This weekend Ivvone, Brilynn, Lis and myself will all be making the same biscotti, another one of those cross blogging events. When I first got the email it said that we were to make whatever biscotti we wanted to. As luck would have it my very good friend E gave me hazelnuts from her dad's tree a couple weeks ago and so I thought some hazelnut biscotti would be lovely. Within hours of receiving the email I had made my biscotti. Only problem was the next day I got an email saying that we were all going to make the same one...opps. In a way I am glad. I have been in a non-baking, non-holiday, non-everything funk lately that I am glad that I am participating so that I have to force myself to bake. I found my recipe on Christmas Cookies dot com. It was hard to find a non-chocolate hazelnut biscotti but I did and I like it a lot. I don't make biscotti very often and I fear I am not that great at it. Being of Scottish decent I am more apt to have shortbread than biscotti with my hot … [Read more...]
Can’t Catch Me…I’m the Gingerbread Man
So I was robbed by my migraine of my usually holiday fun. Each year, the day after Thanksgiving I frantically clean and put out all of the non-tree stuff. Then the next night we play music, make hot chocolate and once again remember that we said we would buy new lights and new hooks, but never do. One year we put the lights on and didn't check them. So once the whole tree was decorated and we lighted it up....we learned that the middle strand of lights was considerably dimmer than the other strands....oh well. I would love to say that I reclaimed my holiday spirit and made these cupcakes, but truth be told I made these last week when the radio was playing Christmas music a FULL week before Thanksgiving. I'm still not fully recovered but I am starting to feel more festive :) This recipe comes from one of my newer cookbooks, Buttercup Bakes at Home. I tagged this cupcake right away and had an image in my mind of topping them with mini gingerbread men(why must I make everything so … [Read more...]
Not the write up I wanted to give but…
I need to put something up. This will be a very quick write up of my lovely Thanksgiving at the Herb Farm restaurant. Unfortunately, ever since 1:30pm on Friday afternoon(it's late Sunday night now) I have had a debilitating migraine headache and have pretty much been not functioning. I'm hoping that tomorrow when I go to the doctor that I will get better. For now all I can say is that once again I enjoyed my dining experience at the Herb Farm. The food is always humbling and a constant reminder that I'm really not that gifted/creative with food(though I could easily make all three of the desserts we had). I do have some photos(all flash...sorry). Course #1: Harvest from the Edge of the Sea Cauliflower and Fenugreek Soup with Sliver Sea Scallop(second photo) my favorite of the three Kushi Oyster with Sorrel Sauce(first photo) Paddlefish Caviar on Sea Urchin Flan 1998 Argyle Brut From Magnum Course #2 Slow Roasted Black Cod With Carrot-Lemon Thyme Broth And … [Read more...]
No pigs needed….
This month's Sugar High Friday is being hosted by The Passionate Cook. We couldn't have asked for a better theme with the holidays just around the corner....Truffles. Who doesn't love to make candy around this time of year? I chose to go non-traditional and do a white chocolate truffle. Let me tell you, there aren't that many recipes around and I did my best to throw together a combo of them with my own twist. I realized that I have done nothing with pears on this blog and decided to rectify that. I bring to you my White Chocolate Truffle infused with Pear Skins, Wildflower Honey and Nutmeg. Say that three times fast. A tart book I own has a tart infused with pear skins so I thought why not in a truffle? White chocolate is much more temperamental than dark or milk and can sometimes be a pain to work with....but these were worth the pain to me. Nutmeg is my favorite spice and I try to use it as much as possible, and works well with pears. I threw in the honey because I got it as … [Read more...]
