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Passionate About Baking

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My passions in life...baking, cooking, nature, art, photography. I believe in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. I enjoy blogging immensely, & am part of a wonderful online community.
I blog from India, where my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients. Join me in my adventures as I wriggle my way thorugh the kitchen!

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'almonds'

Aug 12

{Baking} CHOCOLATE ALMOND BISCOTTI ... the fuss about Valrhona

"There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE!"Linda Grayson, "The Pickwick Papers"Sometimes life springs wonderful surprises, and I sit back reminiscing about how... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs (read full article)

almonds, biscotti, Borges, cookies, David Lebovitz, healthy, Olive Oil

Jul 24

{Baking} Stone Fruit Almond Crumble ... baking in the midst of rubble, and LOVING it!!

"Mind like a sieve these days and the attention span of a flea!!"   Jeanne Horak @ Cooksister I love the quote above. Words from Jeanne @ CookSister in emails being exchanged a couple of days... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs (read full article)

almonds, cherries, crisp, fruit, peach, Plum, stone fruit, summer

May 10

COFFEE & VANILLA BEAN MACARONS ... Mac Summers Night Dream

"We mac-a-holics are like cats, we will ALWAYS land on our feet, especially when we have each other 4 support!" Julia @ Always Room For Dessert on twitter My childhood whizzed by in careless abandon. All her time went in telling me to read more book (read full article)

almonds, Chocolate, coffee, Mac Tweets, mac twitter attack, macarons, Ottolenghi, vanilla bean

Apr 24

FRESH FIG & FRANGIPANE BUCKWHEAT TARTLETS

"If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony." Ferdinand Point Fruit in baking continue to hold my interest. I knew I had to get some (read full article)

almonds, Buckwheat, Dessert, fig, Frangipane, fruit, tartlets

Feb 13

Strawberry Galette with Vanilla Scented Frangipane ... ♥ Rustic Sweetheart Tart ♥

This one smells like strawberry. Lucy Garcia The rustic beauty of a galette is something that I cannot bypass. I saw an Strawberry-Apple Galette at my new found favourte destination The Mansurovs and I knew it would play on (read full article)

almonds, Dessert, Frangipane, galette, pastry, strawberry

Dec 20

FRESH FIG TART WITH VANILLA SCENTED FRANGIPANE... Inspired baking!

"Why are we surprised when fig trees bear figs?" Margaret TitzelThey weighed heavy on my mind, and the pressure was killing me. My SIL who had been visiting for the past few days had bought me some fresh figs from Pune since she knew how fascinated I (read full article)

almonds, Dessert, fruit, pastry, tart

Dec 10

HIBISCUS MACARONS with LAVENDER-HIBISCUS MASCARPONE CREAM... MacAttack!!

"Food is so primal, so essential a part of our lives, often the mere sharing of recipes with strangers turns them into good friends. That's why I love this community."Jasmine HeilerSo much happening all the time, haven't had a free moment ever since (read full article)

alm, almonds, hibiscus, mac twitter attack, macarons, mascarpone

Nov 23

Dresden Stollen... Stolen my heart, it has!!

“Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death” Wendy Wasserstein It's all her fault. I wish I could have s (read full article)

almonds, cake, Christmas, festive food fair, quark, Sweet

Nov 16

SPICED APPLE CAKE ...Autumn Warmth!

“Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire”Charles Dudley Warner Sometimes, or rather often as in my case, you see a tweet about a blog post, get to the post & you just know yo (read full article)

almonds, apples, cinnamon, Dessert, Fall

Oct 27

DARING BAKERS MAKE FRENCH MACARONS...YES, TIME FOR FEET AGAIN!

"Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential."Winston Churchill It's the 27th again, time to post the Daring Bakers challenge, a wonderful & fun group brought together by Lisa of La Mia Cucina and Ivon (read full article)

almonds, cookies, daring bakers, french, Halloween, macarons

Oct 25

Persimmon Flan - I've Got My Eye Set On You...BOO!

