The Baked NYC cookbook Baked Explorations is a favorite of mine, so I was thrilled when Shake gave me the two other books in the collection about a year ago. (There’s now a fourth, released this past fall.) I’ve made a couple other recipes from them before. I know that... Read More
Some time ago, Shake bought me a selection of wonderful Mānoa Chocolate bars. I took some photos of them and we ended up using one of them in the book I worked on last summer, From Kau Kau to Cuisine. The lovely people at Mānoa Chocolate very kindly sent over... Read More
Today’s Friday Photo is just a plea to ask you to vote for my “Smoking Jacket Cookies” (Dark Chocolate & Cheesecake Chunk Smoked Tea Shortcake Cookies) in the Fonseca BIN 27 Port Cookie Rumble contest. Here’s the link to vote: http://bit.ly/16qZBYm. The recipe is there too, but if you check... Read More
I found out a couple weeks ago that Fonseca BIN 27 Port is holding a contest, asking entrants to create a cookie recipe that pairs well with, well, duh, port. “Oh, that’s a good idea!” said Shake, when I told him about what I had in mind to make for... Read More
So, I totally skipped over November and December’s round-ups…but you’ll forgive me, I hope. Of course, the first thing (literally) consumed this year was a bowl of ozoni at my parents’ house. Ozoni is the traditional Japanese New Year’s mochi soup. Every family has their own recipe. Our family recipe... Read More
This is my Cheer Up Chocolate gift from Shake. I deserve all this because I had a crappy day today. To start, Shake left early for work. That wasn’t the crappy part. This was: My car wouldn’t start. I got the engine to almost catch and stomped the gas hard.... Read More