- A savory cheesecake sounds like it would be a dish that is rich and heavy, if flavorful. 101 Cookbooks got around the heaviness problem by using ricotta cheese, not cream cheese, in her Zucchini Ricotta Cheesecake. The cheesecake is packed with fresh herbs and veggies in addition to three …
Homemade Raisins
There are two things that you should definitely try during the summer, when temperatures are high and you don’t really feel like cooking: baking cookies in your car and making homemade raisins. The former requires an 100F-or hotter day to work well. The latter simply requires a very warm sunny …
Summer BBQ USB Drives
It’s always handy to have an external memory source on hand when you do a lot of work on the computer, and there is no reason that that memory source needs to be dull or plain. I’ve mentioned Freshly Baked USBs before, which are portable USB memory sticks that are …
Chocolate Custards
I have an easy time using up extra egg whites when I have them because I have a general affinity for egg white heavy desserts (not to mention high protein egg white omeletes for breakfast!). Angel food cakes, pavlova, macaroons… the list goes …
Sydney Food
Sydney Food isn’t a new cookbook, but it is one that has a special place in on my cookbook shelf and I decided to bring it up because I recently recovered my long-misplaced copy from the back of not often used bookcase. The cookbook is by Australian chef Bill Granger, who is …
White Chocolate Mocha Bianca
In Berkeley, this drink is know as a Mocha Bianca, and I’m willing to bet it’s one of the more popular coffee drinks enjoyed on and around the UC Berkeley campus. Outside of Berkeley, coffee chains and independent coffee shops alike tend to call this drink a White Chocolate Mocha. No matter …
Kake Kut’rs
The cake cutter that I used most often is a big, serrated knife – and I admit that it’s not exactly a cake cutter, but more of a general purpose kitchen tool. Sometimes I use a spatula to slide a cut piece of cake away from the rest. Mostly, I use the …
