Daily Archives: Friday, August 8, 2008

As much as I loved this concept in the beginning, I quickly realized that waiting 10 days to bake something just isn’t for me, especially if the end is two loaves of bread and not something more extravagant.  Sorry, Mom R! So if you’ve never heard of friendship bread (I hadn’t), it is akin to a chain letter.  You get this gook in a bag that is basically a fermented combination of milk, sugar, and flour.  You mush it around once … Continue reading →

When my family gets together, we eat.  It’s like we’re Italian, but we’re really Chinese.  Most of my family’s never seen our house, so a couple of weekends ago we had a big party with them and some close family friends – 30 people!  It was so much fun.  We started off with cucumber slices with prosciutto and homemade chive creme fraiche.  Also: goat cheese and ricotta spread (like we made for Mother’s Day), a crudite dip (a la Martha … Continue reading →

We live 5 minutes away from a fruit orchard where you can pick a lot on your own – blueberries, raspberries, blackberries in summer, apples (different varieties every week) in the fall – heavenly. For my aunt’s 60th birthday, hubby and I made her a filet mignon dinner – forgot to take pics before it was devoured.  To finish it off, I made blueberry cobbler (recipe adapted from Baking Illustrated and I make extra topping because it’s so darn delicious) … Continue reading →

So two of my best friends share the same birthday and I made some lemony sugar cookies to celebrate.  Unfortunately they live in different states so I couldn’t give it to them in person. They are both quite fashionable, so I gave each of them a wardrobe of “dresses”.  The last time I iced cookies was one Christmas early in college, I’ve learned a bit about icing properties since then.  Even so, it takes a LONG time to mix up … Continue reading →