Every year as Valentine’s Day approaches, everyone seems obsessed by chocolate and red roses. I love both of them—and like to receive them—but if half the country is giving them and the other half is receiving them, how special are they, really? I preferred to do something different and unexpected. This approach is part me [...]
January 2010
As I posted my New Year resolution to reboot my pastry-dough skills, I thought, why wait? So, I got a jump on my resolution. ‘Twas the night before Christmas and I made a long anticipated attempt at the Foolproof Pie Dough from America’s Test Kitchen (ATK). Since M loves pies and especially apples, I thought [...]
