This recipe proves why I like older cookbooks. All the current recipes — and mixes (not that I would ever use one of those) — are designed to be light and fluffy. This one is dense and rich. It would work really well as a petit four.
Jenn found a Sunkist™ cookbook at a rummage sale last week. I love citrus and chocolate together, so when we saw a recipe for chocolate cake with orange and a citrus frosting, I knew we had a winner. (If you’re a regular reader of my other site, let me assure you that this was my [...]
Peeling an orange for a recipe is different from peeling one to eat. You generally don’t want any of the white part left, so it’s better to cut the orange out of the skin than to peel the skin off the orange. This works for all citrus. You’re going to need this for the citrus-chocolate [...]
Cookie Monster now teaches that cookies are a “sometimes food”. I think he’s the wrong one to present that message, but it’s absolutely right. That’s one of the things I talk about over at my new site, where I show how I’ve lost 35 pounds since Thanksgiving. (While eating the kind of food I show [...]
