The Year in Review – Appetizers, Drinks and Light Meals to Bring in the New Year

Appetizers, drinks and light meals that were popular in 2011. Continue reading
Appetizers, drinks and light meals that were popular in 2011. Continue reading
Steam a traditional Christmas Plum Pudding made authentically with suet, bread crumbs, fruits, and a little whiskey. Continue reading
Peanut butter cookies with Dark cocoa and Spanish peanuts remind you of Reese’s peanut butter cups. Continue reading
Pictures and recipes for appetizers for Spane’s 8th Pirate themed birthday party. Fruit boats, cucumber boats, a cheese ball skull, cannon balls (rum balls), and a Jolly Roger cake to complete the theme. Continue reading
Black chocolate ganache covered dark chocolate cake with a marzipan Jolly Roger of Rack Rachham, with rum Cannon Balls. Continue reading
These Day of the Dead brownies have an extra kick from Chipotle and Cinnamon that takes them out of the realm of the ordinary brownie. Continue reading
A unique Cranberry Brown Betty dessert made with cranberries and Panko breadcrumbs. Make this a new tradition for your Holiday table. Continue reading
Make these quick pastries using frozen puff pastry and dried fruit. You have fruity goodness any time. Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I bought a package of dried apples at the local Armenian store, just to have as a snack for Spane. It’s beginning to get cold again, so I’ve been thinking about baking. I already made Apple Brown Betty that turned out a little too brown because I should have removed one of the racks in Bertha. I thought of making a Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting, but it got too hot to do that. So, today, I’m still thinking about baking something when I remember about the dried apples. I also had one single pie crust left over from when I made the Scrambled Burger Quiche. Chef Farion was visiting today, so I laid the apples and the pie crust on the counter, and I said, “I’ve got this and this. What do you think?” He gave me the inspiration for a Crostada .