We’ve been through a lot this year, haven’t we? I thank you for reading, and wish you all the best for a happy, healthy, and delicious 2013!
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Holiday Ruminations
I wish you all a Merry Christmas (or holiday of your choice) and a happy and healthy New Year. And of course I hope you will enjoy some truly delicious meals with your family and friends this time of year. A shared meal should be so much more than just the food on the table; … Continue reading
Visions of Sugar Plums
The Winter Collection of artisan chocolates from Donna & Company reads like a dream: Pumpkin Caramel, Tiramasu, Cranberry Orange, Vanilla Honey, Egg Nog. Five perfect, hand-made pieces are packaged in a red gift box with magnetic ribbon closure. Other options include a 6-inch chocolate wreath with molded ribbon, pinecones and holly details (and more), or … Continue reading
Duck Soup
This turned out to be one of the more delicious soups I’ve made recently, I had the carcass from Thanksgiving, still with plenty of meat on it, and decided to just throw it in the pot at home one day. I added the last of the drippings (sans as much fat as I could scrape … Continue reading
Kitchen Tools
How efficient! When it was time to prick my Thanksgiving duck all over before putting it in the oven (stuffed with apple, onion, fennel), I remembered I had this handy tool from a long-ago Pampered Chef home party I’d attended. (My other purchase: a heavy glass measuring/pouring bowl with plastic lid for storage. Very handy!) … Continue reading
Happy Burda To You
This could be right out of Cake Wrecks! Except it is a large Hershey’s chocolate birthday greeting “card” that a friend of mine ordered for me several years ago. When it arrived, I tore open the box and promptly collapsed into a heap, laughing. It was supposed to say “Happy Belated Birthday, Elaine.” Well, you … Continue reading
Happy Labor Day!
My brother Mark, who loves to cook out, emailed me this photo early today to let me know how he was celebrating the holiday weekend. It’s hard to beat the taste of grilled lobster and corn. In my grilling days I always split the lobster and buttered the inside after sort of flattening it. This one looks like … Continue reading
Happy 100th Birthday Julia!
Here’s my contribution to the PBS celebration of Julia Child’s centennial on Wednesday. This was a salad she made with Alice Waters on Cooking with Master Chefs. Both markets I visited had no blood oranges, so I settled for a nice organic Valencia orange, which was bursting with juice. I watched her old show reruns … Continue reading
Happy Holidays
Dear Readers, whatever holiday you celebrate (or not) this weekend, I hope you have a lovely weekend, full of good food and the renewal that comes with spring. This beautiful marmalade cake comes to us from Bon Appetit and was created by the Canal House Cooking Studio in Lambertville (the whole menu is amazing!). Be … Continue reading
Up. Side. Down.
What do you bring for dessert to a Chinese dinner? I have the same dilemma each time I dine with my friends, Angela and Humphrey Chang. Angela is well known for her cookbooks and is working on a new one about tofu. We all bring something, and my assignment is usually a dessert (there are … Continue reading
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