Cookies give me pause, but not for long! In an instant they disappear, as I chew them, devour them, not leaving a crumb. Yes, that’s how I deal with cookies. This is especially true when chocolate is one of the main ingredients. When knobby dark-colored studs peek out from a cookie, I gobble them…
Category: COOKING TIPS
Spinach-Leek Cheesy Quiche
Quiches offer exciting possibilities for brunch, snacks and dinner; plus they are fun and immensely creative to make. You can plan your meal, shop for foods to include in your quiche, or wait until the mood strikes you and see what goodies are on hand in your fridge and pantry. Share with me how you…
A Tub of Dark Chocolate Zucchini Bread topped with Cream Cheese-Yogurt Frosting
Toward the end of summer I’m thrilled when my vegetable garden presents a cornucopia of several vegetables; my favorite for decades has been zucchini, the green variety. I catch them at their peak, about six to eight inches. However, larger ones work well in stews and casseroles, or stuffed with chopped veggies, cheese and ground…
Chicken Florentine soup with zucchini, mushrooms, potatoes and barley
50 minutes later, I spooned toothsome,fluffy barley into my soup
Double chocolate brownie–honey sweetened
Since childhood, I’ve loved chocolate, nearly every form, from Hershey’s milk chocolate bars,(with or without nuts) to thickly iced cupcakes, to brownies and layer cakes. The brownies I first encountered happened when I visited my father,Irving, a baker, at one of his six bakeries in Newark, New Jersey. Baking was his business for several decades…
Balsamic-Garlic Teriyaki Chicken
I love creating recipes, especially main dishes and desserts, and truly, consuming them feels just as fulfilling as the cooking process. It’s like an eatable gift, a new “package” arrives each time I develop a dish. I “unwrap” it as I gather ingredients and tools and then preparation begins, and voila, soon I’m presented with…
Peanut Butter and Cream Cheese Frosted Chocolate Chip Banana Cake with Toffee Crunch.
Although my father, a baker and owner of 6 bakeries in Newark, New Jersey in the 1940s and ’50s died when I was 10 years old, I still inhaled his baking passion. My father attended law school and worked a bit in government, but, when his father aged, my father was chosen, among 3 other…
