The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.
Two and a half years ago I was newly pregnant and standing in line at Pierre Herme, wondering why the shop was so small and [...]
I’ve never really liked potato salad. There’s something about cold potato that weirds me out. German potato salad I like, because it’s warm and has bacon. But it’s summer, and while we are getting plenty of potatoes from our CSA, German potato salad is not a summery dish. Especially not when we’re a few days [...]
Last weekend it was in the 80s, but this week the temperature went down down down, and it hasn’t gotten above 50 for a while. Plus there is rain. OK, we’re in Texas, so we need the rain (we definitely aren’t going to get any in August), but it’s kind of annoying. Couple that with [...]
I don’t remember why I decided to make quiche for our dinner tonight. It’s just one of those things that sounds good, but when you think about it, it seems like so much work, too many eggs, blah blah blah. Before you know it you’re eating chicken nuggets again.
So I put my mind to [...]
