baking
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La Notte + Gateau
My favorite thing to watch when left to my own devices are old movies; specially black and white; preferably foreign. Yesterday, I stumbled upon the 1961 Italian film La Notte. Written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Staring Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, and Monica Vitti. I was watching this film while baking from my favorite dessert…
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White Chocolate Banana Muffins
I am curious – How do you go about picking recipes? Especially baking recipes which have little wiggle room for intuitive cooks? It used to be that I was willing to give any recipe a try if the blogger’s pictures and descriptions looked tempting enough. However, as you can imagine, the success rate of these…
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Baking Profiteroles
Do you know about profiteroles? If not, then you’ve definitely heard of eclairs, right? It’s one of my favorite french desserts where hallow pastry is stuffed with cream and then drizzled with a rich chocolate sauce. Yumm-aa! Asha, Arjun, and I cranked out a few profiteroles recently to surprise Devang for his brithday. This is…
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Chocolate Waffles
Because it’s the weekend. Because it’s so sunny and beautiful outside. Because Devang is home too. We made some chocolate waffles to celebrate! I love Kodiak Cake brand pancake and waffle mix which I purchase form Costco. But on days when we are feeling extra special, we bust out the waffle maker and the cocoa…
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When Life Gives You Lemons
Here is a great snack to accompany your inauguration viewing party today. Not quite lemons exactly, but these dried orange slices dipped in dark chocolate, are a good reminder of the good things in life that continue to be.
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Snowy Weekend!
Snow these days seems like such a rare commodity (compared to living in Chicago). This Saturday though, we woke up to what felt like a pretty serene winter wonderland, and the kids couldn’t have been more excited. Even so, it always makes for an interesting time since it is way too cold to play outside for…
The Antibland Chronicles 