Or “La Bete Noire”.
Either language they both mean the same thing. And it’s a wonderfully super rich, super chocolatey flourless cake with a layer of ganache on top. I can’t even begin to describe how rich and yummy this cake is. It’s a chocolate lover’s dream dessert! It’s heaven for chocoholics. It’s chocolate overload, and [...]
For you peach lovers out there here’s a great recipe. I made it last week and I’m making it again tonight. I loved it, and I don’t even like peaches! I got this recipe from Bon Appétit.
Peachy Grilled Chicken Salad
5 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 1/2 teaspoons fleur de sel* or fine sea salt, [...]
A few weeks ago Rob asked (okay he pleaded) for some good home cooking. I think at the time I was really tired and hadn’t cooked in awhile. So I searched and search and found a few great recipe. This one’s become his recent favorite.
I made a few changes. I made the tahini sauce in [...]
In honor of the birthday of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (that’s her on the left), the Dutch Association of Central Florida had a celebration in Winter Park! I thought, since Rob’s over there right now, I’m going to check out this celebration. Since I didn’t get to go to the Netherlands with him maybe [...]
This is the soup recipe that I absolutely love and have blogged about several times. It’s a Williams-Sonoma recipe but they don’t have it online. The recipe was on a bottle of Butternut Squash Puree that I bought at the Williams-Sonoma store. It’s not available anymore but it’s easy to make squash puree yourself. The [...]
Thanksgiving Spread
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I made the best Thanksgiving meal this year! Okay, I’m bragging, but let me just tell you - it was really good! I had to make sure Rob could eat it because of his food allergies to gluten (wheat, oats, barley, rye, malt) eggs, dairy and a few other things. So [...]
I had the best sandwhich ever this afternoon for lunch. It was a Grilled Chicken Panini with pear and mango chutney, cranberries, and Havarti cheese! Yummmm! I can’t wait to get home and make it again. I love gourmet fancy food.
I’m in Arizona visiting my friend Hilary and we were in Bisbee which is an [...]
