This is one of the most delicious flourless cookies I have ever tried. It’s from the master Pastry Chef Francois Payard. There are a ton of variations out there and this is another one – more meat on the best bones – so to speak, this is Christmas Treat #11 – Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookies. [...]
This is the third and final Goan sweet recipe of the 2020 series. It is a lovely textured cake called Baath or Batica (pronounced the same way as the first spelling). This was also one of those cakes that was made with thousands of variations all incorporating the same ingredients in slightly different quantities and [...]
I can’t believe in all the years I’ve been baking, that I have never before baked a Thumbprint Cookie. In my quest to always find interesting recipes, this one comes from my daughter’s good friend Elena – on her own, a professional Food Scientist with a passion for baking and cooking. She made them using [...]
The second in the Goan sweets category is called Bolinhas. These round cookies are easily recognizable because of the traditional “X” mark on top. It is another coconut based sweet and is also addictive. I made this a couple of times before hitting the mark, but I think this version of the process is spot [...]
One of my favorite magazines Food and Drink comes from the LCBO. It is published every 2 months and I always look forward to the picking up the next edition. By far, the Christmas issue is always a favorite of mine. I give them credit as their recipes have always turned out for me and [...]
Oh come now, you didn’t really think I would miss on a savory cookie did you?! I have a chili pepper for a logo for goodness sakes! Keeping in the tradition of at least one savory cookie in the Christmas collection (https://foodinspires.com/2017/12/01/curry-leaf-and-dry-mustard-cheeselets/; https://foodinspires.com/2016/12/04/christmas-cookie-2-roasted-garlic-and-cayenne-cookies/ - to name a few). A very good friend of mine and [...]
I am adding three Goan sweet recipes to this series – a simple Coconut Sweet - Gons, a more traditional Coconut Cake – Baath, and a roundish Coconut Cookie called Bolinhas, with a twist. Jeez, you’d think coconuts grew on trees back home! My wife and I picked the latter two from a collection of [...]
These are just ridiculous cookies! And I mean that in the nicest way possible. The sweet/salty maple flavor gives way to the pecan toffee bites. When these are cooling on the rack, it is utterly impossible to walk by and not put one in your mouth. This is Christmas Treat #4 – Sweet and Salty [...]
These are lovely squares/bars to make and enjoy after your Christmas meal or just between now and Christmas, really any time. Not too sweet, just the right amount of papaya and a delicious cookie base which you can vary with the mood you are in. Papaya Bars are Christmas Treat #3 for 2020. Papaya is [...]
This is a complete meal blog - main and side! What makes it taste special is this simple umami flavor-bomb glaze for the salmon. The big secret to any glaze - just kidding, no secret, is to always make it super tasty. In the cooking classes I would always teach this concept - common sense [...]
