Recipe: Ricotta Cheese
Kathy of A Good Appetite shows you how easy it is to make homemade ricotta cheese. She also turns them into fresh lemon ricotta pancakes. Yum!
Food & Beverage
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How-To: Cutting Board Bird Feeder
I saw this charming cutting board bird feeder how-to a few days ago on Treehugger and just haven’t been able to get the image out of my mind. It’s use is obviously limited to those people who have birds as pets (or cut their bread outdoors?), but it’s a fabulous idea anyway! It could also […]
CRAFT Recipe: Ranch Dressing
I first made this dressing out of necessity when we had forgotten to buy some to go with our chicken wings on super bowl Sunday. I always thought it would be hard to make my own ranch, especially judging by the long list of ingredients on the bottle. It turns out it’s not that hard, […]
How-To: Make Your Own Stuffed Grape Leaves
I love stuffed grape leaves but have never tried to make them myself (confession: I usually buy them tinned at Trader Joe’s). Molly Watson’s stuffed grape leaf recipe makes it look pretty doable! Via sfgirlbybay‘s Friday Food Files.
Repurposed Trophy Birthday Cake Topper
I love the whimsical feel of this trophy once it’s coated in fresh paint and surrounded with fun birthday cake topper bits. Elizabeth Holcombe Fedorko created the project using a thrift store find and some basic cake decorating items. I’ve always loved the look of the people on trophy toppers, but have never been a […]
Olive Oil Almond Cake
One of my favorite restaurants in San Francisco used to have this unbelievably weird-sounding but unbelievably divine olive oil cake on their dessert menu, but it vanished at some point (fingers crossed that it’s a seasonal thing and will be back). So when I saw the olive oil almond cake recipe over at Sassy Radish‘s […]
Blog Spotlight: Chez Pim
I came across the Chez Pim blog from a Chronicle Books’ Tweet about it being rated #6 in The UK Times Online’s 50 of the world’s best food blogs. I took a clicky over to the blog and now I’m hooked. The beautiful food photos, the recipes, and her down-to-earth / humorous writing style of […]
