Evelyne posted on
February 27th, 2010
Is there anytime more divine then finishing off a delicious meal with a sublime Tiramisu? It is such a wonderful dessert that can pass as an optical illusion of light, but beware of its caloric content! You don’t realize how many calories are in there until you make it once. But it is worth every [...]
Evelyne posted on
February 26th, 2010
With a crazy end of January month I had to skip my first Baker’s Challenge. This kind of really broke my heart as I actually follow the blog of the host: Lauren of Celiac Teen. I was really upset at not being able to participate in time.
But I did promise myself to do the recipe [...]
Evelyne posted on
February 14th, 2010
The 2010 February Daring COOKs challenge was hosted by Michele of Veggie Num Nums. Michele chose to challenge everyone to make mezze based on various recipes from Claudia Roden, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Dugid.
The February 2010 cooks’ challenge was Mezze, a bunch of small dishes served all at once as appetizers before [...]
Evelyne posted on
January 20th, 2010
Wow, life has been busy lately and the has not been a whole lot of cooking or foodie-ing going on. So sorry for the more sparse posts. And starting middle next week I will be away for 5 days. I have to complete this month’s Baker’s Challenge before I leave too. Thank god for scheduled posts.
I have [...]
Evelyne posted on
January 14th, 2010
I was first surprised when I saw this month’s Daring Cook’s Challenge. This month we were doing Pork Satay with Peanut Sauce. I read it and was dumbefounded by how simple it all seemed. I was disappointed because I thought it would not be a spectacular finish.
I stand corrected. It was easy, super easy…but ohhhhhhhhhh [...]
Evelyne posted on
December 27th, 2009
The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ Challenge was hosted by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose Gingerbread Houses!
Anna: The recipe I tested is from Good Housekeeping – I chose it because it was simple and required only ingredients I personally always have in my kitchen. Plus, it was so funky I [...]
Evelyne posted on
December 14th, 2009
I dare you to make it! Well that was this month’s Daring Cook’s challenge on the Daring Kitchen. Wow let me tell you when I read it I was like : Finally something easy! I have never made this before (nor the similar Beef Wellington) but just reading the instructions I knew it was a [...]
Evelyne posted on
December 8th, 2009
Wow, who would have thought The Daring Kitchen’s last baker’s challenge was going to become such a controversy! I have gotten lots of private and public feedback but the best has been an ongoing email conversation with Claudia, a member of my dinner group. She happens to have Italian blood in her veins.
The controversy is [...]
Evelyne posted on
December 3rd, 2009
****after I published this link like everywhere on earth a friend wrote saying:’ Is it not spelled whirlwind?” Duh, blind moment…yes I wrote it wrong.***
Wow, when they say everything happens at the same time….they mean it. And over a 3 day period – in a row!
Even if you try to ignore me I’ll be plastered [...]
Evelyne posted on
November 29th, 2009
These two recipes were the ‘bonus’ recipes of this month’s Baker’s Challenge over at The Daring Kitchen…..the challenging being cannoli if you read my posts a bit below. Now I did not make these bonus recipes but totally thought they are worth sharing. I also do plan on making each soon. I think the idea [...]

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