It is a rainy Sunday. The hubby went to play hockey, turkey stock simmering in the kitchen for Thanksgiving and I am reading my book on the couch. It’s the calm before the storm. I will start freaking out tomorrow. Before the thanksgiving craziness starts, I decided to make him a batch of his favorite chocolate…
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Angel Food Cake with White Chocolate Frosting
I had this most divine angel food cake at a wedding cake shop in La Jolla one time. (It was $10 a piece! $$$) and since then I have been looking for that perfect angel food cake – ‘heavenly’ fluffy and moist. I have been looking and experimenting…and then I found this recipe in Italian…oh crap….
Pot roast
I read a lot of health food books. And whenever I am in the middle of one of those books, I feed my husband only greens, salads, nuts, and seaweed. No meat, no dairy, no fat. It’s been a week. Poor guy. I fed him a big bowl of salad last night and he was…
Chocolate pudding bites
I look at a dessert menu first when I go to a restaurant…anyone else do the same?!? no? yes? What’s the fun of having dinner without dessert, right? yes? no? I hate when I’m excited to see the dessert menu and person you are having dinner with said ‘I’m good without it’. Wawawawaaaaaa~~~~ I made…
Pistachio and dried cherry biscotti
I sometimes go on a what I call ‘biscotti phase’. I obsessively make 3~4 batches of different kinds a week. I love biscotti- I feel more grown up. Something about dipping it in coffee, mocha, dessert wine…I feel sophisticated. This one has pistachio, dried cherry, oat, lemon/orange zest. Super flavorful and delicious. Biscotti translate as ‘twice…