Created by a famous French pastry chef called Pierre Hermé, World Peace Cookies originally were called Korovas. Dorie Greenspan changed the name to World Peace Cookies in her cookbook “Baking: From My Home to Yours” because reportedly a neighbor of hers became convinced that a daily dose of these cookies was all that is needed [...]
Archive for December, 2009
David’s Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocoloate Chip Cream Cheese Filling
Posted in Desserts, tagged chocolate, cupcakes, Desserts on December 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Every year at Christmastime, David turns our kitchen for the month of December into a factory and makes quite literally hundreds and hundreds of these cupcakes to give away as gifts. People usually start demanding mid-November, “Where are my cupcakes?” They’re that good. He always uses the silver foil cupcake liners–David says one cannot use [...]
Alton Brown’s Pancakes
Posted in Breakfast on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alton Brown is a genius, regardless of whether or not you think he’s a dork. These are, without a doubt, the best pancakes ever. Seriously. I always have this ‘mix’ in my pantry. We frequently have these for dinner. Good to know: If you don’t have buttermilk, just take 2 tablespoons of vinegar or lemon [...]
Chili Lime Flank Steak
Posted in Beef, Main Dishes on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll continue the roast chicken meals tomorrow–it’s time for beef. I got this recipe a few years ago from Tyler Florence. It’s very easy, fast, tasty and works on the grill, too. It’s key to make sure you let the cooked steak rest for at least 10 minutes before you slice into it. Cut it [...]
Chicken Quesadillas and Yellow Rice with Corn
Posted in Chicken, Main Dishes, Rice, Side Dishes on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Or, Meal #2 from your roast chicken leftovers Chicken quesadillas are great if you’re in a rush and want to be sitting down and eating something delicious in less than 10 minutes. Also, you don’t need to use very much chicken at all, so it’s terrific way to stretch leftovers. The apple slices are the [...]
Easy Easy Chicken Stock
Posted in Chicken, tagged chicken, inexpensive, stock on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Or…what you do after Meal #1 to prepare for more meals One thing I forgot to mention about Thomas Keller chicken–Unless you have a scrupulously clean oven (which I do not), you may wish to remove the batteries from your kitchen smoke detector and or/open a window or two. Expect some smoke because it’s a [...]
Sublime Roast Chicken
Posted in Chicken, tagged chicken, inexpensive, main dish on December 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Or…how to get three meals out of one bird. Meal #1 A long time ago I found Thomas Keller’s ‘recipe’ for making roast chicken. I basically dismissed it at first because it seemed just too simple to be anything special. A chicken, kosher salt and pepper–really? But I kept seeing references to it all over [...]
Macaroni and Cheese
Posted in Pasta, tagged cheese, main dish, pasta on December 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Some time ago, my sister Ashley indicated that she’d like it if I’d make her a cookbook of my favorite recipes. My initial intention was to do just that–gather, print out and put together a physical book and send it to her. And then I thought—how old fashioned. It would be far more fun to [...]
