October 2010

Daring Bakers Challenge: Doughnuts

October 27, 2010
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The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Lori of Butter Me Up. Lori chose to challenge DBers to make doughnuts. She used several sources for her recipes including Alton Brown, Nancy Silverton, Kate Neumann and Epicurious. I have to admit, I was not too excited about this month’s challenge. I suppose it’s the [...]

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Traditional Diwali Treats: Ghughara (Karanji)

October 25, 2010
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Diwali is a five day Hindu festival, often referred to as the Festival of Lights. It is probably the one holiday that everyone looks forward to all year. I won’t get too into it on this post but you can read more about it here. In a nutshell, there are fireworks, lamps and candles, houses [...]

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Sweet Sources on Monday Musings

October 18, 2010
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You may have read about these chocolate sprinkles from King Arthur Flour before on my post on Dark Chocolate Cupcakes. They are made from real chocolate and look much nicer than the sprinkles you buy at the local grocery store. The color, even shape and skinny size can really make your sweets look more professional. [...]

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Pink Peppercorn and Chocolate Pots de Creme

October 12, 2010
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Last Monday I posted some thoughts about pink peppercorns. (Sorry I did not get to a Monday musing post this week. Hope this makes up for it!) Anyways, I have been reading more and more about pink peppercorns and the more I read the more hesitant I became about mixing them into my chocolate. I’ve read things like, [...]

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The Birthday Party, Bloggers, Twitter and Hoboken

October 5, 2010
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Planning my 2 year old’s birthday party for 100 guests had literally taken up all my free time for the month of September. By free time, I mostly mean the two hours I can bear to stay awake after we finally put him to bed. In the end, his birthday party all came together with [...]

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Pretty In Pink Peppercorns on Monday Musings

October 4, 2010
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I bought this jar of pink peppercorns a while back for no good reason of course. I think I recalled seeing them used in an ice cream recipe somewhere in Williams Sonoma and thought it might come in handy for other desserts.  I’ve always been curious about them and they just look pretty on food. [...]

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