I don’t know who Kittencal is but her recipe for sugar cookies is a good one! She also includes the recipe for icing that hardens but we never tried that as we were dipping in melted chocolate. I followed it exactly and it was perfect! INGREDIENTS 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla 1⁄2 teaspoon…
Henry’s 14th Birthday Snickers Cake
This turned out really good but unfortunately the night we ate it on his birthday it was still too cold from the refrigeration. When the frosting has so much butter and cream cheese the refrigeration makes it so solid like butter that you feel almost sick eating it. The next day I warmed it up and it was a totally…
Dolma & Tabbouleh
I met an Armenian girl at a vertical farming tour in Brooklyn. She told me about her national dish and it reminded me of the cabbage rolls my mom made when I was young. This took a while to research to figure out some consensus on the internet on how to make these. I found this recipe on a site…
Chocolate-Glazed Almond Horns
These are one of my favorite cookies so I had to try to make them myself! They sell these at Trader Joes sometimes and have found them in some bakeries. This was going to be one of the cookies for the Christmas cookie party but since the recipe only makes 6 large cookies it didn’t seem like the right time.…
Orecchiette with Basil Pesto, Cauliflower and Bacon
Henry and I learned how to make this in a Sur La Table cooking class together and have made this at least 4 times now. Love this stuff! Orecchiette with Basil Pesto, Cauliflower and Bacon Basil Pesto: 2 cloves garlic 1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted 2 large bunches basil, stems removed about 2 ounces 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil…
Lemon Coleslaw for Fish Tacos
Once the fish was gone I cooked up some chicken tenders. The fish is better I think. I love this coleslaw! This is an old recipe of mine that I found in a 1991 issue of Bon Appetit. It is the recipe from the Pine Avenue Fish House in Long Beach, California that the magazine tracked down for a…
Celery Root Soup with Oregano Chive Oil and Bacon
I have looked at celery root in the produce section of grocery stores for years and wondered what those weird things were and wondered who ever bought them. Now I know and they are delicious! It is like a bright celery flavored potato! This soup turned out really good and since I didn’t have fresh chives but had…
Angie’s Coffeecake
This is a recipe I made probably 20 years ago and still remember fondly. It is from the Silver Palette Cookbook that was popular back then. I followed it which two changes. I used almond paste chopped up instead of dates for one of the cakes. I also used all butter instead of the shortening and butter they have…
Henry’s Deep Fried Big Mac!
This was a side project of Henry’s when I got out the deep fryer out to make the egg rolls for the Vietnamese Bun. Henry concocted some kind of batter to smear over it and dropped it in the hot oil. It was surprisingly good for a few bites. He also deep fried the McDonalds apple pie but that was…
Henry’s Vanilla Macaroons with Double Chocolate Ganache
Henry went to a cooking camp at Sur La Table in the summer and learned how to make these. These pictures are from two different attempts. The first time the batter was too thick and had a little peak on top that kept them from laying level which was a problem because they kept slipping apart once the filling was…