Tag: chocolate

a glut of cooking

a glut of cooking

it occurred to me that there are phrases that make recipes sound better to me (or to other people). for example, i always am attracted to recipes that include the word “icebox” in their titles: i get an image of a white refrigerator a la […]

grandma’s birthday cake

grandma’s birthday cake

after having swallowed too many bites of those awful carmel ice cream cakes, my sister and i began making our grandmother’s birthday cake every year. for the past four years or so, we’ve made variations on the same cake for her birthday, which falls on […]

it’s been a long time…

it’s been a long time…

since i last posted. in fact, a few months. i thus have a long list of things to say, hopefully interesting things. unfortunately, i haven’t been able to keep up with my tech column, though this blog is more interesting anyway.

food kudos for best menus/dishes:

  • jessica’s desserts – rote gruze (red berry pudding with vanilla pudding sauce) and iles flottantes (drizzled with caramel and served with creme anglaise)
  • lauren: white chili and fresh apple cake
  • alice: the american food menu – hamburgers and apple pie; lemon-tarragon dip for the alumni thing
  • austin: beef manhattans
  • waseem: chicken and chickpeas with toasted pita bits
  • betsy: “australian chicken” and mushroom curry
  • sadie: pasta with peas and ham
  • carrie: chicken + barley, cider spice cake with bits of candied ginger and whipped cream

food non-kudos: i like ice cream too, just not three times a week! (more…)

moroccan @ 44

moroccan @ 44

(sorry, no witty title; i think i’m just not gifted in that respect.) one of these days, i will actually get around to planning a real dinner party, where all of the details are planned out, but the whole shebang is still nice and relaxed. […]