This post should be a crowd pleaser. No matter who you are, where you come from, no matter how healthy or unhealthy your eating habits might be, you like chocolate chip cookies. There are, of course, a million recipes out there for these cookies. Some use chocolate chips, others uses chocolate chunks. Some are chewy, some are… Read More Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Jacques Torres Style
The recipe I’m most proud of calling my own is my Chocolate Cherry Biscotti – I’m happy to say that people actually prefer this low-fat, twice-baked cookie to other things that come out of my oven. But I’ve been making them for a few years now, and I wondered if I could create another type of … Read More Almond Biscotti
This past Sunday I attended a spectacularly fun event – the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, an annual polo match on Governor’s Island. It was an absolutely gorgeous day to watch polo, drink champagne, and wear ridiculous hats. Being me, I (naturally) had to bring some sort of baked good to contribute to our snack table. I… Read More The Baked Brownie
This past weekend, Summer arrived. It’s a bit unfortunate, since Spring usually arrives before Summer. Last weekend was cold; this weekend was hot, and yesterday (Memorial Day) was hot and muggy. What happened to Spring, did we really have to completely skip it this year? Because I started blogging last November – at the start… Read More Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake
The zucchini love affair continues. This was the best thing to come out of my kitchen in a few months. I saw this zucchini and ricotta galette last June on smitten kitchen, and it just looked so pretty. And then I read the recipe, and it actually looked like it tastes good too. And despite the fact… Read More Zucchini and Ricotta Galette