From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Linzer Sables, sans Matzah

April 28, 2008

If you love Passover, close your ears for a second…
YAAAYYY it’s done! we can eat bread again!
Ok. It’s out of my system.

Linzer Sables are fantastic. The fact that they involve water, flour, and a nice long baking time is just icing on the cake. I’ve always loved Linzer Torte — that fantastically dense [...]

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Hibernating…

April 23, 2008

Because it’s Passover, and my fridge is completely empty, save for two trays of leftover chicken and a huge bag of chocolate chip cookies and marshmallow brownies graciously donated care-packaged by D’s family. Thank heavens, we won’t starve. But I’ll be hiding out in my cave until Passover is over, at which point [...]

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Passover Dessert Ideas

April 17, 2008

It’s that time of year again, folks…the time when desserts all begin “flourless…”
To ease the pain of a cookie-less cake-less week, I’ll share a fantastic post by awesome blogger Deb over at Smitten Kitchen. She offers 17 dessert ideas for Passover — let’s face it, who ever knew there were even that many possibilities? [...]

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Katherine Hepburn Brownies, Macerated Raspberry Sauce

April 15, 2008

When it comes to brownies, everyone has his or her preference. Some prefer cakey (though god knows why), others prefer raw, yet others favor the fudgey dense sort — there’s a recipe for everyone. I even know someone who made a habit of mixing up two full batches each time she made brownies: [...]

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Minibar, Part trois (et ultime)

April 13, 2008

Let’s see, where did we leave off? Have you already forgotten that more tales of molecular gastronomy and showmanship were in store for you? This is the final installment of the Minibar saga. So as not to reveal all my (their) cards, I’ll cover only highlights of the remaining courses, leaving some [...]

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Broccoli with Pine Nuts and Raisins

April 6, 2008

Ever have a total jonesin’ to make something that you had not intention of eating for a couple days? No, of course not. You’re not crazy. Maybe it was the urge to blog that got me cooking this weekend, backwards as that sounds…but for whatever reason, I found myself chopping garlic, toasting pine nuts, [...]

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Minibar, Part Deux

April 1, 2008

(For those who haven’t been following, a bunch of friends and I went out to dinner last week at Minibar and had a $$delightful$$ meal; I’m documenting our adventure, course by course, on NDP. You can see part one here.)

Our story resumes with one of the evening’s most whimsical dishes: “dragon’s breath” popcorn. [...]

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