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Cakes, Crisps, Clafoutis and other sweets
I missed the cupcake craze, aka: the Cupcake Bubble. Apparently it came and went without getting into the French countryside. I didn’t understand it. I grew up with cupcakes. I was baking cupcakes by the time I was 10 or … Continue reading…
I made a dessert that was not a bundt cake! A few years ago I decided that I should stop buying desserts and start baking. I made a bundt cake. It was easy and everyone liked it. Since then, when … Continue reading…
For years I read paper magazines (as did most of the world). Some I kept; other’s I didn’t. At some point I realized that I couldn’t keep all of the cooking magazines. I decided to keep Saveur. (Anyone want them? … Continue reading…
Actually, Nectarine Clafoutis, but that just doesn’t have the same je ne sais quoi to it. This time of year one is always seeing recipes for grilled peaches or peach salsa or peach margaritas or peach…. One never sees the … Continue reading…
Yes, I baked a cake. It’s the first one I’ve made in….. A year and a half? Two years? I don’t honestly remember so it must be a long time. I think the last time we did any entertaining was … Continue reading…
I love coffee and I love chocolate. One of my favorite treats to buy when I was in the U.S. were dark chocolate-covered coffee beans. I loved them and I knew they were safe from mon mari. Sadly, I’ve never … Continue reading…
I keep trying to maintain my reputation of being a cook, not a baker, but I must confess I dearly love sweets. But I don’t like all sweets. I need strong flavors, not just sugar. Even as a kid I … Continue reading…
