It’s week 52! While the 52 Kitchen Adventures are officially over with this post, as I mentioned here I will continue blogging. And I have at least 1 more unusual ingredient coming up: Buddha’s hands. Thank you all for taking this journey with me. It’s been fun but I have to admit I’m glad to […] Read more…
December 2010 archive
Sparkling Peppermint Sugar Cookies
I finally made some holiday cookies (I usually make lots of kinds and give them to friends, but the chai tea mix took the place of a lot of that this year) and I have found one of my favorite holiday cookies ever: sparkling peppermint sugar cookies. These sugar cookies have crushed candy canes in […] Read more…
Peppermint Chocolate Souffle Cupcakes
Drop whatever you had planned for Christmas dessert. Forget about those cookies you were going to bake for gifts or the pie recipe you wanted to try. You need to try these amazing chocolate souffle cupcakes! These flourless cupcakes weren’t only the best gluten-free cupcakes I’ve ever had, they were one of the top cupcakes […] Read more…
Week 51: Feijoa
As I transition from unusual ingredients to more everyday cooking, I thought I’d bridge the gap in the 2nd to last Kitchen Adventure by sharing something I’d normally do in the kitchen: bake with 2 local, seasonal ingredients, feijoa and Meyer lemon. Feijoa, also known as pineapple guava and guavaseteen, are the small elliptical green […] Read more…
New Year, New Goals (Plus a Few 2010 Highlights)
Week 19: Lavender lemon sugar cookies It’s already past week 50, which means less than 2 weeks before this project is over (how is that possible?! It feels like only yesterday I picked up some quince, took some crappy pictures and posted about it). I started 52 Kitchen Adventures at the beginning of the year […] Read more…