sweet treats

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Lemon and Date Scones

August 26, 2010 Recipes

For this “Photo Friday” I wanted to cover the magic of Polaroid cameras and include a recipe that I shot on one.  I’m a lover of instant film and the effects it creates.  It almost feels like you are stepping back in time when you are using this beast.  Although film can be a little [...]

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Potato Doughnuts with a Rosewater Icing

August 3, 2010 Recipes

Yesterday I featured Mowie with his refreshing blackberry and ginger granita and today I’m thrilled to be  over at Mowie’s blog

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Deep Dish Apple Pie

July 26, 2010 Recipes

Somebody commented the other day (via email) that I had been doing a fair bit of baking lately.  I assured the reader that I would be including a few savoury recipes soon.  It’s just that, with the colder weather, I’ve really been enjoying being indoors and cooking to my heart’s content.  And I suppose comfort [...]

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Hazelnut and Chocolate Cake

June 19, 2010 Recipes

Hazelnuts and chocolate.  Chocolate and hazelnuts.  Whichever way you want to say it, it’s one perfect marriage.  The Italians have known this secret for a long time and refer to it as “gianduia“.  And let’s not forget Nutella.  That rich, chocolate/hazelnut spread.   I have seen people go crazy over Nutella.  Prior to living on [...]

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Shortbread Christmas Trees

December 13, 2009 Greek Food

I’m always looking at ways to “shake things up”.  Especially when it comes to traditional Greek recipes. I love adding my own spin on things and this is exactly what I have done with these festive Christmas cookies. I’ve taken the kourabiethes recipe I made last year and changed them a little by shaping them [...]

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“Spicy” Carrot and Apple Cakes with a Maple Buttercream Frosting

September 30, 2009 Recipes

I wanted to take a break from my current Thailand postings to bring you a recipe that I created for this month’s Royal Foodie Joust.  The RFJ, for those of you who don’t know is in my opinion, the web’s most friendliest cooking competition.  Run by the lovely Jenn from the Leftover Queen it allows [...]

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Chocolate Cake

August 25, 2009 Recipes

I promised myself recently (right after the roast pork actually) that I would be attempting dishes that seemed relatively “easy” but were ones that had caused me a lot of mayhem in the kitchen.  One of these “classics” is definitely chocolate cake.  I cannot tell you how many times I have made this, mostly for [...]

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A Little Story…That Ends With A Burger

August 21, 2009 Personal

This is going to be an “all over the place” post.  Just wanted to share some of my recent pics that I have been taking with my “new” Polaroid 779 film and my new medium format camera.  There’s a whole new area of food photography I want to explore.  Film just has this beautiful aesthetic about [...]

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Chocolate and Almond Cookies

August 3, 2009 Recipes

I’ve never “officially” made cookies before.  I’m talking about the American style biscuit that can be enjoyed either soft or crunchy.  I’ve often bought them in my travels in the US and usually enjoyed them with a cup of coffee.  If you do a search on the world wide web, I’m sure you’ll come up [...]

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Ouzo and Pistachio Paximadia

July 22, 2009 Greek Food

I’m still experimenting using ouzo and this time I used the wonder liqueur to make a batch of Greek paximadia (pronounced pa-xee-ma-th-ee-a).  It’s a hard word to pronounce if you’re not Greek but just think of these as  Greek biscotti.  Actually, to simplify things lets’s just call them pistachio biscotti with ouzo!   They are [...]

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