recipe 1: my sister’s biscotti
1 cup nuts, coarse chop (walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts – any type) 6 eggs 2 cups sugar 6 teaspoons brandy extract …
Monthly Archives: August 2009
back in your own apron
The first thing I must admit is that I do love to travel, even if I am often ambivalent about …
not everything is a successful experiment
My ambivalence about cooking strictly to a recipe & the occasional example of something from the Department of Irreproducible Results …
frappé, macchiato, or a perfect black cuppa?
I know that I sometimes, even often, am seen as desperately seeking some odd jolt to feed my habit. But …
strange aspects of aspic
Finding myself nodding madly in agreement at the “ick” factor of making true aspic à la Julie and Julia, dismissing …
caffeine chronicles
Simplicity seems a misnomer. Nuanced flavours – well that gets a little trickier to achieve. If you have just come …
eirene's island 