Matcha Puff Pastry Twists for #Baking Bloggers- spirals of puff pastry with a matcha (green tea) filling and drizzled with a matcha sweetened condensed milk icing. Disclosure: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you purchase something through the link, I may receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. It is time again for…
New York City: Union Square, James Beard House, Grand Central Terminal, and Chocolate Babka
At the end of March, we spent a few days visiting New York City with Evan and Claire. I will be featuring our kid-friendly trip to NYC in a series of blog posts (so far I have published Chinatown/Little Italy, the Lower East Side, DUMBO in Brooklyn, and Xiao Long Bao; the American Museum of…
Lidia’s Celebrate Like an Italian Cookbook Review and Crostoli al Cioccolato (Chocolate Crostoli)
Lidia’s Celebrate Like an Italian: 220 Foolproof Recipes That Make Every Meal a Party, written by Lidia Matticchi Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali, features a variety of recipes perfect for entertaining, whether it be for formal affairs, casual get-togethers, or even weeknight dinners for the family. Highlights include Bocconcini di Pollo e Salsicce all’Aceto di…
Baltimore: Maryland Science Center, Fells Point, and Old Bay Doughnuts
Last month, we spent three days visiting Baltimore, Maryland and I will be covering our experiences in a series of three blog posts. Today, I am highlighting our time spent at the Maryland Science Center, Fells Point, and will also be sharing a recipe for Old Bay Doughnuts. In case you missed it, here is…
Nusskämme (German Hazelnut Combs) #FoodieExtravaganza
Recipe for Nusskämme (German Hazelnut Combs) for #FoodieExtravaganza’s Oktoberfest! Foodie Extravaganza This month, #FoodieExtravaganza is celebrating Oktoberfest and I am joining in with a recipe for Nusskämme, German Hazelnut Combs! Foodie Extravaganza is a monthly party hosted by bloggers who love food! Each month we incorporate one main ingredient or theme from The Nibble into recipes to…
Mountain Berries & Desert Spice Cookbook Review and Afghani Gosh-e-Fil (Elephant Ear-Shaped Fried Pastry)
Mountain Berries & Desert Spice: Sweet Inspiration from the Hunza Valley to the Arabian Sea, written by Sumayya Usmani, showcases the sweet side of Pakistani cuisine. I reviewed Sumayya’s first book, Summers Under the Tamarind Tree, last year and was so excited to work my way through her newest project. Highlights include Spiced Apple Samosas,…
#TourdeManger: Meitschibei (Swiss Hazelnut Horseshoe Pastries)
Our Culinary Tour de France While we can’t make it to France to cheer the racers on in person, we’re cheering them on in spirit by joining together with a group of food bloggers to explore the cuisines of the regions they will be biking through. Each talented blogger has made a dish that is…
Authentic Portuguese Cooking Review and Filhós à Alentejana (Portuguese Crispy Orange-Flavored Alentejo Pastries)
Authentic Portuguese Cooking, written by Ana Patuleia Ortins, is a delicious introduction to the mild in spice, but rich in flavor Portuguese cuisine with a collection of over 185 authentic, homestyle dishes from Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira. It is the follow-up to Ortins’ first book: Portuguese Homestyle Cooking. While a few featured recipes may be familiar to…
French Country Cooking Cookbook Review and Gougères (French Cheese Puffs)
French Country Cooking: Authentic Recipes from Every Region, written by Françoise Branget, features 180 recipes submitted by the members of the French National Assembly from throughout France and the overseas departments . The resulting compilation is a variety of dishes representing the diversity of France, from simple comfort food to the more complex and extravagant products meant…
Pumpkin Fantail Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Icing
Whenever I cook for my grandpa, he has one request- cinnamon rolls. When he visited a few weeks ago, it had been a year since I had last seen him. I wanted to make an extra special cinnamon roll. I came across these beautiful Pumpkin Fantail Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Icing. The dough…
