Well it is the second week and I am doing somewhat lamely at this weekly-post resolution. I shall tell myself that the school week starts on Monday and therefore Sunday is not too late. There ( Read more... )

So I have made a New Semester's Resolution to post at least once a week. So this here being Saturday, here we are ( Read more... )

Um, yes. Not dead ( Read more... )

This is from British Pie Week, which was back at the beginning of March, along with St David's day, so there are leeks. This is a gigantic and tasty pie, and just as good the second or third time around ( Read more... )

So our tangerine tree gave us a bumper crop of nasty, dry tangerines this year. (The tangelo tree ten feet away is perfectly fine.) You know how once in a while you get an orange from the store, and the ends of some of the sections are kind of dry? And not orange? Our whole tree is like that, only they are funny all the way through. They just look ( Read more... )

So Mom's birthday is Saturday, and our mixer is older than me, so I bought me her a new one. With fancy shit, and orbital mixing, and you can put a pasta maker on the front. As opposed to the one we have now, which is made of plastic and craps out the motor on chocolate chip cookie dough. I got free two-day shipping by signing up for a free trial ( Read more... )

It is Om Nom Nom Good.

Ingredients:
Ladyfingers, a bunch. (They come in packages at classier grocery stores than mine. Or you can make them yourself, see below.)
Mascarpone cheese, a pound or two cups.
3 or 4 eggs, separatedSugar, more than half a cup and less than a whole cup ( Read more... )

I promised another biscotti recipe, didn't I ( Read more... )

The update.bml page keeps crashing my FireFox. Damn you, LJ ( Read more... )

Chocolate-Cherry Biscotti, from the Last Homely House.You want to prep your cherries beforehand. Chop them up into little bitty pieces, at least half a cup. If you are using dried cherries, rehydrate them a bit with some kirsch after you chop them. If you use maraschino cherries like I do, pat them dry with a paper towel and rehydrate them with ( Read more... )