2009 in Boobs4Food Eats: Spring
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I Love Butter (Part I)
I had ten pounds of butter in my refrigerator not too long ago — let’s say, three weeks ago. I now have my last pound of butter sitting on the counter “coming to room temperature”, even though my kitchen is so cold that it will barely yield to a poke when I wake up in [...]
Eat My Blog: A Charity Bake Sale Sat 12/5 10am-4pm
Calling all fellow gluttons based in Los Angeles basin. Ms. GastronomyBlog herself organized quite the bake sale! Eat My Blog: A Charity Bake Sale, coming up this Saturday 12/5/2009 10am-4pm at Zeke’s Smokehouse in WeHo. When we first heard about the event, we knew we had to participate. What a brilliant (and DELICIOUS) idea, to [...]
Crust and Plum.
I’ve always been a fan of the rustic. Modern, streamlined homes — I find them cold and uninviting. Ergonomic Aeron chair? How about a painstakingly crafted cherry wood mud bench?? I picture exchanging wedding vows (that may or may not ever be recited to anyone) on actual leaves outdoors in a grove of trees rather [...]
All things fall.
Thanksgiving is just about a week away and I’m only now remotely getting into the swing of things. I think it’s this “amazing” Southern California weather that has been keeping the excitement of the holidays at bay — I don’t know how Floridians don’t just skip Thanksgiving and Christmas altogether and go straight to Memorial [...]
In crumb we trust.
Crumb muffins are hard to resist. Everyone loves the flour/brown sugar/butter combination, and it’s difficult not to throw it on top of any baked good — bread, seasonal fruit, coffee cake: it all works!
Kayte of Grandma’s Kitchen Table chose this week’s Tuesday’s With Dorie assignment: Allspice Crumb Muffins. The batter was so easy and painless [...]
Piece Of My Tart.
The only tart I was familiar with growing up was the shortcrust pastry filled with vanilla custard and topped with out-of-season fruits lacquered by a saccharine sweet, congealed substance that is ubiquitous at all Chinese bakeries, but seen most often at Sheng Kee establishments (I am a Norcal girl, after all). It was never that [...]