Category: Type of Dish

Chocolate Pot de Creme

10 February 2011

When I was a little girl, my mom would serve us pot de creme only once or twice a year, and we could not wait to have it.  Her presentation was so elegant.  We received our pots in lusterous ivory china demi-tasse cups and served with real silver demi-tasse spoons.  I felt like a princess. […]

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Three-Cheese Buckwheat Ebleskivers

03 February 2011

In our family, ebleskivers-the sweet kind served with maple syrup or jam- are a tradition when the family is all together.  My mom’s well-used, well-worn pan comes out of hiding into its special place of honor on the stovetop.  Each ebleskiver cup is filled with melted butter first and then batter to make those light, […]

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Raspberry Almond Muffins

21 January 2011

About this time of year, when the world (at least in New York City) is a bit dark gray and dreary, we start to crave bright, pretty things.  Things that will remind us that Spring and even Summer will come again one day. This is usually the time I head to the frozen food aisle […]

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Potato and Kale Samosas

14 January 2011

Ok.  Confession: I have been craving Indian food almost since the beginning of this pregnancy and totally bent our cooking class to my whims this week!  Even in the throes of my worst morning sickness, Chicken Tikka Masala with a side of fresh spinach was one of the only things I could even consider eating. […]

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Sweet Potato Biscuits

05 January 2011

Happy New Year, Yummies! When we left New York City a couple of weeks ago to go visit my family in California, I planned on just taking a few days’ break from blogging.  It seems that I was more exhausted than I even knew.  The beginning of this pregnancy, with its extreme nausea, had taken […]

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