Last updated on December 2nd, 2020 at 08:37 am Lavender shortbread cookies are biscuits of herby goodness but add Meyer lemon to them and you’ll know exactly what California tastes like. Meyer lemon and lavender shortbread cookies are a delightful combination of California flavors mixed into a simple, eggless cookie dough. It’s taken a while…
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Pralines And Cream: Cure for Indian Summer
October isn’t the time to eat ice cream — at least it’s not expected. However, today in Chicago, temperatures are expected to reach 79℉. I’ve seen the words “Indian summer” floating around social media, but that doesn’t seem quite right. Indian summer just means unseasonably warm. But I think it’s losing its meaning — I…
Sourdough Bread
There are few things as delicious as a slice of sourdough bread with a generous layer of almost-cold-butter. But making it is not quite as simple as the pleasure of a piece of bread—but because this kind of stuff excites me, I wanted to share just how awesome sourdough bread is. Sponge-Worthy Starter What makes…
Making Fun of Leftover Sausage: Easy Dumplings
I’m obsessed with ramen. I don’t know how it started, but I’ve been tasting ramen all over Chicago to figure out where to get the best noodles. At Yusho, they devote Sunday to serving ramen — I had the beef tongue ramen — which is pretty good, but it didn’t wow me like I wanted….
The Superior Babka. For one.
This project was inspired by Seinfeld and practiced by Martha. Chocolate babka. It was showcased in episode 77 of Seinfeld in which Elained insists on bringing a chocolate babka (and not cinnamon babka — lesser of the babkas) to a dinner party. It’s one of those confections that’s common to New Yorkers and foreign…