Macarons are a strange pastry. They are comprised of three ingredients: almond powder, egg whites, and sugar, yet they can cause so many problems. I would say there’s at least a 15% chance of me screwing up a batch each time I make them. I figured I should do some research on what happened to [Continue]
Last week, the eater invited me to her bridge potluck party. She requested that I make a dessert to bring along, since that’s what I seem to do. She gave me one day’s notice so I had to be resourceful. Luckily, for me, I had a chiffon cake in the freezer that just needed a [Continue]
I haven’t quite gotten the hang of this whole blogging regularly thing, and have not been keeping up on my part of the writing! I have, however, continued to get to eat a variety of wonderful creations that the foodie has made. One of these a few weeks ago was Goat Cheese and Beet Tortelloni. [Continue]
There’s another food event happening over at Elena Ho’s place, experiments: Muffin Monday. Elena has provided a basic muffin recipe for this purpose and suggested some modifications. I decided I’d switch up a few ingredients here and there and add a few of my own. Coconut is the main theme here. I decided to replace [Continue]
Valentine’s schmalentine’s…its CSA day in foodgeek land! The food geek household is a member of a community-supported agriculture program. We buy shares in a local farm and in turn, we get locally grown veggies, share in the bounty of the harvest, and also assume some of the risks of farming. We think it’s a good [Continue]