Tag: february
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Almond and Raspberry Linzer Cookies
i love love. i love the warmth of it, the way it wraps you in its sun; how it could be raining, it could be snowing, but that sun will keep you warm, and radiating with enough heat to warm everyone near you. i love the feel of it: thrilling, electric, a shock current, and…
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Chai Spiced Spelt Carrot Cake
It’s late at night when I decide to make carrot cake. The dishes are done, the counters are sparkling clean. Prime time to get messy. I could drag out the food processor, but I decide to grate the carrots by hand. Food processors have so many parts, and I can already envision orange shreds of…
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Blood Orange and Saffron Semolina Upside Down Cake
I created this simple, pretty upside down cake for The Nosher, and it’s perfect for February: made with seasonal blood oranges, sweet, floral saffron and nutty semolina flour which gives it a moist, hefty crumb and makes it perfect for a cup of tea. You can learn more about saffron, see how I utilize blood…
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Salted Chocolate Tahini Tarts
Around two years ago, I went through a phase where I was seriously obsessed with tahini. I’d discovered that it was good for more than just drizzling over falafel, and for some still unfathomable reason, I deemed it necessary to put it on everything, in everything. I mixed it with honey and and yogurt. I poured it…
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Blood Orange, Coconut and Vanilla Oatmeal
A thousand opening sentences preceded this one. Every time my fingers typed out a few words, I immediately deleted them. It was as if the things I wanted to write somehow got lost in the space between my mind and my hands. So I guess I’ll just write the damn thing. I’m having jaw surgery this…
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Blueberry Cheese Danishes
Everyone wants to know why I’m making cheese danishes. They make comments like “Wow, so much butter!” or “These are a little more involved than brownies, aren’t they?” Yes. Yes, they are. And no, I don’t have a reason for these, other than: it’s February. It’s snowy and cold. And there’s butter in the fridge.…
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Egg and Vegetable Breakfast Wrap
Breakfast is a meal that most people tend to skip, or at the very least, skimp on, downing a quick bowl of sugary cereal or a steaming mug of coffee on the go. And while I get that mornings are busy, and that there’s not exactly time to assemble the sort of glorious brunch spread…
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Six Impossible Things
Last week was one of those weeks when everything just aligned. I organized my room, made a pile of clothing to donate, and did a little DIY project to spruce things up. I also finally got Tartine’s bread book, a dutch oven and a kitchen scale, and with those implements, succeeded in making amazing sourdough…
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Double Chocolate Donuts with Raspberry Glaze & Pomegranate Salt
Do you know what the sweetest type of food is? Food that’s made with love. When every ingredient is saturated with wholesomeness, when every step is done with care- brown the butter, crystalize the sugar, sear until crispy- that’s when food tastes good. Sometimes I lose sight of that objective. It becomes about perfection, and while…
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Mushroom, Thyme and Potato Galette
Here is a list of foods I don’t like truly despise: pineapple. Celery. White chocolate. (Is it chocolate? Is it plastic?) Banana anything. Mush…rooms? The truth is, I’m usually pretty decisive when it comes to foods I like- but I was never sure about mushrooms. Sometimes, they’re okay. Other times, they’re too earthy, and their rubbery texture…
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