French Toast with Sour Cherries

French Toast with Sour Cherries

April 03rd, 2007  | Category: Breakfast and Brunch, Fruit


Is it only me or are there others out there who wake up craving something specific? It happened to me before - again on a Sunday. I woke up this morning craving French Toast. It is pretty unusual for me as I stick to coffee and cereal in the morning. What is happening to me? Is this for the love of blogging or just a phase?

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Apple Cake

Apple Cake

November 26th, 2006  | Category: Cakes, Fruit


It all started as an innocent attempt to bake apple muffins from a new book I bought: Williams Sonoma: Muffins. It was my father again who brought apples to me and my brother, way more than we can possibly consume. I had to put them into good use. So instead of baking the same apple tart over and over again, I started measuring the dry ingredients for the ...

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Peach, Mango & Vanilla Jam

Peach, Mango & Vanilla Jam

September 17th, 2006  | Category: Breakfast and Brunch, Fruit, Preserving


After reading through last month's Sugar High Friday posts at Delicious Days, I couldn't resist making my own jam. This was going to be my first, so I tried to read through most of the entries and jam making secrets from several websites. I was specifically looking for a peach jam recipe, because I knew that the sugar-fruit ratio vary according to type and ripeness of the fruit. ...

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Strawberry Tuxedo

Strawberry Tuxedo

May 14th, 2006  | Category: Chocolate, Fruit


Is there a better way to eat strawberries than just dipping them in powdered sugar? After all, isn't that the purest and most delicious way of eating them? How do you include this delicate fruit in something you bake and not loose its texture or overshadow its taste?

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