Archive | August 2012

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Making Swan

Kat of The Bobwhites was our August 2012 Daring Baker hostess who inspired us to have fun in creating pate a choux shapes, filled with crème patisserie or Chantilly cream. We were encouraged to create swans or any shape we wanted and to go crazy with filling flavors allowing our creativity to go wild! So […]

Tomatillo: BLT

Not too long ago, I shared with you my new found love for Tomatillos. I may have also mentioned that I made a Tomatillo BTL that I was rather pleased with Well, the ingredients should be pretty obvious Yup you guessed it… Bread, bacon, lettuce and tomatillo! Your options are endless in the bread department. […]

Evicted the Movie

For all of you lovely readers and followers, I just wanted to let you know that my husband is working on a new project with our talented neighbor Brendan Raher. They have recently launched a kickstarter campaign to raise the necessary funds to make Evicted, a feature length film based in SF. If you or anyone […]

Orange and Chocolate Dome Cake

Orange and Chocolate Dome Cake

To commemorate Julia Child for her 100th Birthday, I drew inspiration from her Chocolate and Raspberry Dome Cake Recipe that is available on the PBS food website. What I found interesting was that the recipe is categorized under “Occasion: Christmas.” I find this slightly perplexing because I don’t typically associate raspberries with winter. So, I […]