiles are my favorite Mexican-style breakfast food. It's not something you might order at a restaurant if you go simply by the description - "crispy tortillas made...

Chocolate Guinness Cake

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:59:01 PDT

Recipe: Chocolate Guinness Cake For the cake: Butter for pan 1 cup Guinness stout 10 tablespoons (1 stick plus 2 tablespoons) unsalted butter 3/8 cup unsweetened cocoa 2...

Curried Chicken Orzo Salad

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:58:53 PDT

In one of life's great ironies my mother, who lives in India, hates curry. So naturally every time I cook with curry I'm thinking of her and wishing her well in the Land...

Roasted Potato Soup. Otherwise known as OMG is this good soup.

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:58:45 PDT

I used more than one potato, but I forgot to take a picture until now. Potatoes (about 2lbs) 1 big onion or 2 small onions Little chunk of butter 10 cloves garlic Salt...

Baked Doughnuts

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:58:36 PDT

- as Heidi suggests, it is best to do them the day you plan on eating them and not too early. - remove them from the oven before you think they are done, they will...

Chocolate Pavlova Recipe

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:58:26 PDT

avlova (or "Pav" for short), belongs to the meringue family but it is an unusual meringue in that while the outside is nice and crispy with some cracking, the inside of...

Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breast

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:54:47 PDT

* Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). * Place spinach in a large glass bowl, and heat in the microwave for 3 minutes, stirring every minute or so, or until...

Recipe for Sesame Tuna with Lime Mash

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:38:06 PDT

This dish made a great summer-tasting dinner, but it was substantial enough to feel nice and full afterwards. The lime mash was something I dreamed up on the train - it...

Recipe for cream cheese chicken roulades

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:30:37 PDT

* with a mallet, pound the chicken fillets until nice and flat. season with salt & pepper. * prepare the cream cheese filling by combining all ingredients well. * lay a...

Recipe for Barley and shiitake mushroom soup

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:29:14 PDT

This is an easy soup to make, the dry sherry adds a lovely dimension to the mushrooms and barley. It’s a filling soup, but not heavy, with a lovely full rich flavor. *...

Recipe for millefeuille ratatouille

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:20:51 PDT

First you make a base sauce. In a skittle or cast iron pan add olive oil, garlic and shallots over low-medium heat. Cook until soft, 7-9 minutes. Add tomatoes, carrots,...

Recipe for Banana peel steamed pork and rice

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:18:12 PDT

More pics and full story at norecipes.com The night before you want to eat these, make the mojo in a large ziplock bag. Cut the pork up into cubes that will fit into a...

Recipe for Mexican Zucchini Soup

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:14:29 PDT

This is a great tasting soup, and a good use for those extra large zucchini that often appear in the garden. Of course, a normal size zucchini also is good. * Saute the...

Recipe for Devils food - bacon wrapped jalapenos

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:12:43 PDT

CREAM CHEESE STUFFED JALAPENO'S WRAPPED IN BACON! Mwwahhahhahah! If this is not the devil's food, then I don't know what is. I stumbled across this recipe whilst surfing...

Recipe for Unforgettable Potato Ragout

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:03:10 PDT

OK, one real calorie hit! Super hearty meal, make sure there are lots of people to enjoy it. Great party bomb (must go with wine then). Ideal for leftover-sweep on cold...

Recipe for Sweet Fig Tagliatelle

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:01:58 PDT

* Sprinkle some salt and olive oil into a pan of boiling water and add the tagliatelle. * Drizzle some olive oil into a frying pan and start caramelising the onion on low...

Recipe for Seafood Paella!

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:59:45 PDT

TIP - to decrease the heat of this recipe, remove seeds from scotch bonnet peppers. to handle the pepper flesh, it is recommended that you wear gloves, as the oils are...

Recipe for Chicken Biryani

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:58:58 PDT

Check out the full story at norecipes.com Wash the chicken, pat dry and trim any excess fat or skin off the chicken. Mash together the garlic, salt, ginger, garam masala,...

Recipe for Tomato Soup

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:56:49 PDT

Not much to say to a this nice comfort food just for about anytime. * chop up the onion and garlic * add some olive oil into a pot and heat up * add the onion garlic and...

Recipe for panna cotta with chocolate hazelnut sauce & raspberries

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:56:11 PDT

In a bowl combine the milk and gelatin. Let it stand for 3-5 mins until the gelatin softens. Pour the milk mixture into a sauce pan and stir over medium heat. Do not let...

Recipe for Tzatziki

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:52:12 PDT

Tzatziki is a typical Greek appetizer which is served with pita bread or meats * peel and deseed the cucumbers * chop them in very small pieces or grate them then season...

Recipe for Ricotta Hotcakes

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:48:49 PDT

Ricotta pancakes / hotcakes are puffier and thicker than normal pancakes, which is why I like it. I like my pancakes thick, yet light. Pppfff.. 1.Mix ricotta, milk and...

Recipe for Guanaja chocolate mousse, bisquit de chocolat, hazelnut prailine,...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:48:18 PDT

This is a birthday cake I made for one of my best friends. He likes dark chocolate and hazelnuts. I made an amaretto creme brulee in the middle because it really accents...

Recipe for Stuffed Mushrooms (ブルーチーズ風味)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:45:30 PDT

* In a small fry pan, sautee the onions, garlic and black olives in butter and olive oil. * Meanwhile, remove the stems from the mushrooms and then slice off the...

Recipe for Baked bacon, egg & ricotta buns

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:40:00 PDT

* Sprinkle bacon and ricotta cheese inside the rolls * Crack 1 egg carefully into each roll * Sprinkle with oregano and pepper * Bake at 180 celcius for 10 mins * Remove...

Recipe for Chicken Tikka Masala

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:34:51 PDT

* Mariande: * Combine yogurt, lemon juice, cumin, red pepper, black pepper, cinnamon, salt and ginger in a zip lock plastic bag - shake and let sit for 15 - 30 mins. *...

Recipe for honey roast duck on rice

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:34:44 PDT

* Rub the skins of the duck with the mixture of sugar, five-spice powder and Szechuan pepper. Leave for 15 minutes or so. Preheat oven to 190 deg celcius. * In a dry...

A New Way To Love

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:12:29 PDT

If you love someone...don't set them free...make these. If the worshiping of "you" is what you crave...make these. If you are able to endure endless hours of merciless...