Wedding bells are ringing for my nephew Patrick and his bride, Sarah, today! The wedding and reception are being held in New York City, and while I don’t yet have a photo of their cake (made by Sarah’s sister-in-law who is a pastry chef), I am sharing a photo of a Ladybug Luggage cake, made right … Continue reading
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Cajeta
This is the happy result of having heavy cream in my refrigerator I needed to use up. I made cajeta! Yes, it’s usually made with goat milk and, frankly, not with cream. So I mixed some milk in with my post-expiration-date heavy cream, which I had never opened and which smelled fine. I added the tiny … Continue reading
High Times at the Americana
You don’t usually hear about special events at diners, but the Americana Fine Diner on Route 130 in East Windsor is having one that sounds like a lot of fun on July 21. Remember, these are the same folks who have Craig Shelton consulting in the kitchen of their Skylark Diner in Edison. The Americana is the … Continue reading
Plum Tart
This pretty plum tart was made by my nephew Patrick’s fiancée, Sarah, using the recipe in a cookbook I gave them, Canal House Cooking (Vol. 1). These two are “living the dream” on the Upper West Side, with Fairway Market not too far away, along with plenty of other good food destinations. It’s so exciting … Continue reading
Brownies
These brownies, from the Genomics Café on campus at Princeton University turned out to be lighter in texture than most. I liked the way that the peanuts appeared to be pressed into the top, there was a nice abstractness to the pattern created. (Hmmm, like little cells swimming around?) You don’t usually see peanuts on brownies, and while it might … Continue reading
Stockton Market
I finally made it to the indoor Stockton Farmers Market last weekend. They are open Friday 11-7, Saturday 9-3, & Sunday 10-3. My NJ WILD blogger friend, Carolyn Edelmann, went with me. She was eager to have breakfast at Meil’s, right across the street, so we enjoyed that then went to the Market. We went on … Continue reading
Pastrami
Just last week I posted about Confectionately Yours, the family restaurant that opened last fall in Franklin Park. It’s an all-American classic spot, with a soda fountain, booths, and a menu many of us remember from our childhood. (Was it Renwick’s or the Balt in Princeton?) I finally had lunch at Confectionately Yours this past weekend, and … Continue reading
Alice’s Tea Cup
I went to a lovely wedding shower for my nephew’s fiancée in New York a couple weekends ago. The bride’s brother and sister-in-law (she is a pastry chef who will make the wedding cake) hosted it at Alice’s Tea Cup on the upper east side, one of three branches. First there was a champagne toast and then the … Continue reading
Confectionately Yours
I’ve been meaning to try out this family-run place in Franklin Park for some time now, and while I haven’t eaten there yet, did stop in for ice cream (they make their own) the other day. At left you see rocky road, cashew turtle, and black forest. All delicious. They were right on Route 27 for … Continue reading
Tiramisu
Found this cute bit of “heaven in a cup,” at the Café at work today, and whipped out my cell phone for a shot. I always scoff at tiramisu, regarding it as one of those overdone not-really-Italian dishes created for American tastes, although the wiki information at the link above begs to differ. But sometimes it’s … Continue reading
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