Panettone - Not Your Momma’s Fruitcake
December 24, 2009 – 1:08 pm | 12 Comments

Merry Christmas to all Mamaliga fans! Here’s another try at baking Panettone from The Bread Baker’s Apprentice book for the BBA Challenge. I didn’t blog about it initially since there were some things I wanted to tweak and adapt from his original formula. Quite a few changes.

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The Humble Chocolate Tart
December 21, 2009 – 10:56 am | 2 Comments
The Humble Chocolate Tart

Don’t be fooled. This humble chocolate tart is packed with enough potential to turn even the most chocolate-disciplined person into a dessert-ivore. So much more that is so easy and fast - if you read my previous post on baking short crust sweet pastry tart shells and you have two or three of them in the freezer.

Croissants - A La Julia Child
July 31, 2009 – 10:15 am | 44 Comments
Croissants - A La Julia Child

How to make Croissants - in honor of my culinary hero Julia Child - and the Julie and Julia movie release on August 7 about her life.

Eggplant Dip
September 22, 2008 – 9:36 am | 9 Comments
Eggplant Dip

One of the recipes I recall from early childhood in Romania was one that my Grandmother, Mom and virtually everyone would make on a warm summer afternoon - as an enchanting snack, the eggplant dip.
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Mamaliga, The Recipe
September 16, 2008 – 10:20 pm | 26 Comments
Mamaliga, The Recipe

Video recipe about how to make Mamaliga (also known as Polenta)