This week my bake-a-long group is making Dorie Greenspan’s Summer-Market Galette, from her Baking Chez Moi cookbook. What’s a galette? It’s basically a free-form pie. How to make a galette: Take a pie crust (I suggest my recipe, ‘natch!), place it on a cookie tray, rolled out into a rough circle. Sprinkle a little flour…
Cook-a-Longs R Us
Rose Frasier & the Case of the Missing Garnish
I’ll start at the end of the story: It was delicious. I regret nothing. But perhaps I should start at the beginning? It was a dark and stormy night (ok, it was just dark and night, no storms to be seen) and I was cooking up a storm in my cozy kitchen. Minestrone soup was bubbling on…
Of Comfort Food & Waistlines: Rice Pudding & Spiced Hibiscus Syrup
This week, my online bake-a-long group is making the Rice Pudding with Spiced Hibiscus Syrup from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi cookbook. I have a lot meals out and celebrations planned this week, so I didn’t want to make a full batch of rice pudding (I mean, I did, but I thought of my waistline…
Enter the Unexpected: Life, Health, and Chocolate Cake
I’ve missed a few posts lately for my online bake-a-long group. Why? Life, really. A change of weather brought a never-ending headache with it, and when that finally went away (after a week!), my insomnia went rampant and left me completely sleepless for a night. After 36 hours without a wink of sleep during the…
Tarte Tropezienne and Finding a Balance in the Kitchen
When it comes to me and my kitchen time, the DH and I have different views. The DH alternates between “Why are you baking so much? Bake less or we’ll gain weight!” and “Is it done? Is it done yet? *waits a beat* Now is it done??” I alternate between throw-it-all-together (pretty much my standard approach) and getting into…