Monthly Archives: September 2009

Onion and bacon tart, in pictures:

Make a little bed out of puff pastry.  Bake until…well, puffy, about 15 minutes at 350F. Sauté one giant onion, sliced, a few cloves of garlic, sliced, and a few sprigs of thyme, not sliced, in some olive oil and butter, cooking slowly for about a half hour until thoroughly caramelized, like this: Roast bacon [...]

Vanilla cupcakes with roasted banana frosting

I tried to think of a witty headline for this one but failed.  Sorry. I wanted to make Josh something for dessert.  Josh loves bananas.  I considered doing another batch of roasted banana bars but wanted something new.  And simple.  And easy.  And cakey.  And Josh loves cupcakes.  So…well, that was that.  However instead of [...]

Apple French Toast Casserole

Well since Lauren hasn’t been feeling well I decided to make breakfast this morning. Oh, by the way I’m Lauren’s husband-and I can occasionally cook. So I went ahead and tried something new today-French toast casserole with apples and a caramel (like) glaze.  This is AMAZINGLY easy and was fantastic.

Two ways from sundae: pomegranate and chocolate

This is going to be a short post. I just had to share it with you. First, a layer of French vanilla ice cream. Then some pomegranate glaze (leftover from cheesecake!). Then more ice cream. Then a heaping spoonful of chocolate sauce (I use melted chocolate plus a bit of milk). More ice cream. Then [...]

Poms Away, Vol. 2: the Cheesecake Chronicles

So I continued my Adventures in Pomegranates tonight, using up more of the juice shipment I got from Pom Wonderful. As you might recall, the last time we saw our intrepid heroine (uh, me), she had just conquered pomegranate molasses and used said molasses in creating homemade pomegranate barbecue sauce.  Now join us for the [...]

Poms Away

I got a delicious shipment in the mail this past week: a case of Pom Wonderful pomegranate juice, from the Pom people themselves.  My challenge?  Use the eight little bottles of liquid pomegranate to come up with something interesting and delicious. I found this fascinating, as did my friends, many of whom love pomegranate.  Myself, [...]

Thai Thai, Kerrytown and Cake Nouveau: Weekend Adventures in Local Food

This is a tale of three adventures.  Capers, really.  Even shenanigans.  Foodie shenanigans.  No, that makes it sound more cheeky than it really was.  Capers.  Definitely a caper.  This is a tale of three gastronomical capers. Caper 1 On Friday, group of friends and I traversed across the vast swaths of town to the far [...]

that is some pig: hoisin pork and peppers

I like to think that, if in some alternative fictional universe, dear well-meaning Charlotte was not so successful in her humanitarian efforts and Wilbur, instead of meeting horde of little gray spider babies, met a slightly more gruesome fate, that at the very least Fern could rest easy with the knowledge that “some pigs” can [...]

Chocolate chip (and pumpkin spice) cookies: best in the world?

We report, you decide. So I know I keep saying that I hate to bake, and yet I keep baking things.  I really don’t like baking.  But I really do like baked goods.  And last night, I was bored.  Boredom + want dessert = make cookies.  Cookies are my favorite baked good of all time.  [...]