Daring Bakers March Challenge: Dorie Greenspan’s Perfect Party Cake

This month’s Daring Bakers Challenge was hosted by Morven of Food Art and Random Thoughts. She chose Dorie Greenspan’s Perfect Party Cake from her fabulous book Baking: From My Home to Yours. I was pleased with this challenge because I knew that it would be good since it is a Dorie recipe. As a Tuesdays [...]

Shrimp Risotto

I have been wanting to try risotto for quite some time and finally decided to try it the other night.  I am now definitely a fan!  I can’t believe I went so long without trying it.  I have heard that it can be a lot of work, but I didn’t find this recipe to be [...]

Tuesdays With Dorie: Caramel-Topped Flan

This week’s Tuesdays With Dorie recipe was chosen by Steph of A Whisk and A Spoon. She chose the Caramel Topped Flan, which was our first custard recipe. I have actually never tasted flan before, much less made one. I have mixed feelings about this one. It was pretty easy to [...]

Challah

This is the second recipe I’ve made from Peter Reinhart’s The Bread Baker’s Apprentice. I am totally loving this book. I like that it is not just a collection of recipes. Reinhart devotes a large portion of his book to the science behind bread baking and gives a thorough explanation of [...]

Chicken Cacciatore

This dish used to be in our regular rotation but we haven’t made it in a while.  The recipe is originally from Emeril, but as I have prepared and eaten it, it has been adjusted to my personal tastes.  Last week I decided that I wanted to make it again and since this month’s Weekend [...]

Broiled Shrimp with Charmoula Sauce and Couscous

David is on Spring Break, so he decided to try a new recipe for dinner since he had plenty of time to cook. Although he doesn’t have much of a taste for desserts, I am glad that he does not feel that way about dinners. I feel very lucky to be marrying someone [...]

Tuesdays With Dorie: Brioche Raisin Snails

This week’s Tuesdays With Dorie recipe is Brioche Raisin Snails, chosen by Peabody of Culinary Concoctions by Peabody. Thanks Peabody for choosing a wonderful and delicious recipe! I loved the opportunity to try something new, as I had never made brioche before. This was also my first time setting fire to something [...]

Tuesdays With Dorie Rewind: Perfection Pound Cake

My soon-to-be mother-in-law doesn’t bake. In fact, when she has to bake something, she will usually ask me to do it (and I am more than happy to!). But, she does have a really good pound cake recipe that she got from a friend. She almost always makes it when David’s [...]

Lasagna

Lasagna is one of my favorite dinners. It’s such a nice classic dinner and it’s hard not to like it. I hadn’t had it in a while, so the other day I decided to make it. It’s hard to find the perfect recipe for the sauce. After searching tons of lasagna [...]

My Blog Got an Award!

I want to give a huge thanks to Ally for passing along the “E is for Excellent” award to me!  It is such a great feeling that there are people reading my blog.  I never knew about all of the wonderful things that would come of joining the food blogging world and I’m so thankful [...]