"Where there is no imagination there is no Horror."Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. I've got my eye set on you, also got my mind set on you, you Bootiful flan!When Renee @ Flamingo Musings asked last month if I celebrated Halloween, and if I'd like to join h (read full article)

almonds, Decorating with Marzipan, Dessert, Fall, Flanders, fruit, Halloween

Oct 23

ROASTED PLUM & BROWN SUGAR CAKES...delicious dessert!

“What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?”Logan Pearsall Smith T'was the day after Diwali, and the bazaars were finally nice and empty. The festive frenzy had ceased, & I could (read full article)

almonds, cake, Dessert, fruit, petits fours, Plum

Oct 10

STIRRING UP SOME TURKISH DELIGHT!

'Eat sweet and speak sweet'Turkish proverb Another PINK for october, and this time it's candy! When Ilva said she was making Turkish Delight last month, I jumped right in too. Another opportunity to use Indulge - 100 Perfect Desserts by Claire Clark (read full article)

almonds, Candy, Claire Clark, Dessert, INDULGE, pink, Pistachios, rose water, Sweet, Turkish

Sep 19

APPLE AND BLACK GRAPE BANDE AUX FRUITS...& BLOGGERAID

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”Martin Luther I can't thank BLOGGERAID Changing the Face of Famine enough. This fall, a dedicated group of food bloggers will make their mark on global (read full article)

almonds, apples, bloggeraid, Blogging for a cause, Book Review, Claire Clark, Dessert, Fall, INDULGE, pastry

Sep 11

'FEETS, FEETS,' I GOT 'FEETS' ... FRENCH CHOCOLATE MACARONS with PISTACHIO BUTTERCREAM

"@vindee yes! Deeba those are definitely feet. Twittdome so hear that? It's the patter of Deeba's Mac Feet!"Meeta @ WFLH via twitterI'd written this virtual post in my mind over and over again. The search for elusive 'FEET' is where I almost met my W (read full article)

almonds, Bar cookies, french, mac twitter attack, macarons, Pistachios, twitter

Sep 06

PLUM & DRIED BLACK GRAPE FRANGIPANE CLAFOUTIS...TARTLETTE INSPIRED

“What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?”Logan Pearsall SmithDanced off Helen's beautiful blog, Tartlette's, the other day, in a dreamy trance. Two thoughts rang through my head. (read full article)

almonds, clafoutis, compote, Dessert, dried grapes, fruit, Plum, summer

Aug 21

ALMOND NUT TORTE with QUARK, PEACHES AND PLUMS...& my blogiversary winner

"Quark, quark, the dogs do bark,A new cheese has come to town..." I first heard of QUARK when I read a post at Meeta's blog @ What's For Lunch Honey, & I was truly fascinated. This was in October '08, and the only thing that kept me from making i (read full article)

almonds, cake, Dessert, fruit, healthy, peach, Plum, soft cheese

Jul 19

OLIVE OIL BROWNIES with ROASTED ALMONDS...Mmmmm delicious!

"Chocolate is the only aroma-therapy I need." Jasmine Heiler There was nothing for the kids school snack box, so I thought I'd do a batch of sandwiches. Of course, the teen vetoed my idea & looked decidedly deadpan at the very suggestion. Why (read full article)

almonds, brownies, Chocolate, Dessert, healthy, nuts, oats, Olive Oil

Jun 21

MINI PEACH, CHERRY & BLUEBERRY GALETTES with almonds -Little bites!

"Yield to temptation -- it may not pass your way again"Lazarus LongDo you get hypnotized by certain posts. I'm afraid I'm afflicted by this strange phenomena, but I love it. And it kicks in whenever I see a post with galettes, the sweet ones, full of (read full article)

almonds, cherries, Dessert, dried berries, peach, Sugar High Fridays, summer, tartlets, Vegetarian

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