Archive of month: July 2010

The Purple Foodie Quiz

We’ve been together a while, haven’t we? And yet there is so much that I need to know about you! Sure I know that most of you are from the USA, or that the highest searched recipe on the blog is the Nutella Pinwheel Cookie, or that 43% of you use Firefox, or that Indians […]
16 years ago

Why is your pesto bitter?

  Everyone around here loves pesto. Much like the marinated peppers, pesto sauce has become a staple in our home. I make a batch every time my pots of basil are green and luxuriant again, and right now they’re growing wild. While I stick to my favourite pesto sauce recipe for it (from Ina Garten’s […]
16 years ago

Flourless Hazelnut Cookies

Do you have midnight cookie hankerings?  I’m pretty sure you do. And even when there might be some cookie crumbs in the jar or a pack of cookies in the pantry, all you want is a fresh, warm cookie, right out of the oven. But isn’t it annoying to get ingredients for a cookie ready […]
16 years ago

I made pasta from scratch!

We’re seven months into 2010 and I thought now might be a good time to review my to-do list for 2010. Out of the 20 things on it, I’ve successfully accomplished the following: Made marshmallows Made Spanish churros Read 4 chef biographies/memoirs: Alice Waters and Chez Panisse, Daniel Boulud’s Letters to a Young Chef, Humble […]
16 years ago

Chocolate Walnut Mud Cake

Over the past few days I’ve been looking for a good chocolate cake recipe. As I looked through my cookbooks and scoured the internet, nothing seemed to appeal to me. I was looking for a recipe that was cakey, and silky delicate, all at the same time. Something fudgy and gooey, but yet slightly airy. […]
16 years ago

Chocolate Chip Muffins

I had a sudden chocolate craving yesterday and that gave me the perfect reason to break into my new bag of dark chocolate. I needed something that was very chocolatey (naturally), that would be put together real fast and that was new to experiment with. Thumbing through my books, a lot of the cakes looked […]
16 years ago