TEST. These cookies couldn’t be more different than the way they started out. First they were the hazelnut thumbprint cookies I made as an excuse to use the sun-dried, saffron-yellow apricot ja...
I can’t believe the accolades I’ve received for the Sour Cherry & Almond Upside-Down Cake recipe video from The Artful Baker! I’m thrilled to hear that you liked it so much and very excited...
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Julia Child once said: “People who love to eat are always the best people.” I’d like to add to that that they also make the best food writers. I know very few people who loves to eat more t...
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If I had a dollar for every post I postponed posting… Well, that would make me a professional procrastinator and nothing else. Here’s what usually happens: I get excited about a fruit or a ve...
Spending your vacation at a friend’s house certainly has its own advantages. Sure, there aren’t any maids around to change the sheets and clean the sink daily, but you get to spend the whole ...
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The only downside – and I assure you, there is only one downside – of buying a jar of Henri Le Roux’s famous caramel spread “Le Caramelier” is the fast-approaching expiration date. The ...
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Today, Cafe Fernando turns two years old and I would just die if I don’t mark this occasion with my most favorite cookies of all time: Korova Cookies. These cookies made their debut in “Paris...
Coffee and Hazlenut Cookies. The first recipe I’ve tried from Alice Medrich’s new book Pure Dessert. The book is full of simple and delicious recipes that focus on pure flavor. That is also e...
About a year ago, I used to bake 10-20 batches of biscotti per week (I didn’t eat them all). Then I started having biscotti nightmares. Logs sticking to my hands… Flour everywhere. Chop, chop...
After tasting these thumbprint cookies, I was so glad to have prepared twice the amount of raspberry jam needed for the birthday cake. I usually double recipes if I am on a deadline and making a ...