I’ve been meaning to write about this delicious dessert for a while, and Kevin’s post yesterday about his discovery of the beauty of peaches is a good segue. A good friend of the Junta made this when I was in San Francisco, with glorious peaches, and glorious figs. But they were made all the more [...]
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Another Peach Post: Roasted Peaches with Figs and Honey
Posted in Dessert, Home Cooking, Raves, Recipe, Tips, tagged peaches, figs on August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My Prize-Winning Margarita Pie
Posted in Dessert, Home Cooking, Raves, Recipe, Vegetarian, tagged limes, pie, tequila, triple sec, whipped cream on August 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
With this post, readers, I introduce to you the concept of a “concept pie.” Yes, much like the concept album, but this time ensconced in a delicious, buttery crust.
This particular pie came about at the previously mentioned Olympics party, during which I was — in the same conversation — discussing jello shots and invited to [...]
Candied Meyer Lemon Peel
Posted in Dessert, Recipe, Tips, tagged candy, meyer lemons on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
You can take the girl out of Berkeley, but you can’t take Berkeley out of the girl. Or rather, you can’t take Berkeley’s Meyer lemons away from the girl, when she was clever enough to make some candied Meyer lemon peel while at home, in the land of Meyer abundance. What is a Meyer lemon? [...]
Berkeley: Meyer Lemons Galore! (And homemade mayonnaise)
Posted in Dessert, Home Cooking, Quick, Raves, Recipe, Tips, tagged aioli, curd, mayonnaise, meyer lemons on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After Portland, I went home to Berkeley, food paradise, and also paradise of the elusive citrus known as the Meyer lemon. I don’t know how well known meyer lemons are on the east coast, but on the west coast, they are ubiquitous, and I mean ubiquitous in the best way. Meyers are rounder than your [...]
Matzah/Matzoh/Matzo Crunch
Posted in Dessert, Raves, Recipe, tagged caramel, chocolate, matzoh, salt on April 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Happy Passover, everybody! So, we once again celebrate the Jews’ continued survival with a week of not eating leavened products. For the way most people — and food magazines and newspaper columns — go on, you’d think this was a greater hardship than the Jews’ slavery in Egypt and subsequent 40 years of wandering through [...]
Dulce de Leche Squares of Goodness
Posted in Dessert, Recipe, tagged cheesecake, chocolate, dulce de leche on April 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Now that I have entered the blogosphere, I have been trying to, well, actually read some blogs. And with the wonders of Google reader (which I’m sure all you more technologically-savvy folks know about, but which I find totally amazing), I can actually keep up. I was looking through one of my new favorite cooking [...]
