Sweet of the Week #29i, Battenberg Cake
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This week’s Ingredient is Marzipan. A paste made with almonds and sugar, marzipan is used to make filled chocolate, adorable sculptures of fruits, vegetables and animals and to frost cakes. I chose to frost a cake. I used German marzipan, which is sugar ground with whole almonds and then partially dried. There are many other…
I Ate Here: NoRTH
I recently attended a lecture given by a doctor on the state of health care in America and what all of us, patients and the medical industry, could do to make changes happen. Pretty heavy stuff. The friend I attended with agreed with me that we should stop for a cocktail on the way home. …
Sweet of the Week #28i, Orange Oregano Shortcakes with Blackberry Orange Quark
This week’s recipe was inspired by this recipe from Stephanie of Desserts for Breakfast. Her blog is full of gorgeous photos of breakfast goodies that are just as well-suited for dessert after dinner. Hop on over and check it out. Then come back over here and try these delicious shortcakes! About my quark recipe: This…
Black Bean and Roasted Corn Guacamole
When I visited California Pizza Kitchen (I wrote about it here), I mentioned how much I liked their White Corn Guacamole. I liked it so much, I created my own variation at home. This variation contains ingredients different than those at CPK. They use jicama and cilantro, I used neither of those. They use serrano…
Sweet of the Week #26i and #27i, Alfajores
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This week’s Sweet includes two of the 52 challenge ingredients, macadamia nut paste and dulce de leche. Actually, it includes vegan dulce de leche made with macadamia nut paste. Still counts, right? I made alfajores this week. Alfajores are a traditional Arabic treat that has found its way to Spain and Central and Southern America. …
Sweet of the Week #25i, Honey Lemon Garlic Cupcakes
This week’s challenge ingredient is Garlic. I’d really like to visit the Gilroy Garlic Festival sometime, but couldn’t get there in time for inspiration to use this ingredient. I did wait for local garlic to become available at my favorite farm. I pondered how to best feature the flavor of garlic in a Sweet and…
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