Hi! I'm on the road for a few days visiting my sisters in both Cincinnati and Milwaukee. We have enjoyed visiting and catching up, but we've also been having fun cooking up a storm together, so stay tuned for some great new recipes next week! In the meantime the Café has a very special guest blogger today. I'd like to introduce my best friend and awesome husband, Scott......
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Chinese Pork and Ginger Dumplings (aka Potstickers!)
Last but definitely not least!! Today is my final day of featuring recipes from the British culinary magazine, Delicious. If you ever get a chance to pick up a copy of this awesome monthly periodical, you won't be disappointed. Delicious also has a wonderful website that has amazing recipes, helpful tips and even a section devoted to conversions including oven temperatures, weights for ...
Delicious (skinny!) Créme Caramel
I decided, after posting the decadent Victoria Sandwich on Tuesday that it would also be nice to have a lighter dessert on The Café this week. Guess what? Delicious magazine, the British culinary magazine that I am featuring this week, came right to the rescue! Along with all of their other fabulous recipes Delicious offered a feature article this month called French food GETS SLIM! Wow, it ...
Ricotta & Herb Ravioli with Spinach and Pine Nuts
Schmacka Laka! Yikes!!!! THESE ARE SO GOOD!!!!!! Now that I've said that, I'll calm down a bit and speak like the mature adult that I am, :)! Seriously, I saw this recipe in Delicious magazine, a beautiful British culinary journal that I recently discovered and from which I am featuring recipes this week.
The instructions looked too simple to be true; stir together ricotta cheese with ...
A Classic Victoria Sandwich
Shakespeare once said "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet..." but does anyone out there know if he said anything about sandwiches? I am no Shakespeare, but I am here to tell you that this sandwich (aka cake) is delicious even though it has a funny name!
I am featuring recipes this week from the British culinary magazine Delicious. I discovered it on a recent trip to London and I ...
Soupe au pistou - Spring in a Bowl!
I just can't help myself! - I have to feature one more week of recipes that are a result of my recent trip to Great Britain. After all, with the beautiful images of the royal wedding still playing through our minds (and our televisions!), how fun to transport ourselves, through some delicious food, across the Atlantic to beautiful England. Of course with the Duke and Duchess away on their ...
Tartine Margherita and a Classic French Vinaigrette
The Café is having a bit of an identity crisis today! You see, I have been featuring tartines for the past few days which are French-inspired open-face sandwiches. I got excited about these when I had them in London last week, since I realized that the variation possibilities are endless! Tartines are also a wonderful go-to lunch or dinner when you're in a pinch for time. As I was trying to ...
Tartine with Pesto, Prosciutto and Asparagus Salad
I am featuring tartines the last three days of this week, which I discovered on my recent trip to London. I could go on and on about all the fun variations and deliciousness of these open-faced French-inspired sandwiches, but you'll have to trust me, try them just once and you'll see what I mean. They're simple to make, extremely tasty and can be adapted to whatever you might have in your ...
Applewood Bacon, Fig and Fontina Tartines
If you had asked me what a tartine was before my recent trip to London, I might have guessed and told you it is a small fancy tart or if my imagination was working overtime a bit, I might have even told you that it is a rather sour-faced teenager........ and just you might have believed me. But guess what? We would have both been wrong! Tartine is simply a fancy French name for an open-faced ...
Couscous Salad with Hummus and Pita
It's good to be back home after what seemed like a whirlwind trip to England to visit family. I love to travel, so it was not only awesome to be with loved ones, but so fun to discover more of London and the surrounding countryside. Being an innate "foodie" at heart, I get incredibly inspired by new and interesting culinary delights I get to experience in other parts of the world. I know ...
Butterhorns with Vanilla Bean Icing - Here, There and Everywhere!
We had a party at work one night not long before I left for England and I made these old fashioned Butterhorns. For me, they bring back sweet memories memory of my dear Mom who recently passed away. With six hungry children, Mom never cooked anything in small quantity. I have vivid memories of coming home from school with wonderful fragrances greeting me before I even stepped ...
He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia!
In your easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it......... ...
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