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Cream Puffs Filled With Lemon Mascarpone Cream

Cream Puffs Filled With Lemon Mascarpone Cream Makes approximately 60 mini cream puffs 1 batch of mini cream puffs 1 1/4 cups (10 ounces) heavy whipping cream 3 tablespoons granulated sugar 8 ounces mascarpone 5 ounces lemon curd 1. Make the cream puffs. 2. Make the cream filling: In a medium-size mixing bowl beat the […]

Add this recipe to ZipList! Roasted Olives Adapted from Lindsay Roasted Olives Recipe 6 ounces black pitted olives, drained 6 ounces Greek Kalamata pitted olives, drained 4.5 ounces garlic stuffed Spanish olives, drained 6 large garlic cloves, minced 5 or 6 fresh thyme sprigs zest of 1/2 lemon, finely shredded 1/4 cup olive oil juice […]

Iwashi no Shioyaki—Salt Grilled Sardines Makes 4 servings Eight 6-inch iwashi (sardines) 1 1/2 tablespoons fine sea salt 1 1/2 tablespoons coarse salt soy sauce lemon wedges 1. Rinse the sardines under cold running water, and pat dry. Cut open the bottom 1/4 of the belly on a cutting board, and remove the gills and […]

The winner of the gorgeous New West KnifeWorks Santoku knife, as chosen by Random.org, is comment #217! Comment #217 was left by Kathleen. Congratulations Kathleen! I’ll be emailing you today to get your address so that I can ship off your knife to you! I can’t wait to hear how much you love the knife!

Nirvana’s Carrot Halwa Makes 8 — 10 servings 2 pounds grated carrots 4 cups milk 2 cups granulated sugar 1 2/3 cup dry powdered milk 1 teaspoon cardamom seeds 3 tablespoons ghee Optional: Cashews or crushed pistachios for garnish. 1. Put the carrots and milk in a large pot and bring to a boil over […]

Using a good knife and acquiring good knife skills can actually make your food taste better. Using a bad knife or poor skills can damage the texture of the item you are cutting, or cause it to loose moisture. Because of these issues, I’m starting a new knife series here on LFM where I will […]

Handmade Udon Noodles Recipe adapted from Harumi’s Japanese Home Cooking, by Harumi Kurihara Makes 4 servings 4 teaspoons salt 8 ounces (1 cup) warm water 2 1/2 cups unbleached bread flour 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour bread flour, for dusting (in step 6) 1. Add the salt to the warm water and stir until […]

Add this recipe to ZipList! Habanero Soy Sauce Makes about 1/2 cup 1 habanero pepper 1/2 cup soy sauce freshly squeezed lime juice, 1/2 lime 1. Cut open the habanero pepper and scrape out the seeds and membrane, being careful not to get the juices of the pepper on your skin. Slice the pepper into […]

After a wonderful week in Cancun, Mexico, I am back home! We had a wonderful trip filled with some adventure, and lots of this. You’ll be hearing more about my trip later in the week, but I need some time to finish unpacking, cuddle my girls, and recover from the unfriendly little bug that I […]

Today the amazing and talented Josie from Daydreamer Desserts is here to make sure that we get our dessert in this week! I met Josie last November at the Foodbuzz Festival in San Francisco, which is kind of funny because we actually live in the same city in Southern California! Josie has become a dear […]

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