Yearly Archives: 2012

Ricotta Cheese Cake with Blackberry Coulis

We are coming into berry season and all summer long, you can use your favorite to accompany this cake.  If raspberries or strawberries are more your style, enjoy them instead of blackberries. I made my own ricotta (see bottom of Strawberry Tart) for this recipe, but if you decide to go the purchased route, what [...]
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Ricotta and Strawberry Tart

I apologize that my postings have been so few and far between these last 9 months, but I  have been taking French classes.  What a great experience it has been, but at the same time very intense.  We’ve gone from learning the present tense and saying “bonjour” to learning the conditional tense and everything in [...]
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Fine Wood!

Every time Jon and I visit Charlie and Suvir at their home Masala Farm, we are blessed with the good fortune of meeting new friends.  In their cozy dining room with it’s eclectic selection of artwork from around the world, we inevitably find ourselves sitting on mis-matched chairs around a very long farm table with [...]
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Orange-scented Olive Oil Cake

Adapted from a recipe in Saveur Magazine Citrus of all kinds are in season during the winter months.  Now is the time to take advantage of these delicious fruits and allow them to take center stage. In this recipe it’s easy to double the candied oranges, making enough for a second cake.  The original recipe [...]
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