From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Daring Bakers: Lasagna of Emilia-Romagna

March 27, 2009 Pasta and Rice

I had my first Daring Bakers outing last month, with the flourless chocolate cake white chocolate debacle. So this month, when I opened the challenge to find out it was homemade lasagna, I almost did a little dance with joy. An excuse to break out the pasta machine! A new lasagna recipe! Something I won’t [...]

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Salt, Chocolate, Perfection

March 23, 2009 Pies, Tarts and Cakes

This tart is Salt and Chocolate nirvana. The salt is all the way through the crust, so you get a good smack of it in every bite. And it’s no dinky chocolate-covered pretzel either; this is big, thick chocolate, not a thin waxy coating. Get the best milk chocolate you can afford, as you’re going to be tasting it.

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Squash and Apples, Version Soup

March 9, 2009 Soups & Salads

My loves of both soup and the squash-apple combo are already well documented. I could go on and on to reiterate that soup is a great way to warm yourself up, to sneak in a load of extra vegetables, and to trick yourself into thinking your meal is incredibly rich when it’s actually quite light. And I could wax poetic – again – about how the sweet richness of butternut squash is perfectly balanced by tart, crisp apples.

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