Recipe courtasy of Nick Landino, kitchen manager at COPIA. Adapted from The Gourmet Cookbook (Houghton Mifflin, 2004) Makes about 7 cups 1 1/3 cups sugar 1 cup water 3 cups fresh blood orange juice with some pulp (from 4 to 5 blood oranges) ¼ cup Campari About 28 three-inch long strips of blood orange zest, […]
Recipe courtesy of Gale Gand For the topping: 3 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon For the cookie dough: 3 1/2 cups flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup butter, softened at room temperature 2 cups sugar 2 eggs, at room temperature 1 tablespoon light corn […]
Harkening all the way back to the 11th Day of Christmas… as Maria noted, “’Tis the season for new traditions,” and I must second that. After all, a tradition had to start at sometime, right? Aside from the many existing holiday traditions my family has, this year, I’ve had the pleasure of participating in the […]
1 bag slivered almonds 1 tablespoon butter 2 bags semi-sweet chocolate morsels 1/2 bag shredded coconut Melt butter in frying pan and lightly toast almonds. Set aside on a plate with paper towels under and over the nuts to soak up excess butter. Allow to cool. In a glass mixing bowl, melt the dark chocolate […]
“On the Seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me: Seven Swans of Swimming…” Ok, apparently swans are symbolic of seven gifts – like wisdom, understanding, counsel and fortitude – changing us from ugly ducklings into graceful adults. Admittedly, I was a shy duckling (certainly not ugly) and a quiet observer, but somewhere […]
