Daring Baker Challenge: Cannoli
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the cookbooks Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and The Sopranos Family Cookbook by Allen Rucker; recipes by Michelle Scicolone, as ingredient/direction guides. She [...]
Tags: chocolate, daring baker, fried, Italian
Cannoli
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
Last Friday, my adventurous friend Becky and I got together to try cooking something new. This time we decided on cannoli, adapted from this recipe. Or is it cannolis? I’m not actually sure what the correct plural of the word is, but I’ll go with cannoli for the sake of consistency. Anyway, we did the [...]
Tags: chocolate, fried, Italian, ricotta
Sesame Chicken
Posted by Tracy | Filed under dinner
After making Szechwan shrimp a few weeks ago, hubby and I were both still craving Asian food. I, for one, would definitely eat a lot more of it if I weren’t allergic to peanuts/nuts. But, I just take that as a challenge – it means I have to get really good at preparing the Asian [...]
Tags: Asian, chicken, fried, rice
Chicken Strips & Fries
Posted by Tracy | Filed under dinner, lunch
Yesterday evening I was facing the usual weekend dilemma – what to make for dinner. I plan our meals for two weeks at a time, but we’re right at the end of the two weeks and we were also busy most of the weekend, so I didn’t have time to do any grocery shopping. I [...]
Beignets
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries, desserts & sweets
I thought after my last post about the brioche with chocolate ganache, things couldn’t really get much better – but then I tried these. They are made from the same brioche dough, but they’re fried. And doused with powdered sugar. And those two things can only mean goodness (although, maybe not for the scale the [...]
Crab Spring Rolls
Posted by Tracy | Filed under appetizers
Sometimes hubby and I are in the mood for something different, and last night was one of those nights. Fortunately, I had a little bit of time, so I dug out my spring roll recipe and went to work. You can also serve them as appetizers – fill them with whatever you’re in the mood [...]
Tags: Chinese, crab, fried, vegetables
Hushpuppies
Posted by Tracy | Filed under appetizers, soups, salads, & sides
Last year, we went to Charleston on vacation. We sampled lots of Southern cuisine, and it was the first time I’d even heard of hushpuppies! I was reluctant to try them, but since it’s pretty hard for me to pass up a new adventure in food, I did anyway. And oh, the goodness. Crispy on [...]
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