Have you ever had one of those sweet tooth urges that is so overwhelming that it simply MUST be satisfied? I suspect that that is the case for most of us! One day last week I preheated the oven to 350°, hoping that that very act would be the springboard for a baker’s inspiration. Well, […]
Another Christmas has come and gone… and the events of this holiday season add to the rich fabric of memories that are ours to relive and enjoy in our hearts and minds for years yet to come. In the midst of preparations for Christmas 2010 I thought back to Christmases past.. and the wonderful palate pleasing delights that have […]
With origins on Central Asia’s mountain slopes almonds, which are part of the plum family, once grew wild along the famed Silk Road connecting China with the West. They became popular among early traders and explorers because of their high nutritional value and long storage life… and that popularity most certainly aided the expansion of almonds […]
Most people erroneously believe that it was Marie Antoinette, the wife of King Louis XVI and queen of France who uttered on the eve of the French Revolution the words “Let them eat cake!” She supposedly spoke these words upon hearing that the peasantry had no bread to eat. Historians have found, however, that there is […]
Today, the 6th of January, marks the 12th day of Christmas. As we bring this holiday season to a close I thought it appropriate to end it the same way we marked the end of our Christmas Day dinner, namely with a spectacular dessert that joyfully proclaims everything that is traditionally Christmas… a beautiful and luscious Buche de […]
For lovers of all things quintessentially Italian it may come as a surprise that tiramisu is a scrumptious dessert with relatively recent origins… and murky ones at that! Open the pages of an old Italian cookbook in your library and you’ll find no tiramisu there. There is no documented mention of this fine dessert before 1983 […]
Standing prominently tall on our Christmas Tea table this year was a Kugelhopf that Dayton baked the day before the anticipated event. As for the history of this cake there are no two sources that can agree. It does seem clear that it originated in Austria and was a favorite of Emperor Franz Josef I. […]
I remember well, as a youngster, watching my Grandma Neve make her angel food cakes, usually on a Saturday morning in preparation for a family get-together the next day. My eyes would be wide with fascination as she whipped the egg whites in what seemed in my young mind to be an immense crockery bowl […]
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