So I arrived in Malawi on April Fool's Day. I was exhausted: 36 hours of travel, 5 airports, 4 flights, and an 10 hour layover in Heathrow (their airport is essentially a massive mall, very odd). Of course on arrival I was in that "I am so exhausted but excited I can't sleep mode" plus to reset my clock I needed to stay up til evening. So I ( Read more... )

I think this should be called arterial blood red velvet cake. It is the reddest (and tastiest) red velvet cake I have ever made, and it (along with the black magic cake) were huge hits.

First a pic (there are more pics here.

Cupcake under attack, extreme closeup:


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One of the message boards I frequent has been abuzz about this cake, so I decided to try it since it looked easy. It's to supplement the birthday cupcakes in case we run out of cupcakes. It's from www.allrecipes.com and highly rated (5 stars with 271 reviews ( Read more... )

I am baking up a storm in the next two days. Tonight I made the cream cheese frosting that I will be using to frost some red velvet birthday cupcakes that I am making tomorrow. I will do pics of the finished cupcakes, as pics of just frosting is rather boring. I also made a Black Magic cake (see Part II ( Read more... )

I have had a culinarily productive weekend. For dinner tonight, I tried another recipe from Eating Well magazine, incorporating more of the shrimp I got on sale last week. This recipe was super easy and quick, even with the modifications I made to boost the flavor as well as use raw instead of precooked shrimp. No really good pics of mine, as I am ( Read more... )

When I was suffering through the roughest days (and nights) of my residency, my fantasy for escape was always that I would be a pastry chef, making lovely confections that bring a smile to everyone's face. The worse thing I would ever have to tell someone was "Sorry, we're out of that delicious dessert. Please choose another delicious dessert." ( Read more... )

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This recipe I discovered in Food and Wine Magazine, which is quickly becoming a favorite for excellent recipes. Check out their website which is fantastic ( Read more... )

I actually made this on Saturday-Sunday but I've been lazy about posting it. I had never made beans from dried beans in the crock. I took some inspiration from Veganomicon's Tuscan White Beans recipe, but I deviated (as will be obvious from the ingredients). I'll do this Joy of Cooking Style, since it evolved as it went. I should mention I have a ( Read more... )

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