Archive for April, 2009
Wine Resolution #1
There is a place in Disney’s California Adventure where you can actually sip wine like a real adult over lunch, or even have a flight at the Terrace Bar during an afternoon happy hour. So with our Panini lunch overlooking the park, I couldn’t resist another opportunity to cross off one of my wine goals: [...]
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Smoky Beef Tacos
You don’t really need a recipe for tacos. Although I planned my dinner around the recipe in the March edition of Everyday Food, when it came time to braise the beef, I winged it. I didn’t measure the oregano or ketchup, and now that I’m actually looking at the recipe, I completely forgot to add [...]
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Oh, have you been looking for the recipes I promised back in Part 1? Well, here they are! This cake, for a surprise party with fifteen guests, was absolutely delicious and a complete thrill to pull off. I actually surprised myself so much I considered becoming a professional baker during a two-minute moment of weakness [...]
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Now that you know the story, here is a collection of tips I learned from attempting this project, as well as a big THANK YOU to all the resources I used to pull this off.
Use the freezer. Most blogs and cake sites I read recommended freezing the layers (for up to a week, wrapped in [...]
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For the past two weeks, I’ve secretly been making cake. Vanilla Buttermilk Cake with Lemon Curd and Fresh Raspberries, Iced with Swiss Buttercream to be exact. My parents celebrated their 30th anniversary today and I, with the help of one of my mom’s best friends, planned a surprise dinner for them at the Mission Inn [...]
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