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seasonal

Gluten-Free Blood Orange Cardamom Cake

March 7, 2010

Before I started blogging about food, lemons were lemons and oranges were oranges. Things are different now.
Now, I’m obsessed with Meyer lemons.
And crazy about specialty oranges: blood oranges, in particular. I’m totally and completely in love with them because they are so beautiful…

…and because when they are in season (now!), they taste just like [...]

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When Life Gives You Meyer Lemons Part 1

February 20, 2010

The winner of the Garden of Life Giveaway, chosen at random, was Heather. Thank you all for sharing your amazing smoothie ideas; I truly enjoyed reading through each and every comment.
Guess what? I won an online giveaway recently too, and a five pound box of Meyer lemons landed on my doorstep as a result. Thanks [...]

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Meyer Lemon Cream Tart

January 28, 2010

It’s been a week of some serious treats at my house. It all started last Saturday with this birthday cake for my daughter.
Then, there was the Daring Baker’s challenge.
Next, these killer chocolate chocolate chip cupcakes for a Food52 contest…
And finally…this lemon cream tart. A tart so delicious, I can’t seem to find the words to [...]

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Kumquat Marmalade with Champagne and Figs

January 8, 2010

Kumquats are a citrus fruit available in the winter months. They look like an orange, only they are much smaller and they are oval-shaped. Like other citrus fruits, they are quite high in vitamin C. Kumquats are pretty sour, but their edible peel is sweet.

Kumquats are not easy to find where I live; when I [...]

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Making A Gingerbread House (The Daring Baker’s December Challenge)

December 23, 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 from scratch. They chose recipes from Good Housekeeping and from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book as the challenge recipes.

We were challenged [...]

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Coconut Persimmon Smoothie

December 18, 2009

A frigid New York morning hardly seems like the perfect time to make a smoothie, right? This one, however, which features gorgeous ripe persimmons, rich coconut milk and a touch of warming spices, absolutely hit the spot.

Persimmons are native to Asia and there are many different varieties that grow there. They also grown in [...]

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Latkes (Potato Pancakes)

December 10, 2009

The Jewish holiday Hannukah (The Festival of Lights) begins tomorrow night. Food-wise for me, that means pretty much one thing. Latkes.
Latkes are pancakes made from grated potatoes and onion. They are fried in oil (to symbolize the one day’s worth of oil that miraculously burned for 8 days so many years ago) to [...]

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Cranberry Glogg

December 3, 2009

While researching cardamom for my post about cardamom roasted vegetables, I learned that cardamom is one of the spices that typically flavors the Scandinavian winter-time drink known as Glögg.

According to Wikipedia, Glögg is the name of mulled (heated and spiced) wine in Sweden and Iceland; it goes by other similar names in Norway, Denmark, Finland [...]

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Roasted Vegetables with Cardamom

December 1, 2009

Thanksgiving has now come and gone. At my home, we enjoyed a great dinner; I hope that you did, too.
I made these Roasted Vegetables with Cardamom as part of our Thanksgiving feast. They were a last minute addition to the table, but turned out to be one of my favorite parts of the meal.

I adapted [...]

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Sweet Potato Indian Pudding

November 24, 2009

The first time I made Indian Pudding was for dessert last Thanksgiving. Because I am serving this pumpkin cheesecake, I decided not to make Indian Pudding again this year. But I love this dessert so much that I made it last week, and I’m sharing it with you now just in case you need another [...]

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