These cakes taste just as decadent and glorious as they look. Imagine a giant cinnamon roll loaf cake, but instead of cinnamon, you've got chocolate. And pecans. I mean really, you just have to make these! If you ask me, they're great for any time of the day. While technically a dessert, I can personally...
Breakfast
Latkes
I can completely understand why latkes are sort of a staple for Hanukkah gatherings...they are delicious! However, I don't see why they shouldn't be eaten all year long. I certainly plan to make them often. In fact, today is our 8th wedding anniversary, and we had the leftover latkes for breakfast topped with a fried...
Old-Fashioned Dressing & A Recipe For The Leftovers
I must confess, I'm not usually a big fan of homemade dressing/stuffing. (Technically, this is a dressing, since it isn't being stuffed into the bird, but I will probably always call it stuffing out of habit.) It always seems to be too wet or too dry, or to full of rosemary, or something else that...
Homemade Cornmeal Biscuits with Whipped Honey Butter
When planning your Thanksgiving menu, you may find yourself trying to decide between biscuits or cornbread. Well here is your answer. These cornmeal biscuits are the perfect compromise between the two. The texture is not as grainy as some cornbread, with an almost “creamy” quality. Paired with honey butter, or cinnamon-honey butter (my personal favorite),...
Soufflé Au Fromage (Cheese Soufflé)
Oh my. Where to begin? I had no idea what to expect when I embarked up the creation of my first cheese soufflé. Not just any cheese soufflé...Julia Child's Cheese Soufflé. I have desperately wanted to make a chocolate soufflé for quite a while now, but wanted to wait until I had a proper charlotte mold...
Leek and Gruyere Rosti with Fried Eggs
For my birthday weekend at the cabin, we cooked up all sorts of delicious meals from my new Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking cookbook. We very much enjoyed this breakfast on a crisp, rainy, Fall birthday morning. If you want to save some time in the morning, you could par-boil your potatoes the night before and...
Double-Glazed Pumpkin Spice Scones
I know I've mentioned before that I have a love for scones, and I usually make them with loads of fresh fruit in them. Well, it's a crazy gorgeous Fall day in northern Michigan today, and I got in the mood for some scones. This time I was determined to have a successful batch of...
Frittata with Potato and Prosciutto
One frittata, two frittata. For our second frittata this week, and the final recipe from my Cookbook of the Week: Everyday Italian by Giada De Laurentiis, we enjoyed this Frittata with Potato and Prosciutto as a quick and easy breakfast-for-dinner. Between this frittata and the one we enjoyed last weekend, Frittata with Asparagus, Tomato, and...
Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti
Happy October! It's my favorite month, which also means that it's beginning to be hot drink weather again. Looking forward to lots of cool days sipping lattes, chai, coffee, cider, or whatever. I make these biscotti around the holidays usually, but they were the perfect way to use up the rest of my leftover hazelnuts from the...
Frittata with Asparagus, Tomato, and Fontina Cheese
We enjoyed this frittata for brunch after the boys went out salmon fishing this morning. They caught a huge one, so I think it's salmon for dinner for us tonight. This recipe comes together rather quickly, and I think it would be really delicious as a breakfast-for-dinner option as well. Frittata Asparagus, Tomato, and Fontina...