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dark chocolate covered cashew turtle cheesecake

August 8, 2011

I made this cake as part of the “cheesecake challenge” suggested by the ever-stylish Heavenly. It is based on a recipe by Yotam Ottolengi for caramel and macadamia cheesecake. H had a slice of this luscious dessert at Ottolengi’s restaurant in London and was apparently so captivated, that she couldn’t wait to try it at [...]

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buttermilk pancakes with caramelized banana and walnuts

June 27, 2011

Steven has been making this buttermilk pancake recipe for as long as we’ve known each other. I like it so much that at the beginning I would insist that he make double batches! It was our weekend ritual. He cooked the pancakes and I would set up the table, brew the coffee and make fresh [...]

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Cooking the Books-style vanilla oatmeal buttermilk pancakes

April 15, 2011

I was completely psyched when I came across this recipe for oatmeal buttermilk pancakes at this fun food blog, Cooking the Books. I love buttermilk pancakes but usually stick to my favorite, based upon one published in Eating Light magazine in 1992. Though ever since we went to Mabel’s Just for You Bakery and Café [...]

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my sister’s zucchini walnut raisin bread

January 10, 2011

My sister, Kris, makes wonderful cakes and quick breads. She lives back East so I don’t see her that often. Years ago she would make this zucchini bread around the holidays in large volume and give it as gifts to friends and family. I’ve never made it before now though I’ve had the recipe for [...]

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bolo de marmelo com côco e amêndoas

December 21, 2010

I wanted to subtitle this recipe, “rinse and repeat tropical style,” but decided against it at the last minute as it makes the name too long. Really, this is just a retread of my attempt to create Clotilde’s quince almond cake with the addition of some dried shredded coconut. Hegui was so enchanted by the [...]

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quince almond cake

December 10, 2010

The recipe for this marvelous quince and almond quick bread comes from the delightful Chocolate and Zucchini. I’ve recently stumbled across Clotilde’s site and have been a fan since. According to her “about,” she’s French and lives in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris. Already that seems pretty glamorous, sitting as I do in my apartment [...]

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“classic” pecan pie

December 3, 2010

I love calling things “classic.” It makes them seem more profound, filled with gravitas, or timeless, even. Think “classic Napa cabernet” or maybe a “classic Ford Mustang.” Perhaps, too, “classic” also sounds pretentious and over-priced. Well, I’ve no idea whether or not this pecan pie is a classic, but if in fact it is, then [...]

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bolo de maracujá or passion fruit cake

October 27, 2010

My friend Sandy recently gave me a big bag of fresh passion fruit she grows in her own backyard in the Silicon Valley. She’s so lucky to be able to produce this quintessential tropical fruit at home. It is such a treat! I don’t often see them for sale. This time she was extra generous, [...]

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rustic fava, edamame and dill tart

April 26, 2010

This recipe comes from Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey. I’ve been itching to make it for months but have had to wait for Spring and the return of fresh fava beans. I don’t usually go for making my own pie crusts but I’m so enchanted with Najmieh Batmanglij’s book in general and the picture [...]

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fresh cranberry quick bread

January 5, 2010

For ages I’ve been relying on a recipe for cranberry quick bread that I got on the back of a bag of fresh cranberries from Ocean Spray about twenty years ago. It calls for a lot of orange juice, which I find too intense. Since I don’t make the bread that often as cranberries are [...]

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