Dark Chocolate and Caramel Truffles with Fleur de Sel (for Valentine's Day 2007)
Elijah's first birthday cake (not-very-exciting white cake, a pretty good buttercream frosting)
Vast spread of goodies for Casey's bridal shower, April 2007. Highlights: two-cheese fondue with new potatoes, broiled artichokes with parm & garlic, herbed goat cheese & zucchini sandwiches.
Hot pink birthday cake for Chella's daughter Willow. Recipe from Ina Garten.
Spinach and ricotta-stuffed chicken legs, minted peas, fried summer squash (all CSA goodies) Summer 2008.
Homemade pizza with Italian sausage, salami, mushrooms.
Failed chicken parmesan (bad chicken!) turned pasta puttanesca. With roasted squash.
Iron Miss and Sunday Morning rolls.
From memory: Vandy roll, Crispy roll, sushi burrito, Jane roll and, of course, Dynamite.
Gorgeous sashimi. Thanks, Chu!
Cleaned plates at Samurai.
Summer Corn Chowder with cheddar and bacon. Was kind of a pain but turned out delicious.
The best patty melt in Nashville: Gold Rush. Damn good onion rings as well.
Chopped garlic and red bell pepper.
Starting prep for the roasted squash and zucchini.
Spice rub for the fish.
Squash ready to roast.
Toasting pine nuts and starting the green curry sauce.
Green curry sauce in action.
Salmon covered in Thai spice rub, ready to broil.
Tossing together some gorgeous heirloom tomatoes.
Roasted squash with Toasted Pine Nuts.
Salmon coming out of the broiler.
Green curry sauce, ready to spoon over every thing.
Thai-ginger rubbed salmon with green curry sauce (recipe: Cat Cora) with roasted squash (recipe: southern living), heirloom tomato salad and white rice.
Bittersweet chocolate crust, already baked.
Crushing toasted almond slivers.
Chopped candied orange peel, cinnamon, brown sugar.
Adding some almonds to the orange peel and sugar.
Stirring together a ganache.
Silky ganache, ready to pour.
Stirring some ganache into the orange-peel/almond filling.
Orange-peel and chocolate filling goes into the crust.
Finished Dark Chocolate and Orange Tart with Toasted Almonds, ready to chill.
Well-loved recipe (aka HFS Tart).
CSA Veggie Plate Dinner: Corn on the Cob, roasted Brussels Sprouts, Heirloom Tomato Salad, Baked Sweet Potato and Cornbread.
Demolition Derby Invite. Medium: Corn Dog.
Thanksgiving: Ready to Feast.
Thanksgiving Dessert Buffet
Raisin Cream Pie
Caramel Apple Pecan Pie
Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake with Marshmallow Topping.
Emma knows how to throw a Bake Sale
Emma Bake Sale Part 2
Shredded Beef Tacos with avocado and yellow peppers
All the fixings for Cobb Salad
Blue Cheese Wasabi Dressing
Slicing some grape tomatoes and avocado.
Red onions tossed with brown sugar
Hearts of Romaine
Caramelized Bacon, ready to be crumbled.
Hard-boiled eggs (a la Clothilde) in an ice bath.
Salads assembled.
Beautiful!
Chicken pot pie filling for empanadas.
Pie crusts ready to fill.
Folding up the pockets with pot pie filling.
Pinch to close.
Slashed for steam, ready to bake.
Chicken Pot Pie Empanadas
Empanadas with roasted asparagus.
They sure looked pretty, if not completely awe-inspiring in taste.
Thrown together salad at work: oranges, jicama sticks, pomegranate seeds. Gorgeous!
Samoa Tart. I wish I'd taken pictures of the carnage after we cut into this sucker. Definitely a winner!
