Recipes for Loving Life in our Kitchen, Home and Garden
A Happy Holiday with the Daring Bakers and a Buche de Noel!Posted by Gabi on 27 December 07
This month the Daring Bakers’ (headed by Lis at La Mia Cucina and Ivonne at Cream Puffs in Venice) are baking up a whole forest of delightful Yule Logs- also known as Buche de Noel. Most of their delights were posted on the 22nd or 23rd of December, with the two-day flexibility given for scheduling during this hectic [...]
Bountiful Biscotti Baking with my BelovedPosted by Gabi on 12 December 07
Every year Rick and I have a baking day to make homemade gifts for a dozen, or so, of our wonderful neighbors. This year we chose three kinds of Biscotti to make- Cranberry Orange Almond, Chocolate Hazelnut and also Pistachio Cherry.
We enjoy spending the afternoon holed up in our warm, cozy kitchen while the snow falls thick and [...]
A new world and Raspberry Chocolate French MacaronsPosted by Gabi on 5 December 07
I finally made the (so popular) French Macaron that has made its way from Pierre Herme to one of my all-time favorite bakers- the lovely Helene at Tartlette. Helene is always an inspiration and if you haven’t been drooling over her blog you’ve really been missing out on something great! (check out her latest Gingered Peanut Macarons- [...]
The Good, The Bad and the SnugglyPosted by Gabi on 4 December 07
Just a few items to share round here:
Starting with The Good… my sweetie proved he’s up to the sweetest of sweets by making this scrumptious Apple Galette. Lovely butter pastry filled with a mixture of apples, currants and dried apricots and glazed with reduced apricot jam. Yum!
It is from one of his favorite cookbooks, Julia and [...]
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