Well it's Monday night and we're ready to rock! Time to get all the hits, the bangs and the blocks. It's the game of the week that's comin' your way. The Patriots and the Panthers are ready to play. We gotta get ready, we gotta get right Cause Monday Night Football kicks off tonight! So get ready. I mean, get ready. Are you ready for some football?! A Monday night party!
Continue reading...Monday, September 14, 2009
Recipe serves 2 – 3 12 Pitted dates 8 oz Mascarpone cheese 12 large pecan halves Spiced Sugar [vanilla sugar, cinnamon, cardamon] Open pitted dates and lay flat on cutting board. Add small dollop of mascarpone cheese and then top with one pecan half. Close date sealing cheese add pecan inside date. Sprinkle with spiced sugar. Chill for 1 hour and serve.
Continue reading...Sunday, September 13, 2009
Recipe serves 8 1 cup walnuts 1 cup cake flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 Tbsp brewed coffee 1/2 tsp cardamon 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 3 large eggs 1 1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil 1 tsp salt Syrup 1 cup water 2/3 cup sugar 2 tbsp pure maple syrup 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice 1 Tbsp brewed coffee 1 tsp cinnamon Mascarpone Cream 1 cup chilled whipping cream 1/2 cup [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 12, 2009
Star Anise is the fruit from a small oriental tree and a member of the Magnolia family. The star shaped flower has between five to ten pointed oval shaped pods containing seeds. They are rust colored and picked before ripen and dried. The bouquet is licorice-like but more powerful and stronger than anise. It is one of the spices found in the popular spice ‘Chinese Five Spices’ leaving the others to be clove, fennel seed, cinnamon and szechuan peppercorns. In traditional Chinese medicine, Star Anise is prescribed as a digestive aid and to help cure colic in babies.
Continue reading...Thursday, August 13, 2009
Coconut Cake has a long lineage in our house. This recipe has been tested many times in my kitchen and I believe I have captured the sweet taste of coconut in a really moist cake complemented by a Mascarpone cheese custard like frosting. I added clove to subtly give a warm, sweet and aromatic taste that evokes the tropics.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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