We have found a new favorite "anytime" cake chez Shafroth. I still love the Aspen Apple Cake but this recipe takes apple cake to another level. I found the recipe on Cook’s Country. They called it "Blue Ribbon Apple Cake" but I think upside down is a better descriptor. Not all the recipes on Cook’s Country are […]
Some food in China is mostly about texture. This cake, referred to as Nian Gao, is made during the Lunar New Year celebrations and it is a textural marvel. I searched the web to find something to make for our New Year’s celebration and ended up combining a few techniques and ingredients from recipes […]
I whipped up this pie for a pot luck party and I did not bring home any leftovers. Creamy, sweet with white chocolate and kissed with vanilla, this pie is a winner. Dorie Greenspan featured this recipe on her blog back in November and I filed it away to try. Canned sour cherries took the […]
So about three weeks before Christmas, Marco slides up to me in the kitchen, starts kissing my neck and whispers in my ear “Is it time get out the slow cooker?” This is how romance works in our home, I know the drill. I get kisses, he gets dulce. And everyday when he comes home from work […]
I adapted this recipe from Shamane Simons of Shamane’s Bake Shop in Boulder. The crust was featured in the Boulder Daily Camera just before Thanksgiving. The crust has the best texture. Golden Delicious apples are great for this type of tart as they are soft and cook quickly. This is the perfect ending to a […]
‘Tis the season for citrus and we were very lucky to receive a largebox of what I thought were tangelos, but as I got to researching this post, I realized that the fruit we juiced and subsequently turned into sobert was probably not tangelos but some sort of oranges. Regardless of the citrus variety, the […]
Around the holidays sometimes a little smoke and mirrors is necessary. I am all for homemade cookies and for Martha Stewart Gingerbread Houses, but my reality is that sometimes I take short cuts, especially when deadlines are looming over my head. Right now, despite the snow and winter temperatures, my kitchen is cranking out a burger round […]
My newlywed neighbors have started a hand-crafted pasta company. I was lucky enough to sample some roasted delicata and kuri squash ravioli. It was ravioli nirvana, I am still having dreams about the toothsome pasta wrapped around a dreamy, yet rich, squash filling perfectly rounded by a touch of marscarpone. I was very curious about […]
We are having Thanksgiving with friends this year. Our hosts are life long vegetarians so Christine will make the Cheese Nut Loaf from the Greens Cookbook. I am bringing the turkey which I will brine in the following solution: Turkey Brine: 1/4 cup kosher salt 1/4 cup honey 1 head garlic, cut in half […]
I belong to the school of thought that pie is good year round, but especially good around the holidays. Pies can be made a day ahead of the festivities and since each pie usually feeds 8 people, it doesn’t take too many pies to easily feed a crowd. All of the featured pies have been […]
