May 4, 2013 / in Travel / 0 comment
May 4, 2013
Jen’s favorite thing is visiting markets (and taking the bus to them), so first thing the next morning we were off to Or Tor Kor, the city’s best food market. Read more...
April 23, 2013 / in Travel / 2 comments
April 23, 2013
I arrived in Shanghai on a cold, windy Friday morning last month and went straight to the Hotel Indigo, right down the famous Bund from Michelle’s restaurant. Read more...
April 10, 2013 / in Travel / 2 comments
April 10, 2013
After a smooth flight on SWISS I arrived in Hong Kong and sped over to my friend Jen’s 21st floor loft in Aberdeen on the west coast of the island. Read more...
February 14, 2013 / in Chocolate Dessert, Layered & Molded Cakes / 2 comments
February 14, 2013
Congratulations to Patricia Boettger for her winning entry, Three-Layer Brownie Cake. Read more...
February 9, 2013 / in Chocolate Dessert, Holiday recipes / 0 comment
February 9, 2013
I love this combination of moist chocolate cake and sweet, fluffy icing - I like it so much in fact that I'm making it at the second annual Chocolate Show in Zurich on March 23. See you there? Read more...
January 14, 2013 / in Chocolate Dessert / 0 comment
January 14, 2013
Got a bad case of PHLOBE (post-holiday lack of baking enthusiasm)? My friends at Guittard Chocolate and I have cooked up something that will have you back in the kitchen and turning on the oven in no time: our first chocolate recipe contest. Read more...
December 21, 2012 / in Bar Cookies & Brownies, Holiday baking, Holiday recipes / 0 comment
December 21, 2012
Here are a couple of cookie recipes pictured in the last post; they were specifically requested by readers... They're easy to make, too. Happy Holidays! Read more...
December 16, 2012 / in amaretti, Bar Cookies & Brownies, Christmas cookies, Holiday baking, Holiday recipes, Piped & Dropped Cookies / 0 comment
December 16, 2012
Here are three of the recipes from the platter above. Comment here if you would like more. Happy and stress-free holidays! Read more...
October 19, 2012 / in Flatbreads, Italian baking / 0 comment
October 19, 2012
I had done a class of Italian sweet and savory dishes, and though this recipe isn't in my new bread book, it's one of my favorites. Read more...
September 22, 2012 / in Cupcakes, Pound Cakes & Coffee Cakes, Sweet Pastry Dough & Tarts, Travel / 1 comment
September 22, 2012
As a teenager I was already enchanted by the idea of visiting Vienna. Back in the 1960s Lillian Langseth Christensen was writing a series of articles in the old Gourmet magazine about Viennese life and food traditions. I zealously followed [...] Read more...