Tag Archives: Recipes

Apricot Bars – A Recipe

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

It’s hard to find good apricot bar.  Most don’t have enough apricots in them.  And/Or are too sweet.  And/Or they taste like orange gooey stuff, and not apricots. These have a lot of apricots in them.  If you don’t like … Continue reading →

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Blondies – A Recipe

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

These things are popular.  They are a regular sell out.  While the Costco cookies sit neglected and wan in their plastic shells, these are consumed like no other confection brought to the parent/teacher or bake sale table. I love how … Continue reading →

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Buttermilk Scones

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

Freshly baked scones are a powerful persuasive tool.  Especially when served with homemade strawberry jam and/or lemon curd.  My favorite recipe is adapted from Tartine, by Elisabeth M Prueitt and Chad Robertson, owners, bakers and founders of the bakery and … Continue reading →

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Bao 豆沙包- A Recipe/Tutorial

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

Yesterday we made the bean paste. Today we are making Bean Paste Bao. There are lots of other things for which one can use bean paste – Rice cake filling, Eight Treasure Pudding filling, a filling for a crepe….This way … Continue reading →

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Magic Cookie Bars – A Recipe

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

Messaging went back and forth about some tasty 7 layer bars I made for an event. The bars were popular. They were more popular than the cookies that involved grating lemon peel, or squeezing lemon juice, cracking eggs, creaming butter, … Continue reading →

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The Pomelo Experiment

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

I posted a link to a candied pomelo recipe last week and I thought I’d get back to you on how it turned out.  The recipe came from a lovely site called They Draw and Cook.  The fruit comes from … Continue reading →

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Cooking Illustrated

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

I’ve got pomelos growing in the yard, planted by the previous owner of our property. Most years the pale yellow orbs hang, weighing down branches, until they fall onto the lawn. They’re way more peel than fruit.  I wasn’t sure … Continue reading →

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Great Granola – A Recipe

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

We enjoy cereal here in the home office.  Pour it in a bowl, pour in some milk (or if you’re Humphry Slocombe, pour in bourbon), and there you have it – a meal.  Go crazy and add some fresh fruit … Continue reading →

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Not Chicken

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Vegetarian Chinese restaurants do this weird thing where the menu is in categories of ‘meat’, just like omnivorous restaurants.  It’s confusing…And alarming for vegetarians. In the vegetarian or tofu section of the Chinese/Asian Market you’ll find things like ‘chicken’, ‘goose’, … Continue reading →

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Brownies

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

These here brownies are super fudgey.  The ones in the picture above. If you want less fudgey, cake-ier brownies, go elsewhere.  You could try the recipe below in the Betty Crocker Dinner for Two cookbook illustrated by Charley Harper, but … Continue reading →

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