Spiced Sweet Potato Blancmange
Blancmange is kind of a curious recipe to pick for a holiday dessert– but hear me out. After a heavy meal, not everyone wants to shovel down a rich…
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Stretch & Savor
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Blue Moon Tart
The purple/blue potatoes make this tart visually striking, but the real star is the bluefoot mushrooms. Bluefoot mushrooms are hard to find, whether you are foraging in a forest, or…
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Green Rice with Fava Beans and Garlic Scapes
Sabzi polo, the meticulously cooked Persian rice and herb dish seemed like a perfect choice for my green recipe. Not only is it unique (tons of herbs!) it is also…
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Small Batch Tempered Chocolate
If you’ve ever accidentally melted a chocolate bar in the sun and then tried to let it set to revive it, you know that regular old melted chocolate will not…
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Crepe Roses With Blood Oranges And Cardamom
If you have studied classical French pastry, people often expect you to make frilly fantastical cakes. I, however, tend to turn my nose up at these fancy-for-the-sake-of-being-fancy confections. Not just…
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Sangria Jam
It is tricky trying to throw a fabulous party on a thrifty budget. Sangria stretches your most expensive ingredient (wine), but it does it in a sneaky, deliciously fruity way.…
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Black Cake
Ultimately there are only a few ways to save money in your food budget– eat lots of cheaper foods, eat less expensive foods, don’t waste valuable trimmings, make things yourself.…
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Blood Orange Marmalade
Marmalade is much easier to make than most people presume (particularly made in small batches like this one). There are plenty of recipes dedicated to making jams and jellies with…
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Homemade Vanilla Extract
If you read the “ingredients” section in any book with a pastry chef’s name on the front, you will likely find a discussion of that chef’s preferred vanilla bean, complete…
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