Bittersweet Chocolate Ice Cream Ingredients: 8 ounces very good quality bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped**2 cups heavy cream1 cup whole milk2/3-3/4 cup sugar6-8 egg yolks (how rich do you want it to be?)dash of salt1 tsp. vanilla extract (optional, and you can also use almond extract)Instructions: Place milk and cream in a 3 qt. saucepan and […]
Spring Dinner Menu #1
Yesterday was a gloriously beautiful day. Instead of heading to the laundromat for some quality family time, I opted for making a nice dinner. Dinner is hard to find around our home these days, but there is no shortage of desserts. (As I’m sure you’ve noticed.) I’m going to try to come up with a […]
Marinated Balsamic Chicken
This recipe for Marinated Balsamic Chicken came from a dear friend that my husband and worked with when we were newly married. Our neighborhood and community included many Italian-Americans. Our friend was one of the best Italian cooks I’ve known. And while I’m not sure this is exactly an Italian recipe or not, it’s […]
Peanut Butter Torte
I don’t think I really need to say anything about this Peanut Butter Torte. The picture above should speak for itself. Okay, but this is me. Of course I have something to say! I love peanut butter and chocolate. I haven’t met very many people who don’t. Hard for me to imagine! I took this to […]
Experiment: Porch Herb Garden
Two years ago for my birthday, my husband (and probably the KING of thoughtful gifts), gave me an herb garden. It was and still is my most favorite gift ever. He bought and labeled terracotta pots (in his gorgeous, perfect handwriting) for each kind of herb seed: cilantro, mint, thyme, rosemary, basil, parsley, oregano, and […]
What Happens When Eggs Freeze?
Consider this Part One in a new series, “I Could Really Use a New Fridge, But I’m Renting.” On any given day, certain things in my fridge freeze. It could be my expensive organic baby greens mix. It could be my milk. Maybe 4 cartons of strawberries (that really made me mad…) Or perhaps a […]
Frozen Lemon Mascarpone Cheesecake
Hmm…what do you do when your friend is moving and gives you a bag of lemons from her fridge, and you happen to have a tub of mascarpone that’s about to expire? You make a cheesecake, of course. That is, if you also happen to have a pint of heavy cream and a bar of […]
How To Make Chicken Fried Steak
This is one of those posts that has been sitting in my “Draft” folder for weeks! It’s almost getting to be too nice outside for Chicken Fried Steak. This is usually something I crave all winter long. It is comfort food at its finest. I learned how to make Chicken Fried Steak by watching my mom. […]
Orange Ricotta Cheesecake with Orange Curd
Apparently, my husband loves this cheesecake. My first clue was when he told me that I could make it again. And then he kissed me. And then he ate the whole thing over the period of a week. And then he said, “Just in case you are wondering, you can make that again. I like […]
In My Kitchen: Honey Pot
I love gifts that are handmade. Really, I love most anything that is handmade (especially desserts.) There’s so much love and years of devotion to one’s art that goes into the handmade gift. When I got married, I was fortunate enough to have received this awesome honey pot made by Joe Bennion, the potter behind […]
