Craving some strawberry shortcake, but not in the mood to spend too much time in the kitchen? Well, here’s your answer – the ultimate fusion of strawberries, cream, and biscuits – Martha Stewart’s Strawberry-Shortcake Cookies. Like a scone in cookie form, these are sweet and tender with a crunchy sugared top.
The sweetest thing in summer – a fresh peach. Nothing compares to the juicy sweet taste of a perfectly ripe summer peach. And peach season is all too fleeting, so we must make the most of it.
If I had a million dollars, I would first hire a cleaning lady, then I would hire a personal chef to prepare healthy, flavorful meals for us every day. I would still cook and bake at leisure, but the rest of the time I could choose recipes with my chef that he/she could prepare, like this Curried Couscous from The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook.
Here it is! The grand finale in my quest for the perfect buttermilk biscuit recipe. I have finally, through many trials and tests – three of which I wrote about here, here, and here, found the recipe that I will be passing down to my children and their children. That’s how much I love them (the biscuits and my children).
There’s something very addictive about bread baking. When the bread starts rising and getting all yeasty smelling it’s like magic. And the flavor…well nothing compares to the flavor of just baked bread. After succeeding in baking a loaf or two, you just can’t stop.
Have you ever been to Paris? If so, what is the one thing that made the biggest impression on you? Whenever I think about my trip to Paris, the thing that sticks out the most in my mind is that the women walked around the city in heels. Even the tour guides that took us on trips to gardens and museums wore some kind of shoe with a heel. Granted most wore very worn-in looking heels, but it was impressive nonetheless.
This weekend was the official start of summer vacation in our household. The school year is finally finished and I’ve turned off my alarm clock. To celebrate, I mixed up a batch of White Sangria to enjoy on the back porch while I take a deep breath and let my shoulders return to their normal relaxed position.
My husband’s sweet great-grandmother is 91 years old. Until very recently she would still cook and bake her favorite recipes. One of the things she’s famous for is her chocolate pie, made with homemade pie crust and a fudgy filling. Everyone loves them, especially my sister-in-law. Last Christmas she sent over a couple of pies for everyone to enjoy, and when my sister-in-law took her first bite she made a funny face and said, “What’s wrong with this pie?” My mother-in-law tried a bite and said, “It tastes like cinnamon.” It soon became obvious that great-grandmother had mistaken the cinnamon for the cocoa powder.
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