If you’ve visited Henry and me in Berkeley, we’ve probably dragged you to the Cheese Board a co-op which sells delicious pizza, cheese, and baked goods. They are basically “the bee’s knees.” I recently bought their book which happily includes a recipe for one of my favorite things they have on a semi-regular basis: corn [...]
Posts under ‘Breakfast’
Ain’t nothing wrong with that!
This is a take on a chilaquiles recipe I found while browsing Epicurious, but with cornbread replacing deep-fried corn tortillas. Chilaquiles is essentially “Mexican lasagna” in that it is a baked casserole, made by alternating layers of starch, meat, cheese, and other tasty things. It was experimental and—while delicious—the recipe we used needs tweaking, so [...]
recent foods I have baked
First I baked rosemary bread yet again, for a dinner party, following this recipe for an unkneaded peasant bread. This time it came out much much lighter, fluffier, and more delicious. Basically I followed the directions more carefully and this worked (who knew!) although I also stuck my roommate’s pizza stone in the oven while [...]
Strawberry French Toast
I’ve recently discovered very delicious french toast, made entirely from scratch. First you need to make strawberry bread: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/strawberry-bread-recipe
Both times I’ve made the loaf I have had to add a little bit of water after the kneading process, but not a huge amount.. The bread tastes pretty good by itself. It is sweet, but not [...]
Omelette revelation
(EDITED recipe to avoid over-cheesing)
Before I tried this, I thought of mushrooms as just another thing to fill out some chunky omelette. It turns out that the gamy taste of (non-flavorless) mushrooms goes very well with egg. The egg goes from being reasonably tasty protein ‘n fat to tasting like the meat of some delicious [...]
Orange-Ricotta Pancakes
These sounded tasty to me when I saw them on a labmate’s del.icio.us. I love fruit-infused anything. The original recipe can be found at http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/orange-ricotta-pancakes, but I am reproducing it here for added commentary. The proportions here serve around three people, depending on appetite.
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups (15 ounces) part-skim ricotta cheese
1/3 cup granulated sugar (I [...]
Scones!
So today I made two types of scones for tea at Karen’s house! I made some cranberry scones that I got from this recipe on Smitten Kitchen (my favorite food blog!). I also altered that recipe to make a batch of savory bacon and cheddar scones, which turned out quite well. The cranberry ones were [...]