Adventures in cooking and baking.
Kolaches are a pastry brought to the American Midwest by Czech immigrants during the mid and late nineteenth century and made popular throughout the region, especially in Texas.
This version is comprised of an enriched brioche-like yeasted dough filled with a lemon-scented cream cheese and ricotta filling.
This stir-fried brown rice with vegetables and ginger is an easy main course for lunch, as well as a delicious side dish for a multi-course dinner.
It's a great dish to make when you want to use up those last carrots and mushrooms in your vegetable bin along with leftover day old brown rice you have in the fridge.
This creamy tahini ice cream is filled with dark chocolate chunks and garnished with toasted sesame seeds.
This tahini and chocolate chunk ice cream is so easy to make
because it is no churn... no ice cream maker required. You actually make this
ice cream in the food processor, including whipping the cream.
These sourdough blueberry bagels are easy to make and are everything you want a bagel to be... crispy on the outside with a tasty chewy interior.
If you have a sourdough starter, you need to try making these bagels.
This Classic French bread takes a little bit of practice to make, and the results often depend on a lot of factors, including the weather, but it's so worth the effort!
Other factors include gluten development, dough temperature, shaping technique, timing, and the right tool and technique for scoring right before baking.
These blueberry lemon turnovers are the perfect summer treat. You can serve them either for breakfast or dessert.... or both!
These blueberry lemon turnovers are like pie in pastry form. They are perfect for portable summer treats, and the melding of the blueberry filling and lemony mascarpone is wonderful.
This fennel, red cabbage, goat cheese, and citrus salad is super crunchy and fresh tasting.
The combination of fennel and citrus works beautifully. The yogurt, tarragon, lemon, and mint dressing is tangy and fresh.
