Category Archives: The Monday Treat
Red White and Blue Flag Cake for July 4th
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Tagged 4th July, bbq, beautiful, blueberry, cake, dinner, entertaining, flag cake, raspberry
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The Monday Treat – Homemade Crackerjacks and a night at the ball game
Last year my Mum and Dad were in town for 4th July celebrations and I was determined to show them some good ole American fun. To this end, tickets were purchased for a Staten Island Yankees home game, just a … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th July, Americana, ball game, caramel, crackerjacks, molasses, peanuts, pecans, popcorn, sugar, summer, syrup
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The Monday Treat – How to make chocolate swirls while considering philosophy
If you do something that can be vaguely classified as creative – in my case, writing – for a living, sometimes it’s good to put aside all practical concerns and embrace the idea that creating can be an end unto … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, l'art pour l'art, ornament, Soho roof, swirl
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The Monday Treat – Chocolate and Salted Caramel phyllo pie. For Real.
My friends Jenn and Alan have invited us to a pie tasting party. And though I’d like to start a rumor that pie tasting is the new wine tasting in NYC, that’s not the case. They’re bravely pursuing the dream … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, chocolate salted caramel pie, dessert, dinner party, easy entertaining, pie, salted caramel, sweet treat, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – Cherry Clafoutis and the problems of trusting your future to cherries
It’s a throw back to my childhood, but whenever I eat cherries I line up my pits on the side of my plate and count them up with the rhyme “tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, … Continue reading
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Tagged almond, cherry, clafouti, dessert, French, HighLine, kirsch, Mum
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The Monday Treat – Extremely Fancy Red White and Blue Popsicles
New York has changed me in ways that I could not have imagined. I now say “awesome†a lot more than I used to (never, in fact) and I have on more than one occasion said “super awesome!†without irony. … Continue reading
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Tagged blueberry, elderflower, ice pop, mint syrup, popsicle, raspberry, sorbet, summer, thyme syrup
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The Monday Treat – pot au chocolate, oreo crumbs, optional worms and a book party
It was my friend Wendy’s best friend Mary’s YA book launch yesterday, so a crowd gathered at a Soho bookstore to drink wine, listen to her reading extracts from Wuftoom, and celebrate her fabulous achievement.
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Tagged book, dirt, pot au chocolate, worms, wuftoom
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The Monday Treat – mood music, Pineapple, Coconut and Lime-Glazed Loaf Cake
Jon’s iPod shuffle, which has a flair for spontaneously coming up with the perfect life soundtrack, triumphed again this week. He emerged from the subway uptown to meet me grinning all over his face; “I really did take the A … Continue reading
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Tagged A-train, cake, coconut, loaf cake, mood, music, pineapple. lime, shuffle
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The Monday Treat – Space Kids Hit Manhattan fueled by Blueberry Pancakes
A friend of mine had been to Space Camp as a child and had described the experience as “absolutely no question the best week of my life, made up of the best days of my life!â€
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Tagged blueberry, Empire State Building, Jess, Kids, New York, pancake, Space, Space Camp
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