Anna | October 25, 2009
I can’t believe I never posted this recipe! It won a prize in a local contest a few years back and it’s easy to make. The pumpkin makes it quite holidayish and it’s a great alternative for those who don’t like pumpkin pie. I am having trouble finding a picture of the original, but there’s [...]
Anna | October 20, 2009
I came home from vacation ready to bake, but the reality was there were piles of laundry and personal matters to attend to. Experimenting in the kitchen wasn’t an option, so I turned to my fresh pile of cooking magazines for inspiration. I found it in the November issue of Eating Well – [...]
Anna | September 12, 2009
That saying, “Never cook with a wine you wouldn’t drink” doesn’t mean much to me because wine I won’t drink is exactly what I cook with. A disappointing bottle of red means Coq au Vin the next day – and it always tastes better than the wine.
In the September issue of Food and Wine, Kristin [...]
Anna | September 2, 2009
Today’s recipe is from the September issue of Cooking Light; but because I didn’t need a full Bundt cake, I halved the recipe and made it in my 6-cup Nordicware Mini Bundt pans. Bake time was about 25 minutes.
The results were tasty and I’m looking forward to serving these little cuties for dessert. The flavor [...]
Anna | August 29, 2009
One nice thing about state fair competitions is that in most cases, it seems the focus is on execution rather than originality. For instance, if I controlled the state fair I’d surely have a Chocolate Chip Cookie category and everyone could enter their version. I might even have a “Thick Chocolate Chip Cookie” category and [...]