I received a request to make a gluten-free version of Richard Ruskell’s Food Network Challenge molten chocolate chip cookies. The recipe only contains a small amount of flour, so it seemed pretty simple. I swapped it out for Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free all-purpose baking flour (a combination of garbanzo bean flour, potato starch, tapioca flour, white […] Read more…
Imagine sinking your teeth into a creamy pie filling with the enticing flavors of chocolate and hazelnut. The surrounding crust gives with a slight crunch and chocolate cookie crumbles in your mouth. You would never guess that it was a very simple no-bake pie with only a handful of ingredients. I used my homemade Nutella […] Read more…
I first tried Nutella in France when I was about 9. To a kid, there’s nothing better than something that’s chocolate flavored and “healthy” (it’s got nuts in it, right?) that you can eat for breakfast. Spreading some on a slice of freshly baked baguette was heavenly. The fact that there’s a World Nutella Day proves that […] Read more…
Congrats to Liz for winning the cupcake decorating kit recipe giveaway! A few weeks ago I offered to make cupcakes for a staff lunch. I was met with a challenge: make an adult version of Hostess cupcakes. I didn’t have much time, so I made s’mores cupcakes then but kept the challenge in the back of my mind. […] Read more…
Yesterday I wrote about my experience at the Bazaar restaurant in Los Angeles. The reason we were in LA was actually because I won a hotel stay at the beautiful Montage Beverly Hills last year through a contest on Twitter! It was one of those things you enter and never dreaming of winning, so I was incredibly surprised (and excited!) when […] Read more…