Ambrosia has always fascinated me, not the food of the Greek gods, rather the good ol’ American buffet speciality. (And maybe by fascinated I should clarify– repelled.) I remember a few family BBQ’s at my grandma house. All the food would be lined up on the dinning room cum buffet table: potato salad, crocks of […]

And by the lily, I mean banana bread. And you should gild it with ganache. End of Post. No…let’s talk a little bit about this banana bread. For a girl that never really liked bananas, I always liked banana flavored things…like banana bread, and banana nut muffins, and banana cake. As a kid, when I […]

Perhaps you all remember my quandary over the fridge that wouldn’t grow? My svelte refrigerator took some getting used to, and Brian was on the unhappy end of hearing my continual complaints, and the happy end of eating my latest, leftover inventions. So let me tell you what recently happened in my little kitchen. It […]

My fridge is on a diet. It seems as though it has a close personal relationship with Weight Watchers. It’s not so much that that its contents are dietetic. (I should say not, as a squat container of creme fraiche is chilling next to sticks of unsalted butter!) But it is lean in stature, skinny […]

Let’s continue the egg theme as of late, shall we? Here is my post from last Easter, wishing you a sugary sweet holiday! Easter by far has the greatest confections. Cadbury’s Creme Eggs with sugary sweet fondant center– love them! Peeps, I gladly gobble up, the more stale the better. And Reese’s peanut butter eggs– […]

We all know that Dr. Pavlov, with his multitudes of salivating mutts, has very little to do with a sweet Pavlova dessert, besides a similarity in surnames…but this dessert was so scrumptios it had me salivating, bells or not! The Pavlova is one of those desserts that is only read about in novels set in […]

I have been on a mission. It is one that has taken me as far as the depths of my kitchen and the to the wiles of the public library. Yes, I have searched long and hard, and waged many a calorie-ridden day happily in hungrily in pursuit of the perfect cake recipe. And by […]

Psst, come in close; I’ve got a secret for you. Yes, it’s true I’m a California girl, a place where fresh produce abounds, and Alice Waters is the gastronomical mother of us all. And if you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you know that now I have moved to New York City, great big […]

I have become a woman obsessed. (Which actually isn’t anything too new.) I am not obsessed with gleaming jewels, fancy cars or even couture dresses. My obsessions are much more quotidian, though if you ask me, they are just as difficult to obtain. I am obsessed with a cookie– a cookie from the great City […]

This posting is originally from October 17, 2005. I’ve made this buttercream recipe again and again, and I often get requests for the recipe. So, here it is… My uncle used to be a chef. He worked for a catering company in the 80′s. On his last visit, we were chatting about the work he […]