I love to make cakes for people. Not just random, anyone next in line people, but my friends and family. My usual rule is the higher the better. I’m madly, madly in love with 3 layer cakes. They make me beyond happy. There is something about the all those layers stacked up, filling gently oozing [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Sour Cream Lemon Cake, Yeah, Make Two.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cake, lemon, lemon cake, lemon dessert, sour cream cake on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sweet Potato Drop Biscuits
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biscuits, breakfast biscuits, easy drop biscuits, sweet potato, sweet potato biscuits on April 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Not a marshmallow in sight. For the longest time, the only sweet potatoes I saw were either covered in bubbling marshmallow goo, or baked in a pie. A pie that kinda tasted like pumpkin, but not really. It was stickier and not as creamy. I prefered pumpkin. As you can see, my sweet potato reference [...]
Lunch with Chef Elise Wiggins.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Denver restaurant, Elise Wiggins, Hotel Monaco restaurant, Panzano on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Chef Elise Wiggins is here! I got to sit down and talk with Chef Elise of Panzano about home cooking, flavor profiles, and recipe development. Not only that, she shared a recipe with me, which I’m sharing with you, AND I got to taste one the dishes on the new menu. I know, right? Let [...]
Panade
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baked bread & onion, baked soup, onion soup, panade on April 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Panade. According to Judy Rodgers of Zuni Cafe, it translates to “Big Bread Thing”. Which I guess it is. I think it’s as much about the onions and whatever else you put in it as the bread. It has caramelized onions in it. I almost automatically love anything with caramelized onions. Then there’s cheese. Cheese [...]
…of milk and honey
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged avocado, avocado hummus, avocado recipes, hummus, hummus recipes on April 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
” ….a land flowing with milk and honey”. The phrase conjures an image you can settle into. Green and lush, softly warm, with a gentle sweet fragrance. A pillow-y chair in morning sunlight that you can curl up in and sip your tea. Santa Barbara is such a place for me. A long weekend there [...]
