I just love Elizabeth Alston’s Best Baking (Harper Perennial, 2000). I bought it as a bargain book, and it is packed full of great recipes for angel food, chiffon, coffee and pound cakes, and all sorts of tea breads and fruited desserts. Ms. Alston is the executive food editor at Woman’s Day, and she also … Continue reading
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Donna Toscana @ Whole Foods
Donna Toscana chocolate fans take note! You may now buy Diane Pinder’s packaged Donna Toscana gourmet bars and chocolates, and her CocoaBee Honey Caramels at the Princeton Whole Foods Market (store does not carry individual chocolates). This is good news indeed! This makes her third Whole Foods Market launch in New Jersey. I am running … Continue reading
What’s cooking at MCCC
Whether for yourself, you and a few friends, or for a gift, how about signing up for some cooking classes at Mercer County Community College’s Center of Continuing Studies? They have a wonderful professional kitchen; I loved the cheesemaking class I took last fall with Frank Campione. The fall classes listed below currently have spaces available. … Continue reading
Lemon Bars
These were excellent! And they’re from the Genomics Cafe where I work at Princeton University. Same people who run Prospect House, Restaurant Associates. While I haven’t seen them for sale in the Cafe itself (how about it guys?), they made an appearance on the dessert table for an event they catered for us. I’d asked … Continue reading
From Honey Cake to Maple Syrup
Picked up this cute maple syrup sampler at Marshall’s last weekend. At $7.99 (a total of 6.8 oz), this kit is “a replica of the old Vermont grading sample kits used by sugarmakers for generations.” It would make an ideal small gift (so I bought two). I’ve had great luck with Marshall’s gourmet food items, and … Continue reading
Honey Cake for a Happy New Year
I am such a fan of Joan Nathan, so wanted to share a recipe from one of her cookbooks for Rosh Hashanah. She has wonderful stories to go along with her recipes, so be sure to get your own copy and enjoy browsing through it, reading and planning your next meal. It’s like poring over … Continue reading
Tasty Gradoo
What have we here? Strange to say, it is the leavings at the bottom of a tin of very good honey-roasted mixed nuts from Walgreen’s. Some would call it “gradoo.” It’s detritus, and usually tossed in the garbage. Now, it might seem ridiculous, but the last time I finished a tin of these nuts, I … Continue reading
Bzzzz!
Thank you Edible Jersey for reminding me that today is Honey Bee Awareness Day, as proclaimed by the US Department of Agriculture last year. This year’s theme: “Local Honey – Good for you, the bees, and the environment!” My grandfather kept bees “out back,” so I grew up eating honey and loved to eat warm toast … Continue reading
Olive Oil Gelato (and an event at Taste of Crete)
I recently attended a tasting of Greek extra-virgin olive oils hosted by my colleague Pat Tanner, and one of many highlights of the evening was the olive oil gelato she had the Bent Spoon make for our dessert (she provided the olive oil). Mind you, the varied Middle Eastern meze Pat made, which we feasted on after … Continue reading
Wedding Cake
Since you likely don’t know my nephew and his bride, who married last weekend, I am sharing a photo (left) with universal appeal – the beautiful cake that was made by the bride’s sister-in-law, pastry chef Diane Fehder, of Diane Michelle Cakes. Diane’s talent is obvious from this photo, and from what you’ll see on her website. But right … Continue reading
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