After a couple of late night cooking extravaganzas, I’ve finally managed to work my way through all the remaining plums from my parents’ plum tree. I made three variations of regular stewed plums, and I’m quite pleased with the way they’ve all turned out. They’re now all sealed up in containers and have been banished to the depths of the freezer. I ( Read more... )

As is so often the case these days, I'm driven to make things as organically and from 'as scratch' as possible. Having recently taken the SAIT FDPR 102 - India with Chef Ian Cowley and tried the chai he made I figured I'd see if I could nail down a version I liked as much or more ( Read more... )

Round two was a success! for you up this late your probly all going "WTF!?" at me for staying up and baking, but I"m sure the people coming in the AM will laugh too.

But I have found it! this is it! This is as close to it as I've tasted! I should have doubled the pepper :( and used real spices not dollar store pumpkin pie spice :(

I will remidy that ( Read more... )

So, I have two trips' worth of food porn and erotica to share with y'all as soon as I get the chance to sit down and type it all out (Atlanta and the Virgin Islands in the space of two weeks... soooo much good food!) but at the moment, I have a question for you wonderful pornistas ( Read more... )

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Sorry this took me so long - I'm the newlywed whose husband requested Carrot Cake for his bday last wednesday.

I was FLOODED with wonderful suggestions, and worked them all into an amalgamation of a FABULOUS cake! He literally staggered backwards with a mumbled "oooooooooooh". :) Success, my friends, success!

Here's what I did:

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While at lunch with a friend today I watched him dip his chicken nuggets in his chocolate milkshake and I wondered if chocolate chicken would be a good dish. Aside from mole, which I know contains chocolate and I already can make.

I found this recipe online via
Pepperfool.com and it looks great.

( recipe )

Cross-posted to my site 101 Things Every Cook Should Cook


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All of my bills came due in one week. I saw it coming, but it's still a lot to pay rent, standard bills, and all the tuition and related bills in one week ( Read more... )