Archive of month: 2008

Chocolate Cake

This cake is soft and moist and dark and intensely chocolatey when topped with chocolate ganache. It smelled so good when it was baking that I could hardly wait to turn the cake over; only to end up with a broken cake! I frosted a part of the cake completely; while I simply poured over […]
18 years ago

Pain au chocolat et à la banane

Someone at work lent me a French cookbook yesterday. It looked quite interesting and I immediately felt like sampling some of those recipes. To begin with, I picked a chocolate banana bread. Everything was in French and it was kinda fun trying to figure what it meant, and if it was way beyond my understanding […]
18 years ago

Sticky Cinnamon Buns

I’ve made these before and they’re always a hit. For a while I’ve been thinking “I’m going to make them this week” but never did. Finally, I began making them yesterday. These buns are high sugar, high carb, high fat, low protein so forget about it if you’re counting calories.While they’re baking, a wonderful cinnamony […]
18 years ago

Za’atar

Za’atar is an aromatic spice mixture used in the Middle East. Like many spice mixtures, there are many variations, but all contain toasted white sesame seeds, ground sumac, thyme and salt. Za’atar has a unique pungent and zesty flavor. A friend of mine got me Za’atar from Dubai (I love it when I get authentic […]
18 years ago

Blogging by Mail

Let me begin by telling you what Blogging by Mail is. It is an event hosted byStephanie at Dispensing Happiness where everyone send in their names, addresses, blog and food stuff they particularly like or dislike. After collecting all these, she will match people up – and my is she good at that! Everyone who has […]
18 years ago

German Apple Cake

After having a slice of the German Apple Cake a while ago, I simply had to make some of my own. A layer of chopped apples and handful of raisins between moist layers of cake was something I have been contemplating for a while, and today I finally got around to making it.The recipe I […]
18 years ago

Passionate Baking: French Bread

Why passionate, you ask? Well that is because I was very excited about this month’s challenge (more so, because I had to miss the last one). I signed up for an Online Baking Session that was being hosted by Bread Chick of The Sour Dough. The only problem being that it was to be held […]
18 years ago

Oreo Memories

The first time I had the Oreo cream pie I was completely bowled over – I could not stop eating! With every bite, I kept saying to myself, “this is going to be the last bite.” The smooth and creamy filling against the wonderful pie crust was something I had never had before. This pie […]
18 years ago

What is Kokum?

The then NY Times food critic, Ruth Reichl (Garlic and Sapphires) was on one of her visits to the New York restaurant, Lespinasse. One of the dishes she sampled was a Braised salmon and crisped Artichoke with a syrah wine reduction. It looked familiar – a fat slice of salmon on a bed of crispy […]
18 years ago