“Culinary Liberty For All” Tony Tahhan & Meeta K Another delightful month goes by, & finally the day is here…where well over a 1000 Daring Bakers wait to post their culinary challenge for the month. Some eagerly, some not quite so…but all with tales to tell! The challenge for August 2008 was hosted by Tony … Continue reading DARED INTO BAKING CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS…Culinary Liberty For All
“Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. “ Henry David Thoreau Stone Fruit Crisp – Peaches & Plums… This is quite the best time of the year to get inspired by summer fruits in food. This summer is special … Continue reading MAKE MINE A CRISP…PLUMS n PEACHES!
“In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips” Unknown I guess one can never have enough of chocolate chip cookies. These ones above are our current favourite…crisp, chocolaty & nutty too, with just the right hint of mocha. I scribbled the recipe down from the back of a box or chocolate chips packet … Continue reading MOCHA CHOCOLATE MORSEL COOKIES…& A MUSIC MEME
“An apple is an excellent thing — until you have tried a peach.” George du Maurier Here’s an ice-cream that left us screaming for more…literally!! Helped the daughter make this a couple of weeks ago coz she wanted to make peach ‘something’…peach anything actually !! Peaches have flooded our market this year & tempt me … Continue reading SCREAMING FOR PEACH MANGO ICE-CREAM…
“I just clipped 2 articles from a current magazine. One is a diet guaranteed to drop 5 pounds off my body in a weekend. The other is a recipe for a 6 minute pecan pie.” Erma Bombeck Sweet bowl of cherries… …& Cherries atop a Chocolate-Cinnamon Mousse. Can it get any better? Coincidentally, my dessert’s … Continue reading Chocolate Cinnamon Mousse … Life is certainly a bowl of cherries, Chocolate Makes it Better!
“A sauce…..adds something, really two things: a taste as well as the opportunity to think about how the thing was made.” Raymond Sokolov Spicy Sweet Plum Sauce Plums ‘n’ Cherries…the fruit of summer! Plum, Cherry & Black-cherry Conserve Ice-cream Fresh fruit in food is my kind of thing. Summer brings with it delightful juicy fruit … Continue reading IN THE PLUM OF THINGS…A sweet tale of sauce & ice-cream
