Food and Drink – Page 7

Daring Bakers: Swiss Swirl Ice Cream Cake

I’m on to my second Daring Kitchen challenge, which is on the baking side of things. The July 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of Sunita’s world – life and food. Sunita challenged everyone to make an ice-cream filled Swiss roll that’s then used to make a bombe with hot fudge. Her recipeContinueContinue reading “Daring Bakers: Swiss Swirl Ice Cream Cake”

Cryogenic cookies

I love fresh-baked cookies. A lot of people do. I’m particularly stuck on the fresh-baked aspect and regular cookies which have been sitting around for a day or more are, well, just less interesting to me. I may poke at them out of boredom if I’m having a sweet craving. Store bought cookies in particularContinueContinue reading “Cryogenic cookies”

First Daring Cooks Challenge: Nut Butter

Last month I joined the Daring Kitchen. It is a site for cooks to come together and try to cook the same challenge recipe, then report back on their blogs. They have two kinds of challenges, one for Bakers and one for Cooks. I signed up for both, since I love both of those adventuresContinueContinue reading “First Daring Cooks Challenge: Nut Butter”

American Pancakes

My whole life a pancake was a pancake. There might have been other pancake-like objects, like crepes, but they most definitely were not pancakes. As I’ve traveled though, it is clear that the definition of “pancake” is regional and American pancakes are their own, special thing. They are also very delicious and something of aContinueContinue reading “American Pancakes”

Rise up! Rise up!

I am pretty big into baking. I love to start a day off with some fresh scones or whip up jalapeño cornbread for dinner. I do make yeast breads, but I spend most of my baking time making “quick” breads, those baked yummies that rely on baking powder and/or soda for leavening rather than theContinueContinue reading “Rise up! Rise up!”

Love and Hate in my mouth

I love food and I hate food. We all have that internal list of “oh yes!” and “ewwwwww.” I’ve been spending more and more time in Scandinavia and they have a serious love of licorice there. I detest licorice. I’m also not a fan of fish, cooked carrots (raw are fine), and what is itContinueContinue reading “Love and Hate in my mouth”

Best Hole in the Wall Bar

This is the kind of place you would walk right by. There is a crooked sign on the side of a building for the Quarry House Tavern and then some narrow stairs descending into the ground behind it are the only other outward sign. You walk down into a basement with a bar and bunchContinueContinue reading “Best Hole in the Wall Bar”

Weird British food

Yesterday Colleen and I went to a holiday party amongst old friends. We always do a white elephant gift exchange game as well as trivia question door prizes. This year we made out pretty well in the gift exchange department (got a stove top espresso maker and a nice tea pot) but the best giftContinueContinue reading “Weird British food”

Dogfish Head Pairing

I’m a big fan of Dogfish Head ales and I love my ales hoppy. My “round-the-corner” liquor store has started to carry them and so I have been on a 60 Minute IPA tear lately. This past weekend when I went in to restock I was tempted by the fruit of another and stood inContinueContinue reading “Dogfish Head Pairing”

A Tin of Tea for Me

I am an avid tea drinker. Both my tongue and tummy do not like coffee very much but I go through a pot of tea every day. Between Colleen and I, we can easily down four or five pots on a rainy Saturday. Our standard tea for some time now has been Upton Tea‘s BlueContinueContinue reading “A Tin of Tea for Me”