Category: Nigella Lawson
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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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Cookbook Review: Nigella Lawson’s Kitchen
Just when I thought Nigella couldn’t possibly produce another cookbook, she came out with this nearly-500 page heavyweight “Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home.” (Knopf Canada) Like many of her previous cookbooks, this one is meant to give us a glimpse into her household, by way of her feel-good food solutions for the harried weekday cook.…
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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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Nigella’s chocolate raspberry pavlova
I made this pavlova on an extraordinarily hot and humid morning. It was also the same day as my son’s first birthday. For some reason, I thought I wouldn’t have enough desserts or the 20-odd guests, even though there was birthday cake, two huge fruit platters, watermelon pops, chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches, pecan…
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Nigella’s cherry chocolate trifle
I bought this glass bowl just to make this trifle for Christmas. If chocolate custard and sour cherries and chocolate pound cake don’t spell Christmas dessert, what does? In my mind, Christmas dessert should be indulgent, should be creamy, should be luscious, moist, decadent. Should make you feel guilty. Hence – cherry chocolate trifle.…
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Red-and-green speckled Christmas salt
This year for Christmas I am making baskets. I’ll be writing a story about it for my employer, so I’ll link to that once I am done.In the meantime, though, check out one of my basket items. There’s something about these mini jars of salt that makes me want to break into song (“What…