Monthly Archives: November 2008

Borrow these Thanksgiving Recipes:

Borrow these Thanksgiving Recipes:
It is here! The week of Thanksgiving, where you stock your fridge and pantry and start making food. I just made this Brandied Cranberry Sauce, brimming with notes of orange (recipe follows). It keeps for days in the fridge. If you haven’t figured out your whole menu, or are looking… [more]

Drunken Pear.

Drunken Pear.
Well, I couldn’t just leave that drink dangling in London. It was good then, but why not remake it and enjoy it here? I couldn’t just NOT make it. You and I both know better. “I will have the one with pear, I forget what it is called.” Because many… [more]

And then there were pastries.

And then there were pastries.
I cannot tell you, or emphasize enough, the sheer number of bakeries and patisseries in London. Starbucks is the United States as Patisseries are to London. There were so many coffee and tea shops, brimming with pastries. Skip the muffins, forget the cookies, set aside the quick breads, subtract the… [more]

London touring and tasting: Vinopolis & Butler Wharf

London touring and tasting: Vinopolis & Butler Wharf
One of the largest, longest and favorite walks on my trip to London took me from the Tower of London (first stop of the morning), over Tower Bridge (lots going on!), to discover Butler’s Wharf, peek in at the new City Hall (globe like), to London Bridge, past Shakespeare’s Globe… [more]

London touring and tasting

London touring and tasting
I already miss the tube. And the pastries. And wearing big wool coats and fancy shoes and fine scarves. Oh, and by all means I miss that accent. I love a good accent. I am sorry for my silence for a few days; I had good intentions of blogging while… [more]

Is that turmeric in your eye?

If you throw turmeric in your eye, place a few flakes of dried red pepper on your tongue and inhale the hay and citrus notes of coriander, then you will have a moment commensurate with mine from my first day of fall semester. I did take Intro to Baking in… [more]