Almond Cake with Orange Drizzle
Simple, easy to make almond cake poured into six small Nordic-ware cake pans, just the right size for individual cakes. Glaze is light and just enough.
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Chili-Chocolate Chip-Cookies
A chocolate chip cookie with a bite — about 40 grams of chili – thanks to good, dried red chili powder. A low-sugar cookie with semi-sweet dark chocolate chips and a bit of crushed dried raspberries. Procedure
Pita & Lamb Burger & Tahini Sauce
Pita Bread : made from scratch for lamb burgers with a tahini sauce and a fresh salad. The pita dough is a yeast variety, so it should be mixed a few hours before serving. The dough is not difficult but best done on a day you’re at home. …
Searching for the Soft-boiled Egg
Soft-boiled, meaning firm white and runny egg yolk, should be achievable with our induction stovetop. The yolk inside should not reach a 149F, while the white has reached and maintained that for that temp for enough to set it. Sous-vide says 45 minutes to an hour, which is a long time to wait. What else can we do? …
Eggs Benedict
Because my sister said she’s never had Eggs Benedict, and because she said she likes breakfast for dinner, on this winter night in January of 2026, we made Eggs Benedict. Homemade English Muffins open up and host bacon and avocado, poached eggs and Hollandaise. Using our recipe for English Muffins,
Swiss Roll
A traditional Christmas desert in our family is the Yule Log, made from the recipe in Julia & Jacques, a cookbook of the favorite recipes of M. Pepin and Ms. Child. Taking less than an hour to make, this desert is best prepared on the day it will be eaten,
Meringues for Christmas
Meringues are a mixture of egg whites and sugar. Use 50 grams of sugar for each egg white. Whip the whites until still and gradually add sugar. You can warm the sugar but don’t melt it before adding. To know how may whites you have in the container where you
CategoriesDesserts
Christmas Pudding 2025
Traditionally, for us, this dessert is made at Thanksgiving, an American holiday in late November. Usually kids are around for the holiday and they can make a wish while stirring the pudding. And if this recipe is modified to fill two pudding basins, another family can take one home to store until Christmas. …
Scotch Broth
I’m writing a cookbook of my mother-in-law’s recipes in order to give a copy of this book to my kids, my nieces and nephews and eventually my grandkids. She was from the south of England but cooked for her husband who, like her first two kids, was from Edinburgh, Scotland.
CategoriesTastings Vegetables
Tomato & Goat Cheese Tart
Make a pie crust and chill it (or use one that’s chill). Cut fresh, ripe tomatoes in wedges and arrange in a spiral, add fresh herbs & pepper, pureé goat cheese and 2 eggs, pour over tomatoes and bake. …