Archive for July, 2007

A daring cake

A daring cake

Here’s one of the last pastries I dared to make in our San Diego kitchen before our east coast relocation. This month’s Daring Bakers challenge was to construct a strawberry Bavarian with a strawberry mirror glaze. Like any DB, I accepted the challenge. The cake wasn’t too hard to make and only comprised of a [Continue]

Bye Bye San Diego, the kitchen is closed

The eater, the dog, and I are heading out of San Diego tomorrow; the kitchen is all packed up and we’re packing up the truck today. Our four plus years in San Diego were excellent but we’re moving back to Boston to new jobs, old friends, and the possibility of a house with a yard. [Continue]

Hey hey, it’s Pineapple Sorbet!

Hey hey, it’s Pineapple Sorbet!

Laura over at eatdrinklive is hosting up HHDD#13 and this time it’s Sorbet. I really have no idea who this Donna person is, but I’m always ready for another challenge. The goal was to come up with a sorbet and we’ll all be judged and prizes will be awarded. Anyways, here’s my entry: Pineapple sorbet. [Continue]

A fish best served cold

A fish best served cold

No, I’m not talking about taking revenge on sea life; I’m talking about what we ate for dinner. I first made this dish back in my culinary school days in Cambridge. At the time, I thought it was very strange to be to go through all the trouble of cooking something only to later eat [Continue]