Category: Cookbook Sundays
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David Lebovitz’ Best Sweet and Spicy Party Mix Ever
This party mix saved my life this holiday season. Whether my husband forgot to tell me people were coming over, whether I needed a last minute hostess gift, whether I forgot to eat a meal and needed a quick snack, this sweet and spicy pretzel and nut mix was there to save the day.…
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Nigella’s Christmas Cornflake Wreaths
Growing up, Rice Krispie squares were an exotic treat. Celebratory desserts, at our house, were more likely to be baklava, or kenefe (a sweet cheese pastry made with kadaif), or perhaps melomakarona (Greek honey cookies). So, I will admit that I have never ever made Rice Krispie treats and the prospect of making these Christmas…
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Hazelnut-almond financiers redux
I am a micromanager at the best of times and one of the ways that manifests itself is my obsessive checking of my blog stats. I can’t help but wonder – who keeps misspelling my surname as Nercessian to come to this blog? And who are the readers in Afghanistan? Also, are financiers molds…
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Bobby Flay’s pumpkin pie with cinnamon crunch and bourbon-maple whipped cream
I have to admit I was wary when making this pie from Bobby Flay’s new book “Throwdown!”, which features recipes from his cooking challenge show on Food Network. For one, whenever he is challenged on his baking skills, he is nervous because he knows baking is not his forte. Second, even he acknowledges taking…
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Dorie Greenspan’s Nutella Tartine
Where a North American after-school snack might be a glass of milk and cookies, the French goûter is often a pain au chocolat. Sometimes, Dorie Greenspan says in her new cookbook “Around My French Table” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) it might even be an open-faced chocolate sandwich. This may seem ridiculous to Canadians, and Americans, but…
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Nigella’s chocolate banana muffins
This recipe comes to us from Nigella’s latest behemoth cookbook “Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home,” which I will be reviewing in short order so stay tuned. In the meantime, though, this was one of the first recipes I marked after leafing through the book at a galloping pace. I leave for…
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Giada’s Zuccotto
Lately I feel like all I have been doing is making excuses, friends, but I have a very good reason for being slow to blog. I’m officially back to work. Yep, my maternity leave is over. You know what that means, no dreamy walks in the park, no bonbons, and definitely no Young and Restless.…
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Giada’s pea pesto crostini
It’s my unspoken mandate to write mainly about baking and pastries, although I do veer off track now and again, and this is one of those times because I just can’t resist. While planning for a barbecue at our house this summer, I decided to add something new to the tried-and-true mix of hummus…