Valentine’s day slipped by with hardly a whisper this year, no doubt drowned out by the sound of firecrackers going off for Chinese New Year. The Saturday night before we had a huge dinner at a Sichuan restaurant in Queens that involved chilies, chilies, and more chilies. There was rabbit, and rice cakes, and amazingly [...]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that my mother is an excellent cook. She is a master with fish. She is a whiz with cauliflower. She used to make us the most beautiful birthday cakes (before we began demanding ice cream cakes from Baskin Robbins, silly children that we were). However, she started her own [...]
Amir wanted a tiramisu for his birthday and so a tiramisu was made. It felt like too simple a dessert for a birthday, you’re basically just assembling ingredients. It’s like building a lincoln log house with cookies. I tried to make it more difficult by making my own ladyfingers, which sadly, didn’t work out so [...]
Have you ever made clafouti? Clafouti is a French flan-like desert traditionally made with cherries, though you can toss all number of fruits into the custard. I first made one ages ago, when I was a teenager, from a recipe in Martha Stewart Living. I remember at the time being surprised at how quickly it [...]
When I was working on the blueberry banana cake I visited my friend Alex and took him a slice, looking for his opinion. He liked it, suggested adding more blueberries, then thought that chocolate and peanut butter would make it even better. Inspired, I set out to make this cake. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this [...]
I might have bought a whole flat of raspberries the other day. It’s just that they were so cheap, and raspberries are usually such a luxury item. The opportunity to own so many raspberries at one time was too exciting to pass up. I lugged them home on the subway. Some woman next to me [...]
Remember this lonesome banana? Well, I paired him up with these guys and made a cake. A truly delicious, forgiving, easy to make cake that is the bastard child of my banana bread and Edna Lewis‘ Blueberry Cake. I also received a little help from this cake, which has been making the rounds on the [...]