From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Perfect Pound Cake

March 28, 2009

The spring season is upon us, and we’ve got the rainfall to prove it! I wanted to go with something clean and fresh-looking for the spring blog design, with bright colors and lots of white space. So clear that cache and check out NDP’s new layout — I hope you like it!
We went to synagogue [...]

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Hazelnut Brown Butter Cake

March 20, 2009

This post by another name? Best Cake Ever. Hazelnut, Brown Butter, Cake. Do you hear me yet? Brown butter, aka liquid gold. Hazelnuts, the best nuts on the planet. Cake. Yea. It’s that good.

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Meringues (Finally)

March 16, 2009

For all those anticipating Passover, these meringues are the perfect Passover dessert. They require no flour or leavening, but actually taste good. I simply can’t go the week without them.
I was looking through my archived photos today and discovered something utterly shocking: I’ve had a website for…how long now? a year and a half?…and somehow [...]

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HamentaschenFAIL

March 14, 2009

Yea, I don’t know what happened this year. Normally, this dough gives me minimal frustration, but for some reason, this go-round I got half a batch of nice-looking little guys and half a batch of…well, sexyugly. Tasty, nonetheless — but not the kind of cookie you want to pass out. Especially not when [...]

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The Makings of a Middle Eastern Lunch

March 11, 2009

Hard to believe it’s already Thursday and another Saturday is nearly upon us. I’m still thinking about last weekend’s 75-degree weather and super-chill Mediterranean style lunch. A trip to NYC will prevent me from repeating that meal this Saturday, but if I could, I would, in half a heartbeat. It’s the obvious [...]

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Lemon and Rhubarb Mousse Parfaits

March 7, 2009

Today was an absolutely beautiful day in Washington. It was probably 75 degrees outside, and while the sky was cloudy in the morning, it cleared up quite a bit in the afternoon and the streets were packed. I’ve been waiting for a day like this for months, mostly because I so long for [...]

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Rice Paper Rolls

March 6, 2009

Lunch makes or breaks my day. If it’s good, I cruise through the whole afternoon on the contents of my midday tupperware, don’t get really hungry again til about 4 or 5, and by then, I can pop a couple almonds, some honey wheat pretzels, or a piece of the dark chocolate bar I [...]

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Coffee Walnut Cookies

March 2, 2009

When it comes to dessert recipe creators, none holds a candle to Alice Medrich. Considered by many the “first lady of chocolate,” she is the founder of the famed Berkeley patisserie Cocolat and the author of several wonderful cookbooks, most recently Pure Dessert. I’ve raved about her twice before — her whole wheat [...]

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