Le “Russe” is my husband’s favorite cake. The one he was eating with his grandma in a tea salon while in Luchon (Pyreneas) when he was a little boy. And it has been a ritual for him to have a “Russe” as a birthday Cake until we left for the States. This ca [...]
Jennifer from www.chocolateshavings.ca hosted for the March 2010 Daring Bakers challenge!
… Orange Tian! This is a scrumptious dessert that she made for the first time a few months ago at the Alain Ducasse Cooking School in Paris, France. The dessert is made of different layers: a pate sablee with orange marmalade, a flavored [...]
The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. Passionate about Baking
They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month. Tiramisu has been a very popular dessert pretty easy to make. The problem about homemade Tiramisu is that you need to [...]
The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. The challenge was separated into 2 recipes : Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars , the sources were from 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca
It was a quite a challenge at every level, since we do not know Nanaimo [...]
After a terrible and exhausting week, with non-stop heavy rain, flooding and roads closed it was hard to imagine, I will be able to conduct the “From Farmer to table: Farmer tour and Organic Cooking class” at Mary Phillips Senior Center Temecula. Because the class was sold-out within a few weeks, I was determine to [...]
Chocolate cake made with Belgium Chocolate
I am a Real Chocolate lover, or Chocolate addicted. I can’t live without it. I like dark chocolate. Strong dark chocolate in any form: Hot Chocolate, Chocolate bars, Chocolate mousse, Fine Chocolates…. For years I have been looking for the perfect [...]
Yes, I was so lucky growing up with Homemade and Fresh food everyday. My mother was and still is, as you know, a fantastic Cook and Baker. From fantastic fruits tarts, delicate appetizers, jams, Eclairs, Savarin, Vol au vent, Stews, coq au vin, Tarte tatin, Crepes, Pot au feu, Couscous, [...]
In Southern California we had very high temperature above 113F, lately. It was unbearable. Our daily food was water and ice cream. So this is another Ice cream recipe perfect for Dairy intolerant people. I used hazelnut milk, but you can use Almond or soy milk.
Because we have a huge wave of heat in Southern- California, fruit sherbet-sorbet are the only thing we are craving now. Here, is a very easy recipe done with Californian Oranges and Oranges Blossom Honey from [...]
Forget about Chocolate for Valentine’s Day next year! Try this decadent, sweet, sinful, velvety, crunchy dessert: make it, bake it, wait a long time, then finish, decorate it and grab 2 spoons one for your loved one and one for you.
Every bite were pure heaven!
Recently , Pavlova has been a popular dessert [...]