From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Daring Bakers: Flourless Chocolate Cake

February 28, 2009 Pies, Tarts and Cakes

It was time. I couldn’t put it off any more. I became a Daring Baker, a culinary lunatic goddess obsessed with testing a challenging new recipe each month with hundreds of other bakers around the globe. And a three-ingredient flourless chocolate cake should be simple, right? Burghilicious baking hubris, exposed.

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Squash and Apples, Version Tart.0

February 22, 2009 Vegetarian Main Dishes

In the depths of Pittsburgh February, I’ve had some time to think about why, exactly, I love this gourd so much. And then, when it was 8 degrees outside for an entire week, it hit me: when everything is grey, butternut squash is warm and bright. It’s that orange! And unlike summer vegetables, which are full of cooling water, butternut squash is hearty and warming.

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Scheidt’s Smoked4 Sauerkraut

February 8, 2009 Meat, Poultry & Fish

I actually liked this sauerkraut. Why? What turned the kraut corner for me? This kraut doesn’t have that awful pungent taste, because it’s buried under the flavor of FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF SMOKED MEATS! Yeehaw! Now that’s a traditional German recipe I can get behind.

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