Monkey Bread

May 3, 2010
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Last week I attempted to make gluten-free challah using the brioche recipe from Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. Being new to gluten-free baking I didn’t realize the difference substituting white rice flour for brown rice flour would have in the end results. I ended up with a huge vat of very sticky dough […]

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Intensely Almond Cake

May 1, 2010
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Classic Egg Cream

April 24, 2010
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Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes with Mint Buttercream

April 22, 2010
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It seems like some weeks things just don’t turn out how I hope they will in the kitchen. This week I have been experimenting with gluten-free baking and so far have not had much success. I have a huge batch of gluten-free challah dough in the fridge that is barely edible. My son, the challah […]

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Candied Grapefruit Peel and a Give-Away

April 18, 2010
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I grew up in a home where no food was wasted. Even the smallest dribs and drabs of leftovers from dinner was put back into the fridge to reappear at a meal later in the week. In fact, the only night we didn’t have leftovers of some sort was Shabbat. Even vegetable peels and scraps […]

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Lemon Buttermilk Sherbet

April 15, 2010
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“Computer Chip” Ice Cream

April 10, 2010
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Daring Baker’s Challenge: Kumquat Tian

March 27, 2010
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Growing up in California I took the bounty of the backyard for granted. Meyer lemons, heirloom tomatoes, tiny plums by the bushel, and of course kumquats. My parent’s kumquat tree is so prolific that one year we made seven gallons of marmalade and still gave kumquats away to everyone and anyone who would take them.It […]

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