This is a dessert that will blow your guests away. Basically, it’s a four-inch sphere of thin chocolate filled with chocolate mousse, resting on a bed of praline sauce and – here’s where it gets interesting – topped with hot melted caramel. The hot caramel melts the chocolate sphere, and the whole thing collapses into a warm chocolate-caramel-pecan confection that will transport even the most rigid dessert deniers into sighing lumps of happiness. (Have you noticed how people deny themselves […]
KOREAN BIBIMBAP Korean Rice mixed with Meat and Vegetables Serves: 4 Prep time: 1 ½ hours For the beef: For the rice: For the vegetables: For the eggs: For the sauce:
One of the things I most love about American cooking is how diverse it is, and how open people are to trying new things and making them their own. Where would American food be without the influx of immigrants who brought pizza, tacos, souvlaki, Peking duck, lemongrass soup and samosas to our shores?It sometimes takes a little adaptation and experimentation to bridge the cultural gap and render a dish from another country more pleasing to the American palate, and that’s […]
Several people have asked about the proper way to address envelopes for invitations and announcements. It’s not so much that the style of addressing an envelope has changed, but more that we’ve changed in how we like to be addressed. This sounds like a boring subject, but addressing an envelope is boring. Personally, I like to have fun with it. When my girls were away at school, I used to write the names of odd characters from the Jeeves and […]
It’s never easy to see people living on the street, but with the kind of weather most of the US has been experiencing, it’s impossible not to think of the suffering that the homeless must be enduring this frigid January. Please take a moment today to look through your closet for any old coats, gloves, scarves, and hats you might not need anymore, and drop them off at your local homeless shelter. It’s easy to find a place to drop […]
