Gifted with a small piece of ginger last week, having a recent purchase of crystalized ginger and an upcoming Mahjongg afternoon with my Chinese ladies, my mind went to a muffin that I had in mind for awhile. I planned to package them beautifully, add a sparkly purple Easter ribbon and a ginger chew. And … More Triple Ginger Muffins
My Dutch great-grandmother would be proud, I tell ya’. Her now locally-famous chocolate Dutch Potato Cake has given birth to a new and delicious, mouth-watering cake. A couple days ago, when I made the mini version of the birthday cake from last week, I was reminded of how much it seems like what I imagine … More New! Dutch Potato Gingerbread Cake
I’m sending my mother her favorite type of cookies, more specifically, cookies she can hide in tins in her bedroom and have whenever she wants one or two, along with a few of my Chocolate Joneses* and a chunk of Ginger-Date-Orange Coffee Cake with Orange Cream Glaze.** The “hiders” are one of her all-time favorites, … More Fennel Butter Cookies & Mother’s Day Treats
Mark brought me some crystalised, candied ginger pieces all ready to go into a cookie batter and some dried cranberries and suggested an oatmeal cookie would be nice, soon, sometime in the next two weeks. Oh, and some raisins, too, and walnuts. I told him that my oatmeal cookies do not have butter or shortening … More Oatmeal Chews with Candied Ginger, Raisins, Cranberries, Walnuts and Peonies
It may be a good thing that today I sent a big handful of the wrapped Molasses Caramels to my mother and a few to my downstairs neighbors. Why? All the rest of the wrapped caramels are going to be unwrapped and repurposed. The caramels are indeed intensely flavored, which means that their appeal is … More Ginger Snicks with Molasses Caramel Filling, Star of The Day
In 1965 or 1966, while living in Bahrain, I had my first mango at a royal feast. What a taste of Heaven, I thought, a palate-pleasing blend of sweet and tart that reminded me of the feeling on my tongue of raspberries, which I was missing very much. I decided then and there that if … More Making Mango Ginger Chutney Great Again
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