Homemade Cannoli
The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the...
View ArticleGingerbread House: 2009
The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and assemble a gingerbread house...
View ArticleGluten-Free Graham Crackers and Nanaimo Bars
The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe...
View ArticleTiramisu
The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month. Their challenge recipe is...
View ArticleTraditional Savory English Pudding
I push the button and look around. I'm alone. It's silent except for the passing cars and the occasional station identification from the music they pipe into these places. I hear five clicks and it's...
View ArticleCroquembouche
For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to go to Paris. My family's full of anglophiles, and dinners were opportunities to discuss the Tudors and Stuarts, Victoriana, and Gilbert and Sullivan. I...
View ArticleChocolate Pavlovas with Mascarpone Mousse
The June 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Dawn of Doable and Delicious. Dawn challenged the Daring Bakers’ to make Chocolate Pavlovas and Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse. The challenge recipe is...
View ArticleBlackberry and Orange Thyme Bombe
Your eyes start in the middle and follow the dark purple ribbon in a circle. Suddenly it ends and your eyes search for a new beginning, a new ribbon to trace on this frosty dome. Inside it's robed in...
View ArticleApricot Ice Cream Baked Alaska
The picture is one I'd rather forget. I'm standing apart from my friends Leah and Julie, wearing a gypsy-looking skirt and a scowl. I'm about 10 and from the looks of it, fresh into a tantrum. It's a...
View ArticleDahlia Cookies
It was 3am when we pulled away from our apartment that last time, and noon when we hit El Paso. We'd driven through 600 miles of Hill Country, mesquite, sage and then desert, mesas, and mountains. The...
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