Because the holiday season is already so stressful, there are some things that you should never do in December. Getting married is one of them. This of course is from first hand experience when eight years ago, three days after Christmas, I said “I do.” When I got engaged my then fiancé said “pick a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cheese’
Easy Homemade Christmas Gifts: Queso de Bola (Cheese) Spread for Kulinarya
Posted in Cook, Uncategorized, tagged canape, capsicum, cheese, Christmas, easy recipe, food, holiday food, peppers, pimiento, queso de bola spread, recipe, recipes, toasted cheese on December 20, 2010 | 34 Comments »
The Cooking Basics: Savoury Cakes (Bacon, Carrot and Cheese Cake)
Posted in Bake, tagged bacon, basic cake, cake, carrot, cheese, food, recipe, savoury on November 30, 2010 | 41 Comments »
On my last trip to New York I stumbled upon a book called Cakes and Loaves by Ilona Chovancova. It’s been seven months since I managed to use a recipe from it! I remembered the other day that the book had a basic savoury cake recipe that I wanted to share for The Cooking Basics [...]
The Cooking Basics: Biscuits (Bacon & Cheese)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bacon, baking, biscuit, cheese, food, michael ruhlman, ratio, recipes, savoury, scones on November 4, 2010 | 26 Comments »
As part of “The Cooking Basics” series, I thought I’d share with you one of the books I consider to be an invaluable resource for creating your own recipes. Michael Ruhlman’s “Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking” is slowly turning out to be pretty handy in the kitchen. Essentially, the author [...]
