This unusual rice pilaf makes a great side dish for baked chicken or grilled meat. The combination of sweet/savory and tart/buttery flavors is delicious. I imagine it would even be good using a prepared saffron rice mix (steamed, not boiled as this recipe calls for) in a pinch. But what I like about making your own [...]
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Persian Almond & Sour Cherry Rice Pilaf
Posted in Recipes, tagged almonds, baked, butter, gluten free, Iranian, Persian, pilaf, rice, side dish, sour cherries, vegetarian on 02/03/2010 | 9 Comments »
Stephanie’s (Grandma’s) Famous Chocolate Pudding & Pie Filling
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, Technique, tagged baker's chocolate, butter, chocolate, chocolate pie, cocoa, corn starch, custard, dessert, pudding, rich, Stephanie Petrew on 02/22/2009 | 1 Comment »
I love recipes that are handed down in families. My friend, Stephanie, whips up a batch of this decadent chocolate pudding anytime she wants to pamper someone special. The recipe came from her grandmother, who (as you’ll see by the end of the recipe, transcribed from her recipe card) is quite the funny lady. This [...]
Rachel Ray’s Cherry Coffee Cake
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged almonds, butter, cherries, cherry breakfast cake, cherry cobbler cake, cherry coffee cake, dessert, Rachel Ray, streusel on 02/08/2009 | 2 Comments »
I just wrote “cheery coffee cake” by mistake, but isn’t that fitting? Because sometimes life’s a bowlful of cherries…nestled in buttery batter and (if you’re lucky) topped with crumbly streusel. Especially when good friends come to visit from out of town. This recipe started with one Rachel Ray calls “Cherry Breakfast Cake.” I decided to halve it (because [...]
The Queen of Excess
Posted in Foodstuff, Ingredients, Recipes, Restaurants, tagged bacon, butter, fat, Food Network, fried macaroni and cheese, grease, lard, mac 'n cheese, Martha Stewart, Paula Deen, Red Derby, rich, Washington DC on 01/13/2009 | 3 Comments »
Martha Stewart takes a lot of flack for pushing all things rich and fattening, but you know, she’s met her match in Paula Deen. Paula just can’t stop herself: an extra pat of butter here, a hearty dollop of bacon grease there. And she has a sense of humor—something Martha can only aspire to. Just check out the mischievous look she flashes at 00:00:14 [...]
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