Asian Pear Frozen Yogurt
on Nov 19, 2009 in frozen yogurt travel Asian pears pomegranate gluten free recipes Before I tell you about this Asian Pear Frozen Yogurt, I want to thank everyone who stopped by to enter Ree's cookbook giveaway. The woman is well loved, that's for sure! My random number generator this time was my friend Tami with whom I went to the...

Potato Leek Pizza and A Giveaway
on Nov 19, 2009 in cheese leeks giveaway Pioneer Woman potatoes recipes pizza When I ask my father what vegetables he wants with dinner, his response is often "potatoes" to which I reply "Dad! We already have a starch. What vegetable would you like?" He then looks me with an obvious smirk and repeats "potatoes". I am very much...

Pomegranate and Caramelized Pear Panna Cottas
on Nov 12, 2009 in panna cotta pears pomegranate gluten free recipes I appreciate this time of year when night falls so much earlier. It makes me want to rush home and cozy up with loved ones, a book or a good project. Unlike summer when things are so bright up in my face, I love that Fall and Winter are seasons of sh...

Chai Coffee Cake And A Giveaway
on Nov 8, 2009 in cinnamon chai giveaway coffee cakes cardamom ginger allspice recipes It won't be a surprise to say that there is always cake at the ready in the house. Whether it be for B. as a late night snack after a music job, friends dropping by on a late saturday afternoon, or simply as a quick snack as we pass by the kitchen. I...

Chocolate Wontons And Tonka Bean Ice Cream
on Nov 7, 2009 in wontons tonka beans cookbook chocolate recipes burnt sugar ice cream If I were to wait for the proper weather to bake certain desserts, I'd never get to turn the oven on or fry some donuts and the ice cream machine would be churning year round. Take Halloween day, it was near 90F pretty much all day long and yet I wan...

Mom's "Tupp" Apple Cardamom Cake
on Nov 4, 2009 in Fall cake cardamom apples gluten free recipes Let's talk winning tickets, shall we? First, my dear human random number generator, B., picked Brandy from Nutmeg Nanny to receive Nicole's The Baking Bites Cookbook. Congrats! Send me a quick email and I'll pass the info along. Now on to this cake..

Trick or TrEat Taffy Crabapples
on Oct 30, 2009 in caramel. confection crabapples Halloween taffy recipes I am always amazed when stores start displaying Halloween merchandise in August. A part of me grunts "don't rush it people! Enjoy the rest of the summer!" while I secretly start to giggle at the prospect of gobblins and witches knocking at the door o...

It Takes All Sorts Of Macarons To Make The World Go Round
on Oct 27, 2009 in Daring Bakers lemon curd swiss meringue rasberry jam salted butter caramel peanut butter macarons bananas recipes I love, like, enjoy, many people and many things in this life but if there is one thing that I live for on the weekends is when B. comes home from playing music and we sit on the bed and geek out for hours about all sorts of topics. Photography, film...

Butternut And Acorn Squash Soup
on Oct 23, 2009 in acorn squash savory butternut squash gluten free soup recipes Thank you all so much participating in the Macy's giveaway! Through emails, I know that some of you held dinner parties this week to raise money to fight hunger. That makes me so happy! We held our own last night in a very impromptu sort of way when...

Bananas Foster Tartelettes & A Giveaway
on Oct 18, 2009 in hazelnuts pate sablee frangipane shortbread tarts bananas almonds recipes I like to think I am fairly organized. I mean, there is logic to whatever battle is taking place on my desk. Or in my head. Like most of us, I get pretty psyched about being a step ahead and I was darn happy for having posts in drafts right before I...