Chocolate Sables

February 13th, 2014  |  26 Comments

  Let’s just pretend I’ve been here the whole time, and pick up where we left off, shall we? I’ve been getting some friendly nudging to get this ol’ blog kicking again, so why not, and here we are. We can ease into it with a cookie that doesn’t require any electrical appliances to mix […]


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Master the French Macaron

January 26th, 2011  |  265 Comments

Ahh, the macaron. So beautiful, and fragile, like a Faberge Egg. And so elusive, it is. Or is it? The day I learned how to make them, the chef gave me a demonstration, and then I made them on my own. They came out well. No drama. And since they were on our daily petit […]


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Cherry Pistachio Biscotti

November 25th, 2009  |  13 Comments

After the mountain of a post from last week, I had just enough pep to knock out an easy one. Biscotti are one of the first things I’ve ever learned to make — a beginner’s recipe, to be sure. Essentially, you stir it all up, form dubious looking logs, and bake. You can make it […]


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One Coconut Cookie, Three Personalities

September 1st, 2009  |  36 Comments

Coconut cookie and strawberry ice cream sandwiches A big gracias to all of you for your stunning influx of comments about the Dobos. It was overwhelming and really made my día, so thank you. You may be asking yourself if this has suddenly become a Spanish blog, what with me sprinkling foreign words around like […]


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