Posted in Daring Bakers, Food, Recipe, cooking on November 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Daring Bakers November Challenge
100_0683, originally uploaded by lclea.
I’m a little late getting this up as I spent the day traveling back from Colorado. I looove Colorado and one day may just not return from a vacation out there (I actually did this before, so don’t doubt…)
I had a fun time making this cake, and [...]
Posted in Daring Bakers, Food, Recipe on October 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Marg Pizza, originally uploaded by lclea.
Daring Baker’s Challenge, Pizza
I watched an old episode of Seinfeld last night, the one where Kramer wants to open a “make your own pizza” restaurant, like the cook your own steak ones. I think it was Jerry who said, “Who wants to make their own pizza?” Well, I [...]
Posted in Daring Bakers, Food, Recipe, cooking on July 30, 2008 | 8 Comments »
IMG_1927, originally uploaded by lclea.
Hazelnut genoise, or how I made Swiss praline buttercream bend to my will
This month in the middle of going back to school, moving and basically making almost every major life change someone can make that involves only one person, I decided to become a Daring Baker. This is an online challenge [...]
Posted in Food, Recipe, Uncategorized, tagged farmer's market, radish, Recipe on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
radish, originally uploaded by lclea.
This is why I love the farmer’s market. Our local supermarkets just don’t carry things like this; long, beautiful two-toned radishes. They were crunchy and not too bitey. I don’t like a really bitey radish. Have you ever sautéed a radish? Try slicing them into round [...]
Posted in Recipe, tagged brine, Food, pork, Recipe on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Briny chops, originally uploaded by lclea.
Do you brine? I do. Chances are if you are still reading, you have at least heard of brining, if not, then buckle in for a salty festival of flavor.
First, what is brining? Brining does two things, it gives meat an insulated layer of moisture that helps keep it from [...]
Posted in Recipe, tagged bread, olives, Recipe on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
olive bread, originally uploaded by lclea.
Olive Bread
1c warm water
1 package rapid rise yeast
Dash sugar
Tsp salt
1 ½ c bread flour
1 ½ c all purpose flour
2 tsp diced rosemary
¼ c chopped pitted kalamata olives
Hold on, it’s not hard. Bloom the yeast in the warm water and I sprinkle just a little bit of sugar. Wait 5 minutes. [...]
Posted in Recipe, tagged appetizer, cheese, olives, Recipe on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I really admire the blogs that focus on food and recipes. I search them almost every day looking for the next best thing to cook. Or maybe it’s the food porn. The beautiful pictures that make your mouth water. I vow that the next time I post a recipe it will have a wonderful drippy [...]
