The February 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mallory from A Sofa in the Kitchen. She chose to challenge everyone to make Panna Cotta from a Giada De Laurentiis recipe and Nestle Florentine Cookies.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Winter Stew with Sunchokes
My latest farmbox brought with it sunchokes, carrots, and celery, which sounded to me like the basis for a tasty winter stew. Deborah Madison provides an earthy recipe with herbs and red wine and suggests that the addition of a pastry lid would be a fine one.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Maple Sweetened Carrot Cupcakes
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| Mini Maple Carrot Cupcakes |
My friend's daughter just turned two, and it seemed like a fitting occasion for making Martha Stewart's Maple-Sweetened Carrot Cupcakes. The recipe, found in Martha Stewart's Cupcakes, is introduced with the proposition that it be served at the birthday party of a baby or young child because a) it has no refined sugar, and b) adults will like it.
Vegetable Tempura
Saturday night, the Gastronomist Economist and I convened for our monthly cooking session. I planned to make cupcakes for a birthday party, so I let the GE pick our dinner menu. "Let's make tempura!" she said.
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| The wrong way to serve tempura. |
I am a deep-frying newbie, having only received a deep fry thermometer a few months before. (The thermometer made its debut at Hanukkah, when I made apple fritters.) I continue to be astonished at how quickly food cooks in its hot oil bath and how delectably crisp and tender it becomes.
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