Anise Buns

A cold and rainy morning like today leads me directly to the temptation for something sweet! Anise Buns Ingredients: 4 ½ C. / 500 gr All-purpose flour / Flour Plain 2 Eggs 1 1/4 C. / 125 gr sugar 4 Tbsp./ 50 gr unsalted butter, room t (read full article)

Dulce de Leche Recipe

What Is Dulce de Leche? –The most irresistible Sweet, Creamy and Sticky Temptation with Caramelized Flavor, that would make anyone feel Rejoiced-- Dulce de Leche, pronounce – ‘Dool-say day Ley-chay’ is the name given to a South American (read full article)

Delicate Caramel Cake Roll—Delicado Pionono con Dulce de Leche, Coco y CerezasI couldn't resist to try one slice before the picture!:)The favorite word for one of the most famous and delicate flavors of Argentinean rolled cake is Pionono, and hav (read full article)

Sushi Rice"Tuna and Avocado Sushi Roll "How to Cook Sushi Rice2 C. Rice sushi or short grain rice 2 C. water, plus extra for rinsing rice 1 / 3 C. Rice vinegar3 Tbsp sugar1 tsp salt Preparation:Place the rice into a bowl and cover with cool wate (read full article)

Fouacé and Rillettes.

I can say that when I first watched fouacé being made, it was a fascinating experience. It is a locally made bread, not unlike pitta in appearance that these days is limited to artisan or home production, for those lucky enough to own a wood fired (read full article)

Nutmeg and Maple Cream Tart

Firstly, I'd like to apologise for the lack of food around here. It's not like I've stopped cooking or eating, but rather I just haven't had the time or the inclination to collect my thoughts and pen down a recipe. And secondly I just wanted to thank (read full article)

S’more Skewer Bites

So apparently last week was national S’more day. I don’t know about you but I had absolutely no idea. If I had known, I would’ve shared these little gems with you then. But since I missed the official day, I’ll just have to s (read full article)

Thai Event - The Winners!!

Finally we are ready to announce the winners of the Thai Blog Event. It was my first blog event and I have to  be honest I did not even expect to get 1 entry, but I got 8 entries and they were all so good that I refused to make the final decisio (read full article)

Gingerbread clowns

Makes 16 Time 55 mins 181 calories per clown 4G fat of which 1.8G is saturated Suitable for vegetarians Plain flour 250g (9oz) Ground ginger 1 tsp Mixed spice 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp Unsalted butter 50g (2oz) Dark soft brown sugar 50g (2oz) (read full article)

Homemade Freezer Biscuits: Make Your Own Monday #32

There is a product in the freezer section that comes in a blue bag with a little dough man on the front.  They are ready to bake biscuits.  I have tried them and they are mighty convenient for a quick breakfast or dinner.  A bag of te (read full article)

BBQ Pork Tenderloin With Pineapple Mango Salsa Recipe

Ingredients 1 can pineapple chunks in juice 14 oz 1 jar mangos chutney 2 tbsp jerk seasoning 1 tsp olive oil 1 bunch green onion cut on slant 2 pounds pork tenderloin Preparation Season the pork tenderloins with salt and the roll in a pie plat (read full article)

Mozzarella, Tomato, Basil Tart

As one of my fridge clean out “Must Use” ingredients, I had a ball of fresh mozzarella pearls.  I wasn’t really in the mood for caprese salad, which was actually what I’d bought it for before it got lost in the bowels of the (read full article)

Take a break have a cake

A little respite from cooking meals, I invite you to drool on these lovely cakes Black Forest from Goldilocks Choco Roll Most of our cakes came from Goldilocks because it is nearer in our place, we also love Red Ribbon cakes, they are both delici (read full article)

You Know You’re From Iowa When…

They say nothing in life is free. Well, whoever said that should come to Iowa, because we’ve got all the local sweet corn you can eat for ZERO DINERO. It’s true – this afternoon Ben and I hit up the Adel Sweet Corn Festival boas (read full article)

Tuscan street food

Image © AT Casa I wrote a post on Panelle some time ago, providing the recipe for the typical Sicilian street food fritter made with chickpea flour.But I had completely forgotten about Cecina! During a recent weekend escape in Lunigiana, I was p (read full article)

Spinach and Eggplant Pierogi Topped with Roasted Grape Tomatoes and Yogurt Sauce - A Daring Cooks Challenge

 The August 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by LizG of Bits n’ Bites and Anula of Anula’s Kitchen. They chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make pierogi from scratch and an optional challenge to provide one filling that best repr (read full article)

Spaghetti & Meatballs

When I was in high school, during the summer between my junior and senior year, I had a part time job at a pizza joint near our home.  The owner's wife worked with us and told us her father was the retired Maitre D at Moran's Restaurant in the F (read full article)

Embotido (Pork Meatloaf)

Embotido is a Filipino style meatloaf that can be served as cold cuts or as main dish with rice. My son loves it in his sandwich. Ingredients: 1 kilo pork, ground or minced 3 eggs 1 onion chopped finely 2 tbsp soy sauce 1/2 cup raisin/sulta (read full article)

Roast tomato and rocket quiche recipe

Do you eat your leftover quiche warm or cold? I like it warm. Adam likes it cold. This one I'm pretty happy with so thought you might like it too! INGREDIENTS 2 cups plain flour 125g butter, chopped 3 eggs yolks 3 tblsp water 4 large tomatos 4 (read full article)

Whole Wheat Graham Crackers

Today's post is short and sweet - homemade whole wheat graham crackers. The dough is easy to work with and the flavor of the crackers is beyond anything you can find at the store. Come back tomorrow when I'll share with you my recipe for strawb (read full article)