It’s hard to improve on Nutella, the dreamy, creamy chocolate hazelnut spread from Italy. But this Chocolate Hazelnut Spread—aka Homemade Nutella, adapted from Smitten Kitchen’s Peanutella recipe, actually manages to go one better than the commercial version. Maybe it’s the ... [Read More] [7 Comments. Please leave another.]
Christine’s Luscious Ultra Rich Bitter Chocolate Brownies Recipe
Tell me if you hate this scenario as much as I do: You're at your child’s school bake sale. You carefully choose the biggest, richest, most homemade-est looking brownie and bite in—only to discover a bait-and-switch job. That masquerading scratch-baked bar is really a chalky ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
Old-Fashioned Mincemeat Drop Cookie Recipe
Yesterday, New Yorkers woke to a frosting—well, more like six inches—of snow. Snow-day sounds followed hard upon: ice scrapers scratching, snowplows beeping and neighbors cursing and threatening to leave home, hearth and spouse for Florida. ... [Read More] [15 Comments. Please leave another.]
Homemade Mincemeat with Garam Masala Recipe
After scratch-cooking thousands of meals and baking hundreds of cakes, cookies and desserts, you can fool yourself into thinking you know everything there is to know about culinary basics. But you would be wrong. And by “you,” I mean “me.” This year I had a gustatory ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
Ultimate Holiday Cookie Recipe: 12 Rich, Delicious Christmas Cookies From One Buttery Dough
Copywriters’ Kitchen is busy and crowded this time of year. All children are home for the holidays, including The Daughter who jetted in after her first semester at college on the west coast. So in addition to writing copy, I'm trimming the tree, wrapping presents, running to ... [Read More] [1 Comment. Please leave another.]
