After five days of being home jet lag’s grip is finally weakening. I consider it a success to have resisted going to bed at 6 pm but rather, making it until 8 pm and not getting up until 6:30 this morning. As much as I missed cooking it took the better part of the [...]
The overall success of this simple cake is but a tiny consolation for one low point the previous night. It was shaping up to be a fun evening. We were guests in our friends’ home, enjoying wine with appetizers and anticipating a delicious meal based on the aromas coming from the kitchen. The evening’s [...]
I will let you in on a little secret. Since waxing poetic two posts ago about the merits of growing up (euphemism for getting old?), my attitude has encroached on negative territory a few times. I still stand behind all I said two weeks ago. My angst about approaching this milestone day, dare I [...]
I hope you haven’t grown tired of seeing all the tarts here lately. The batch of dough I made a few weeks ago was good for a few tarts, so I had the perfect excuse to experiment. First came the Nutella tart, also the source of the recipe for the dough. Then came the Almond-Date [...]
