I’ve been teaching cooking classes out of my home for about three years now. A few years back I did a brunch class which included a recipe for coffee cake. I am a sucker for all kinds of sweets, but when they have a moist cakey interior topped with a crunchy brown sugar cinnamon walnut streusel, I really can’t help myself.…
How is it that chia seeds, something I’d only heard of via infomercials of my youth (ch-ch-ch-chia), become one of the latest health food crazes? I still remember as a kid watching the Chia Pet commercials and so wanting one for Christmas…… I’d have to wait 30+ years until finally meeting the chia. But rather than being in the form of a terracotta animal slathered…
Shakshuka – you probably aren’t familiar with it, but I’m hoping to change that. Shakshuka is an Israeli dish of eggs in a spicy tomato sauce. Works just as well for dinner as for breakfast or brunch. Though I haven’t been fortunate enough to travel to Israel….yet (would love to visit Dr. Shakshuka in Tel Aviv…I hear that’s ground zero for…
Three years ago I was living back in the States (Boston) and working a 3-month internship at America’s Test Kitchen, home of Cook’s Illustrated magazines and cookbooks. As part of “graduation” from the internship program, we did a “muffin project” (I promise there will be no more ” ” in this article….) which involved developing a unique muffin recipe and…
Happy Fat Tuesday, Paczki Day, Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, as it’s called here in the UK. Whatever you call it, whether you celebrate it or not, it’s a good excuse for pancake dinner. You’ll see that pancakes from scratch are quite simple. From the photos you can see I get my daughters involved in making the batter, though they usually call…
I can’t believe I watched the whole thing!!!! Stayed up til the bitter end of the Super Bowl (or “The American Football Super Bowl” as referred to here), including post-game. In the UK. Till 3:30am. Being a bit bleary-eyed and sleep-deprived (we didn’t have the post-Super Bowl snow day that most of the US mid-west and east coast got), coupled with…
Scones and I have a lukewarm relationship. When they are warm, flaky, buttery, tender inside and with a bit of crunch outside they are a perfect food to wake up to. But often they can be hard as hockey pucks, with a similar taste. In the States scones come in an assortment of flavors – chocolate chip, raspberry, blueberry, lemon poppy seed –…