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Getting to the Heart of the Matter with an Orange Spinach Salad

June 28, 2008

I finished my Wilton Course II today. It was better than last week, very much improved. Today’s class dealt with violets, violet leaves, apple blossoms, basket weaves, and reverse shell borders before getting to the final cake. I am very pleased with my final product and am anxious to practice my flowers and (much needed) […]

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Edamame Pepper Scramble

June 26, 2008

soia/soy Edamame. Until recently, I would walk past it in the store or see recipes that included it, all the while saying to myself, an eda-uh? Then, after working through various recipes from the Skinny Bitch in the Kitch: Kick-Ass Recipes for Hungry Girls Who Want to Stop Cooking Crap (and Start Looking Hot!) cookbook, […]

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Bakeanistas Battle Butterhorn Garlic Knots

June 25, 2008

fetta di pane spalmata di burro all’aglio e scalda/garlic bread The Bakeanistas, the lil’ bunch of gabby fun-loving friends who first go together a few months ago to bake on the same day, the same time, all the while chatting virtually, gathered this past Sunday to bake an adaptation of a Bon Appetit Garlic Knot […]

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Fun with roses, coupled with a lil’ customer service rant

June 24, 2008

scritto pretenzioso/a rant First, here is my final project for my Wilton Class Course I. While I need to practice…a lot…I can do roses! Woohooo! I started with my frosted cake…. Then added stems and a ribbon… adding…adding….need more writing practice…. Did I mention how excited I was about learning roses? I am so excited […]

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Tiramisu for you!

June 23, 2008

savoiardi / ladyfingers I had two 8-oz. containers of mascarpone cheese that were about to expire. Mascarpone cheese, mascarpone cheese, mascarpone cheese …. Tiramisu. I have always said to myself that I want to make it, have some handwritten recipe in my dessert notebook, yet never followed through with my thoughts. It was time on […]

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Pecan Strudel Purses

June 21, 2008

borsetta/purse I was playing around the other day after defrosting a roll of phyllo dough. My initial thought was to make a slammin‘ strudel roll using the a filling from one of my favorite cookbooks, Sweet Miniatures. And that’s what I did, although I don’t know if I would put it in the “slammin”-looking category. […]

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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

June 19, 2008

petalo del fiore/ flower petal ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? that which we call a rose […]

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Red Velvet Cake and 6 Flags

June 18, 2008

parco dei divertimenti/amusement park I will get to Six Flags in a sec… I was playing around at work with the same Red Velvet Cake recipe I always use, only this time I tried cupcakes and parfaits (which still needs some presentation work). After bringing some of the cupcakes to the valet guys, one of […]

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Farewell to TWD…

June 17, 2008

addio/farewell My favorite summer snack….. and a farewell. Unfortunately, I find that (if I am being honest and true to me) I am no longer able to keep up with the brilliant Tuesdays with Dorie bakers. With my having two jobs now, one being the restaurant, and as I start to spend time with a […]

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Monday Ramblings…

June 16, 2008

sproloquio/rambling speech Random ramblings to begin the week…. Rambling #1 – Today is week three of my Wilton Cake Class #1. What the heck did I get myself into! Week 1 was a basic orientation. Week 2 dealt with stars, writing, and dots, for which we had to have out icing ready…the shortening based icing […]