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Happy New Year E-Cards

December 30th, 2008 | Category: Memoir/Meme/Misc.

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Here are two small gifts for you. I was taking Christmas photos at The Mansion and two photos in particular turned out very interesting. I decided to turn them into Happy New Year E-cards so that you can share with friends and family. The cards are after the jump. Just click on the one you like and a bigger size will open in a new window. Hope you like them.

I wish everyone a peaceful, healthy and happy new year.

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No Bake Tangerine Cheesecake

December 30th, 2008 | Category: Cheesecake

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Cheesecake craze continues… This one is a no-bake cheesecake flavored with the season’s sweetest tangerines. Feel free to substitute oranges or lemons for tangerines and I’m sure it will be just as tasty (variations in the recipe section). No-bake cheesecakes are usually prepared with gelatin, but I took a different route by using eggs instead and cooked the filling in a bain-marie.

I hope, with two cheesecake posts in a row, I have re-established my die-hard Golden Girls fan status.

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Chocolate Cheesecake

December 12th, 2008 | Category: Cheesecake, Chocolate

Isn’t it outrageous that a food blogger who is a shameless chocoholic AND a die hard Golden Girls fan does NOT have a chocolate cheesecake in his repertoire? As far as I’m concerned, he should have written THE book on chocolate cheesecakes by now. Shame on me.

The truth of the matter is, I lack one very important ingredient here in Istanbul: cream cheese. Actually, cream cheese in Turkey refers to a cheap, artificial-looking (and tasting), savory cheese spread. For cheesecakes and desserts alike, our best option is Labneh, a soft cheese prepared by simply straining yogurt. It has a similar consistency with cream cheese, but contains half the fat and nearly twice the water. Because of these two qualities, I have never been completely satisfied with the cheesecakes I’ve baked. Although I’m far away from writing THE book on chocolate cheesecakes, I’m proud to say that a recent experiment led to the smoothest cheesecake I’ve ever baked.

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