07 Nov 07 | by Lorraine in: Cooking, Delicious Food Blogs, Lasang Pinoy, Super Sarap, Weblogs
Bryan Alvarez of Shoots. Eats. Leaves. has posted his round-up of October’s Lasang Pinoy. This was a particularly special event, being Lasang Pinoy’s Anniversary Edition and featuring the theme Cooking for Heroes. Not the immensely popular television show, no, but Filipino heroes- like Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, even the People of People Power!
Will it make you hungry? Yes. But what I love about this round is how interesting all of the write-ups were. Make yourself a cup of tea and go read them.
I hope it’s not too early to mention that I’ll be hosting January 2008’s Lasang Pinoy: Crockpot Cooking! To join in the fun, I suggest you sign up for the Lasang Pinoy mailing list.
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04 Sep 07 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Experiments, Sweet Stuff
I’ve heard of days that are hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk, but what about baking cookies in your car? Baking Bites first wrote about other people doing it, then decided to try it out for themselves- and it worked (after about 2 1/2 hours). The cookies didn’t brown, but were “slightly crisp at the edges and chewy in the center”. Read more at Baking Bites.
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01 Sep 07 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Cooking, Delicious Food Blogs, Experiments
Inspired by Julie and Julia
- which I started reading a few days ago- and the ambitious French Laundry at Home, I’ve decided to embark on a “cookbook experiment” of my own.
For those unfamiliar with the two projects I mentioned above, these were ordinary women who chose challenge themselves by cooking every single recipe in their cookbook of choice: for Julie, it was the old classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking
by Julia Child, and for the latter it’s the new classic The French Laundry Cookbook
by Thomas Keller. These women are amazing, and I can only hope that I prove to be as determined as they are.
I haven’t decided yet which cookbook I’ll be using. Here are some I’m considering:
Which one gets your vote?
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29 Aug 07 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Desserts, Food, Super Sarap, Sweet Stuff
I am LOVING this right now- not only is it Tokidoki, it’s Le Sportsac- AND it’s a cake!
outside: tons of fondant to make the tokidoki figure (and a lot of toothpicks), and to create the bag. the hearts and crossbones were hand-piped by her assistant, claire, onto wax paper, then dried and applied to the cake with more royal icing. inside: eight layers of vanilla macadamia nut cake with buttercream and a generous lashing of grand marnier.
(via the scent of green bananas)
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22 Aug 07 | by Lorraine in: Desserts, Food, Sweet Stuff
We had to bring the husband’s iMac in for repairs at the lovely Apple Store yesterday, and thought we’d drop by Cupcakes by Sonja on our way home. The cupcakes, all eight that we bought, went quickly- so quickly that all I could photograph was the box they came in. But it’s a pretty box.
This was the second time we’ve had Sonja’s cupcakes, and have already chosen our favorites, which are:
Red Velvet Vixen. Traditional Southern Cake made with Belgian Cocoa and Cream cheese icing. My personal favorite. I will not share this, not even with my dear sweet husband.
Bunny Huggers Carrot Cake. Very moist cake made with fresh carrots topped with cream cheese frosting. Okay, so I’m a sucker for cream cheese frosting- and for carrot cake, for that matter. This is nicely done, not too spicy.
Lemon Drop. Delicious vanilla cake smoothered in our signature lemon buttercream frosting. Tangy lemon, mmmm!
Read more about Cupcakes by Sonja at these blogs (external links):
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