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In preparation for the potentially catastrophic impending Hurricane Irene, I made zucchini bread. Read the rest of this entry »
I am not going to lie – I have never been a huge fan of Pop Tarts. I went through a short phase during which they intrigued me in my first year of college, but I’m pretty sure that came from my amazement that I could eat whatever I want, given that I no longer lived under my parents’ roof. I think they are always stale and almost always lacking in flavor.
Turns out that this is not true of homemade pop tarts – these “toaster pastries,” as I have decided to call them, were neither stale, nor lacking in flavor. When I saw them on Smitten Kitchen, I was just thrilled. I could not believe that something Deb called a Pop Tart looked so good (I’ve borrowed a photo from her for this post to accentuate that – I forgot to take pictures and hope she doesn’t mind!). Read the rest of this entry »
The below is a guest post from my friend Andrew Peters, who got excited about some French Toast recently and made a delicious sandwich. Looks great, no? As long as you put aside the thought of impending heart failure, my bet is that making this will lead to a delicious morning.
The story: I was inspired by a recent trip to Portland, OR, where food carts serving all kinds of food (Cajun, Thai, Mexican, Korean, Vegan, you name it) are everywhere and universally delicious. My friends are thinking about opening up a breakfast-oriented cart in the distant future, and on the morning I left, they took me to Flavour Spot, a cart that creates magnificent (and hand-held!) waffle sandwiches.
About a year ago now, I went through a period of unemployment. For me, this meant an endless amount of time to prepare the most time consuming recipes I could possibly come up with, most of which involved yeast. I combed through my cookbook collection, desperately trying to find ways to use my seemingly endless hours to develop my culinary prowess. The cinnamon bread I’ve posted about in the past is another example of my unemployment experiments.
And so I made bagels!
I think my favorite thing about this recipe is that Nigella Lawson lists it in her cookbook as “American” Breakfast Pancakes. It makes me laugh. I may be alone in that, though.
I rarely make pancakes. I pretty much only make them once a year – on Christmas morning. I once saw Mark Bittman write that there is no reason anyone should ever feel the need to use a box for pancakes, because they are so easy to make from scratch. I’m sorry to dear Aunt Jemima, but he’s right.
And so, every Christmas, I make pancakes from scratch. I alternate between Mark Bittman’s recipe and the recipe below.
Pretend soup was my first cookbook. It was gift from my cousin Suzann on my 9th birthday. The inscription says, “may this book start you on a long and wonderful cooking adventure!” I don’t know how much of an adventure it has been, and it certainly hasn’t been very long, but I do still enjoy cooking. And my cookbooks.
Now, every year, my mom buys me a cookbook during the holidays. Over time, I have built up a great collection with wonderful recipes that need to be shared.
I am going to use this blog as a place to keep my favorite recipes. It’s mostly for me, but also for anyone else who wants to try my recipes. Or just read them.
And so, my first recipe comes from that first cookbook, Pretend Soup. Despite the fact that it was written for preschoolers.
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