jai, or Buddha’s delight on Jan 23, 2012 in doodles vegetables, fruits, sides ==or one fine lucky riot of a dish! my kids look forward to this now, our New Year’s dinner of jai. this year, as husband noticed, i “pulled out all the stops!” each ingredient has a special meaning to usher in a lucky welcome for t...
Meyer-lemon-curd cheesecake on Jan 22, 2012 in sweets for my sweets do i have a cheesecake problem! the problem is, i crave it very strongly and painfully, but i know that i can’t eat very much of it. another problem: cream cheese is horrendously expensive now! gone are the days when you could get one bar for j...
beef pares-pares on Jan 21, 2012 in doodles the real name is beef pares, but i redubbed it after my youngest child’s favorite card game. this dish is just perfect for the long-dreaded/long-awaited (depends on where you’re born i think) wintry weather. me, i just dislike driving in...
welcome 2012! on Jan 12, 2012 in appetizing nibbles kakanin sweets for my sweets yey, we made it to another year . i’ve recovered from all that holiday-ing, and once more my resolution about that is to start out earlier. we’ll just have to wait and see. i always am so full of hope . i’ve been cooking a lot, A LO...
Christmas eve dessert: brazo de Mercedes on Dec 25, 2011 in doodles meringue roll with almond custard filling i enjoyed making this dessert for our Christmas eve dinner…because it turned out so well, when i was expecting it to be not. i guess i have become pessimistic over my attempts at making this. i kept in...
the anti-fruitcake fruitcake on Dec 21, 2011 in doodles i’ve never really understood why a lot of people dislike fruitcake, referring to it they use words like “brick,” “doorstop,” and adjectives like dry, heavy. i’ve even heard “deadly weapon”! i’ve a...
baked pasta: mezzi rigate with sausage and prosciutto in a creamy parmesan sauce on Dec 9, 2011 in doodles that about says it all yes? everyone seems to be running around being Santa’s helpers. sometimes dinner becomes an oopsy afterthought: “oops! what shall we have for dinner then?!” this is a quick pasta dish which came about from rum...
decadent cocoa cake on Dec 3, 2011 in chocolaterie sweets for my sweets i haven’t baked a layer cake in such a long time, so long! that my family asked me, “what’s the occasion?!” when i set this plump and dark and fragrant cocoa cake in front of them. after a dinner of IKEA meatballs, roast finge...
chocolate cheesecake with almond coconut crust on Nov 22, 2011 in doodles one-&-only daughter’s request for her 17th birthday: something chocolatey, something cheesecakey, Ma! cheesecake! i breathed a sigh of relief. after a rich black forest cake from the fancy schmancy cake shop for the baby brother, #2son, wh...
birthday cupcakes 2011 on Nov 14, 2011 in sweets for my sweets my two younger kids are five years apart but their birthdays are within 11 days of each other. that means cakes: birthday cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes, ice cream cakes…whatever their hearts desire. after all they wait and wait all year for this...
