Cooking, Creating, and Everything in Between
November is the time for Thanksgiving! And Thanksgiving means apple pie. And if you could somehow take the flavors of the golden brown crust, the bubbling, cinnamon apples, and the kiss of caramel drizzled over the melting vanilla bean ice…
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Chocolate and Pumpkin are meant to be friends. They are the kids that meet in elementary, become best friends in middle school, and go to prom together in high school. Some things are just meant to be together. And when…
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One of my favorite pastimes is trying different local varieties of honey. Much like wine or even coffee has flavor notes unique to the region in which it was produced, honey reflects the specific tastes of the flowers in its…
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My sister just returned from a trip to Paris, and because I told her she’d regret it until her dying day if she didn’t, she visited the famous Angelina of Paris and tried the hot chocolate. Yes. It really is…
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French Macaron Troubleshooting When I first started making French Macarons, my results were pretty abysmal. Like many people I quickly realized that the reason bakeries can charge $3 for a single one of these quarter sized beauties is because of…
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If there is something more elegant than a pristine Tiffany & Co. box perfectly serenaded by a soft, satin ribbon, then I don’t know what it is. When a good friend of mine told me that her favorite movie was…
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A Tale of Two Salts I’ll never forget the day I encountered “gourmet salt” at the store. I smirked. “GOURMET salt?” I giggled. “Who would be stupid enough to pay $10 for a container of salt, when you could pay…
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Italian vs. French Macarons To finish up the little mini study we have done on French Macarons lately, I thought I’d answer the question that several of you have asked me– what’s the difference between Italian and French Macarons (basically,…
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There is something about spring that makes me think of strawberries and French macarons. The delicate kiss of strawberry, the divine lusciousness of the cream, and the delicate crunch of the meringue shell make for a pretty perfect storm. Did…
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Well, I had a bit of a hard time deciding what to call these. Irish Macarons? TRAVESTY! These are FRENCH macarons (not macaroons), thank you very much. I think they would turn up their little French noses at being associated…
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