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Savory Buttermilk Biscuits
The bakery up the street from my house makes a pretty mean biscuit filled with cheddar, pepper and onions that they call a "savory biscuit" and which I pick up whenever I happen to be walking by in the morning (if I'm not in a rush for the bus). When I was pondering making a bread of some variety for Easter dinner last weekend, these biscuits came ( Read more... ) -
Yams with Leeks and Goat Cheese
I'd eaten something similar to this a few years ago, so when trying to think of a good savory dish to take to Thanksgiving dinner tonight I cobbled this together.
Yams with Leeks and Goat Cheese2 large leeks ( Read more... ) -
Mango Slaw with Cashews and Mint
For my regular weekly dinner with pulzella_gaia, I made Smitten Kitchen's Mango Slaw with Cashews and Mint. As written, the salad will feed an army. Below are my tweaks, I served it with her Thai Style Chicken Legs, which I wouldn't change at all. Everything was so pretty (Elaine brought summer rolls) that I took pictures, I'll pull them off camera later ( Read more... ) -
Torta Meringata alla Crema
For a coworker's birthday, and to celebrate her upcoming two month fellowship in Italy, we have a lovely Italian cake I first saw on an episode of "Best Thing I Ever Ate" on Food Network. Finding a recipe for this in English was interesting, so this is really a "translation" of the recipes I've found. I also pulled together a quick strawberry sauce ( Read more... ) -
Carrot Bundt Cake
For my friend Gabriela's birthday, I did a variation on my standard carrot cake recipe (that usually gets made as cupcakes) to bake up as a bundt cake, and also to use more local ingredients ( Read more... ) -
Chocolate Fudge Brownies
I discovered this evening, that this is one recipe I make regularly that I've apparently never posted here.
Chocolate Fudge BrowniesOriginally adapted from Gourmet, September 1992 ( Read more... ) -
Ghetto Pork Roast
Due to a random blog post from the Seattle Weekly food crew, I found myself craving pulled pork. During the week, I never really have the time for the proper slow cooking that real pulled pork requires-so it was time to give my evil crock pot another try. I looked at a few recipes, and below is what I came up with ( Read more... ) -
Jennie Dodd's Chocolate Pie
Old friends from Corvallis might recall Jennie Dodd's Chocolate Pie. I've made it a number of times over the years, my mother even adapted the recipe so it could be prepared in a dorm room with nothing but a microwave and a blender! Very few ingredients, so simple and so delicious ( Read more... ) -
Chicken Chilaquiles Casserole
I blame mdhenry for the fact that I made chilaquiles for dinner tonight, he'd twittered and facebooked about it yesterday-so I could not resist dragging out my own recipe and making this trashy, hangover curing, cheesy casserole version for dinner tonight. Healthy? Well, when has that ever really stopped me? My kitchen binder doesn't tell me where the ( Read more... ) -
Cinnamon Swirl Bread
My department director is fond of yeast breads, and I generally avoid making them-I generally just don't have the patience for it, or I don't work in enough flour when kneading the dough, etc. etc. etc. Pretty much the only thing I make regularly are sticky buns that I let proof overnight ( Read more... )