I spotted some ramekins at the store over the weekend and was inspired. What better way is there to indulge on a budget than with a chocolate soufflé? All of the required ingredients are inexpensive and are probably in your … Continue reading
You can tell it’s mid-December by looking at most streets in Manhattan. They’re crowded with shoppers laden with gifts, tourists blocking foot traffic in front of window displays, and all manner of other manifestations of “Silver Bells” song lyrics. You … Continue reading
I promise this will be my last post about muffins for a while. (They’re just so easy to make and delicious.) Last weekend called for some cranberry muffins made with fresh cranberries, seeing as they are easily available with Thanksgiving … Continue reading
Bread is just about as basic as it comes, and yet people are scared to make it. They think it’s going to be a lengthy, complicated process, but in reality, it requires a small amount of prep time and a … Continue reading
After making the pumpkin muffins in my last post, I was left with about six cups of roasted pumpkin puree in a tupperware container in the fridge. I wasn’t sure what to do, but after the dozen muffins I made … Continue reading
The fall harvest was in full swing at the farmers’ market this weekend. A pumpkin patch was one of the main draws and toddlers were walking around picking out their jack-o-lanterns for Halloween. I didn’t pick one up at … Continue reading
I decided to bake a test pie on Sunday to see if I could/should enter the Enid’s Apple Pie Bake-off next week. I’ve never made a pie from scratch on my own before and learned that it may be one … Continue reading
I made Ramsey a birthday cake from scratch today, complete with chocolate frosting, a hamster, and decorative writing comparable to a fifth grader’s (which is just like my normal handwriting on paper). The photo above makes it look like a … Continue reading
I recently listened to a Radiolab podcast during which Robert Krulwich interviewed Brian Greene, a physics and mathematics professor and director of the Institute of Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University, about his theory that there are an … Continue reading
I’m sad to say the first time I had a true heirloom tomato was only a month ago. I’d been hearing all of the buzz about them, but it wasn’t until my birthday dinner at Dressler that I finally had … Continue reading
