By Nick • February 8, 2010
The Italians are geniuses. They found a way to stuff all of my favorite things into a single dessert: alcohol, coffee, chocolate, and even cheese. That dessert is tiramisu.
My only issue with tiramisu is it generally uses Brandy which isn’t something I have laying around. Bourbon, however, I do normally have and tend to like [...]
Posted in baking, desserts, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged bourbon, cinnamon, cocoa powder, coffee, dessert, ladyfingers, mascarpone, tiramisu
By Nick • November 7, 2009
If I want to get my morning started on the right foot, I’ll reach for a bagel and coffee over almost any other option. It’s not too much food, but it’s filling. It works great for casual weekend breakfasts or if you’re in a hurry. Seriously. Who doesn’t like a good bagel?
I realized recently that [...]
Posted in baking, breakfast, good food | Tagged bagels, breakfast, cinnamon, cinnamon raisin bagels, cream cheese, how to make bagels, raisin
By Nick • November 4, 2009
The last time I was at Betsy’s house for a family event, there was an unassuming tin container of snickerdoodles off to the side. I passed by them a few times without too much thought, but later in the day I was hankering for a tiny snack and grabbed one as I walked by.
It stopped [...]
Posted in baking, desserts | Tagged cinnamon, cookies, desserts, how to make snickerdoodles, shortening, snickerdoodles
By Nick • October 28, 2009
Recently, Betsy had a bake sale at school (yes they still have bake sales in law school) and the options were either A) Nick bakes something or B) Funfetti. Not that I’m dissing on Funfetti… I actually love the stuff, but I figured we might not be the only bake sale participants who thought to [...]
Posted in baking, Holidays | Tagged baking, brown butter, cinnamon, cloves, cream cheese, cream cheese frosting, cupcakes, nutmeg, pumkin cupcakes, pumpkin
By Nick • September 21, 2009
Sometimes on weekends I like to make a big bowl of popcorn to just kind of snack on throughout the afternoon. Normally Betsy is studying and I’m either cooking or writing something. No matter what’s going on, a big bowl of popcorn is a solid snack.
I abandoned microwave popcorn years ago and have never really [...]
Posted in appetizers, good food | Tagged cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, five spice popcorn, five spice powder, popcorn, star anise, szechuan peppercorns
By Nick • August 17, 2009
Sometimes, and this is one of those times, I’m not entirely clear on the difference between a pie and a tart. I know, generally, the difference between the two (I think). Pies are usually deeper, have a flaky crust, and are normally served in the pan they are baked in. Tarts meanwhile have a more [...]
Posted in desserts, Easy Stuff, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged almonds, cinnamon, fig tart, figs, fresh figs, nutmeg, pie crust, raspberries, ricotta, vanilla, whipped cream
