feedingmyenthusiasms.blogspot.com
31 August 2015
Peach Cobbler
Summer time and the kitchen is peachy. After months of trying to find ripe peaches at the market I finally found some freestone ones and have been enjoying (...)
26 January 2016
Duck leg recipe with red wine
Recently there was a great buy on duck legs at the market. I rarely cook duck, so I took the opportunity to do some online searching for a good recipe. I ended (...)
16 January 2018
Polenta bread tartine for babies
Seems like a long time since I've posted, but until the day before yesterday I've not been cooking or baking anything that warrants posting...boring! That has (...)
4 November 2014
Pie Crust
There are many ways to handle the need for a pie crust. Pillsbury makes rolled out pie dough circles that are pretty good in a pinch. The really old way is to (...)
11 March 2014
Best sticky buns recipe for soft, gooey pastries
Recently some friends and I had another fun Baking Day. We made scones from scratch...no mixes allowed... then made a nice no knead bread, but the best bread (...)
10 July 2016
French Toll House Cookies
Apparently the French like our Toll House chocolate chip cookies but in creating their own version, Parisian bistro owner Edouard Bobin played around a little (...)
24 July 2011
Late Zebra Cake
Good intentions are great but sometimes even with the best of intentions I neglect to do something I want to do. This month it was baking the wonderful Zebra (...)
5 April 2016
Birthday Book Mini-Cakes
I received a late birthday gift in March from a favorite sister. She gave me Jocelyn Delk Adams's Grandbaby Cakes books, described as "modern recipes, vintage (...)
18 August 2015
Gluten-free sandwich bread baking experiment no 3
Well over a dozen days without gluten, dairy (except for yogurt), caffeine, seeds and nuts (except for almond flour and peanut butter), alcohol, red meat and (...)
7 December 2008
Baking christmas crescent cookies
Every year for the last little while my Mom has baked dozens and dozens of her famous Crescent Cookies and shipped a tin to each of her children's families at (...)
13 April 2007
Love that golden syrup
April 23rd is England’s neglected national day, St George’s Day. When I saw that Sam of Becks and Posh was hosting a one-off event called Fish and Quips, just (...)
7 July 2017
Classic toll house cookies
There are numerous chocolate chip cookie recipes around, but the one that started it all, if legend is to be believed, is the classic Toll House Cookie. The (...)
3 September 2013
Strawberry Moon
Summer is still with us, in warm breezes and hot afternoon sun, sultry evenings on the porch, and ripe fruit, too.On this past Saturday, plain Jane (...)
22 January 2011
Cherry Cherry Cookies
During the holidays we were delighted to indulge in gastronomic excess...all those rich foods and sweets were welcome treats for celebrations. Now they are all (...)
5 August 2014
Apple pie with gravenstein apples
The Gravensteins are here! A big banner, sponsored by the Slow Food movement, announces that fact right near Whole Foods in downtown Sebastopol. Gravensteins (...)
26 November 2016
Pie crust dough recipe for flaky pie crust
Since pie was Dad's favorite dessert, it was important to learn how to make a good pie crust. Mom had me read a cookbook that had 6 pages on how to create a (...)
8 May 2017
Raspberry Blondes
One of the joys of living not too far from San Francisco is that family and friends find it no hardship to visit there. We also have family who live in the (...)
22 December 2012
Using up egg whites
Time has been flying! I finally looked at my photo set and discovered that I never posted about some cookies I made a couple of weeks ago. Making two coconut (...)
25 April 2008
Amazing Breakfast Waffles
One of the things that often keeps me from making anything more complicated for breakfast than a bowl of oatmeal is the time it takes to put together a batter (...)
18 September 2010
Fall and pumpkin season celebration
Fall is my absolute favorite season. There is something about the cooler air, the leaves turning crimson and orange, gold and brown. I love the flavors of the (...)
