It appears chaffles are a viral, low-carb sensation. But chaffles – this strange-sounding waffle made with mozzarella and eggs – can taste WAY better than, well, eggy cheese shaped like a waffle. Unless you plan to turn your chaffle into a pizza, read on for an insanely better way to #brunchsohard and enjoy waffles that are paleo, keto and low-carb…
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Clafou-what? I know. I’ll get to that. Bear with me a short moment if you can. I fell in love with clafoutis (klow-foo-Tee) when the wide world of food celebrated Julia Child’s 100th birthday. The celebration was hard to miss and even harder to escape. Every food media outlet, blogger and French restaurant this side of the pond was cooking or…
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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: March 2013UPDATED: August 2020 To be blatantly honest, I have been baking macarons nonstop for the past three weeks. March macaron madness, if you will. And since there is plenty of “how to make French macarons” on this sinister communication medium we call the internet, here’s what not to do. Macaron fail #666 In my defense, my oven…
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By the end of a typical DERBY DAY! nearly 120,000 mint juleps will flow down the hatches of spectators at the Kentucky Derby. That’s a lot of julep. Especially when you consider the Bourbon factor. One drink gets 2 ounces, so we’re talking almost 2,000 gallons of Kentucky Bourbon inebriating spectators at Churchill Downs alone. Might be time to buy…
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Oh, Pepperidge Farm, how you remind us of our grandfathers, our childhood and our serious lack of self control. No, I can never eat just one cookie. So when I saw a recipe for a homemade version of Milano cookes in a book residing in my sister-in-law’s kitchen, I couldn’t resist. And at this stage in the game, I’m also…
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