A friend of mine asked me this morning, and rightly so, “Where is the holiday baking around here?” Well, the week has just begun, and although Hanukkah is over, we have a few more holidays left. But I did have a few answers for her, and I’ll give them to you too. The first is…
ricotta, again
Fresh Ricottafrom Lynne Rossetto Kasper, The Splendid Table makes about 1 pound2 1/2 quarts whole milk1/4 cup less 1 tablespoon heavy cream (not ultrapasteurized) (I left this out, as I was using cream on top raw milk)5 Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice1/8 teaspoon salt Stir together all of the ingredients except the salt…
5 tips for somehow maybe pulling off a dinner party
I’m going to level with you.I just wrote a nice and informative post about how to host a dinner party, just like I promised.It was zippy. It was to the point. It was helpful.But it also kind of was bullshit.Because you and I both know that I’m not quite sure what I’m doing. And I…
on dinner parties, ond oven explosions, and other matters
This is what my oven looked like, about an hour before people were supposed to show up the other night for the dinner party. Half of the meal had yet to go into the oven. Yes, that is glass. Very hot glass. Okay, so here is a word of advice to you. You decide to…
Menu For Hope VI
It’s time for the Menu For Hope Campaign, and luckily I get to help out this year. Pim of Chez Pim started this fundraiser five years ago after the tsunami in Southeast Asia, and in the years since, she and other food bloggers around the world have raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars….
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