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Fig Jam
Here’s an idea. Buy a container of dried figs. Slice them up and boil them in water until soft and sticky. Add some sugar, salt, and lemon zest to taste. Pulse it all in a food processor. You just made fig jam! Goes especially great with my morning sourdough toast with whipped cottage cheese. Fig [...]
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Tags: fig jam
Magnolia Bakery’s Banana Pudding
I’m definitely a salty person (in life and kitchen). I’m not that girl that raves about cupcakes and chocolate. I rave about potato chips and salty tears.
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Tags: magnolia bakery banana pudding
Cupcake/Muffin Do’s & Don’ts
DO DON’T
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Tags: brunch, magnolia bakery, pumpkin spiced muffins, red velvet cupcake
Just joined Twitter. Sentences can’t exceed six words. Can’t speak. Must be shor-
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Tags: antiques, blueberries, bouckville, cazenovia, peach blueberry pie, raspberries
My First Seder
I was invited to my first Passover Seder dinner this past Saturday. If being Jewish means eating lots of food, drinking glass after glass of wine, and getting to eat chocolate covered matzah, then I’m converting very soon.
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Tags: chocolate, matzo ball soup, mousse, cocoa nibs, gefilte fish, seder, passover
Meow.
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Tags: butter cookie, christmas gifts, dark chocolate caramel truffles with fleur de sal, Gourmet, holiday gift idea, praline, salt
Holiday Gifts-Part II
When I use to work in the W kitchen, Danny (the other pantry cook) and I would secretly toss cocoa dusted truffles on to the back of one of the runners’ shirt. He would have little circles of cocoa powder all over his back until one of us deemed it necessary to tell him. Other [...]
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Tags: Caramel, chocolate, christmas gifts, dutch cocoa powder, Fleur de Sal, ganache, holiday gift, holiday gift idea, temper, truffles
Holiday Gifts-Part I
Just eat it. Eat the whole damn thing. It’s the holiday season and you might as well. There’s no getting away from the endless cornucopia of morning pastries in your office kitchen or the care package of holiday cookies from grandma. And with January resolutions around the corner, you have some time to indulge. And [...]
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Tags: Calorifically amazing, Caramel, chocolate, christmas gifts, Fleur de Sal, ganache, holiday gift idea, Macarons
The infamous photo of le donut.
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Tags: apple, beignet, doughnut, french