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Tonight’s dinner

April 05th, 2006 | Category: Meat, Chicken & Seafood, Turkish Cuisine

I don’t always have the time to cook when I arrive home from work. And if there isn’t anything left over from the previous day, my choice for a quick & light dinner is usually a sandwich with cacik on the side. Tonight’s sandwich was smoked turkey with avocado.

Smoked Turkey and Avocado Sandwich

Sandwich & cacik

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Chocolate Ganache Tart

April 02nd, 2006 | Category: Baked Goods, Chocolate

As previously featured on my best friend’s oh-so-delicious blog Baking Fairy, here is the Chocolate Ganache Tart.

Chocolate Ganache Tart

The recipe belongs to Martha Stewart. As always, her recipe is right on target. Crisp almond based tart dough topped with to-die-for velvety ganache…

When you come across perfect recipes like these, the only way to personalize it and make it your own is how you present it. So I crafted a stencil, placed it on top of the ganache and sprinkled the cropped parts with powdered sugar. You should refrigerate the tart for the ganache to set completely (preferably overnight) so that the stencil does not stick to the ganache.

You can either craft your own stencil or use one of Martha’s clip-art templates. Each link will take you to another link with its respective pdf document. Just print the document, cut around the clip-art to fit the size of your tart shell and crop the image.

Important note: Before you apply the coating of powdered sugar, you must wait for the ganache to set completely in the refrigerator (overnight if possible; if not at least 4 hours) otherwise your precious stencil may disappear in a matter of minutes.

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Introducing Fernando

April 02nd, 2006 | Category: Memoir/Meme/Misc.

Fernando is a 2 year old grumpy English Bulldog, who happens to come from a very famous and rich family. A friend of mine found him crying in his cradle on Bond Street, London apparently on the day he was abandoned by his shopaholic mother (Eye witnesses mentioned a woman rushing from one designer store to another after dumping him on the sidewalk. The Tiffany teething ring rattle neatly tucked under his tiny Burberry’s blanket was another clue. But, I digress).

Fernando

We have been inseparable since the day we met. He is one of my inspirations in life as well as my most ruthless critic when it comes to tasting my recipes.