APPLE CARDAMOM TART

A tart of apples and cardamom

ROSEMARY HAZELNUT TUILES

Rosemary and hazelnut tuiles wait patiently for café to be served

These cookies join the Club of Leftover Eggwhites… who would have guessed by their charm!?  The recipe was easy and came out perfectly. The finish is elegant and tasty.  Merci to Clotilde at Chocolate and Zucchini for these tuiles and such an easy-to-follow recipe.  They [...]

HAZELNUT CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

Hazelnut “Chique de Bavay” & white chocolate mousse in chocolate pyramid
Think: “clouds of chocolate mousse melting on my tongue…”
A few weeks ago we made the most wonderfully fluffy chocolate mousse at school.  Inspired by photos of chocolate encaged desserts, it seemed only natural what the next dessert would be. For a good color contrast, and [...]

WINTER VEGETABLE REVIEW

Left:Black Radish   Right: A season ends and a season begins with radish, turnip, and tomato salad
Winter is wearing out its last weeks and I’m frantically trying to post my winter veggies before its too late.  What a rich winter it was with the variety of root vegetables that grow in the cold dirt of [...]

DARKEST CHOCOLATE CRÊPE CAKE

Martha Stewart’s Darkest Chocolate Crêpe Cake
Last week I was browsing through some food blogs when I came across the archives of a project gone terribly wrong. Two years ago, the Daring Bakers attacked a recipe that left most of them thoroughly frustrated. Some of them may even have burned the January 2006 issue of “Living,” [...]