Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts
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Cakes
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If Food = Love, This Cake = Hot Sex (Flourless Chocolate Cake for Valentine’s Day)
I’ve been reading a book on food and sex in anticipation of an interview I get to do with the author next week for another website [more on that soon!] and thusly food and sex have been on my mind. Specifically, how the pleasures we enjoy in the bedroom are not so different from the…
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The Almond Cake That Will Save Your Soul
The ingredients are simple: butter, sour cream, baking soda, flour, sea salt, sugar, almond paste, 4 egg yolks, almond extract and confectioner’s sugar for dusting. But assembled as they are and baked as they were, this cake is sheer perfection. On pg. 70 of Hesser’s book (referenced also in the previous post), this cake was…
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PUMPKIN CAKE: A Multimedia Extravaganza featuring the Music Video “Corner of the Pie”
Wow. It is 3:24 am and I am still exhilerated. What an evening! Pumpkin, spices, songs and magic and a beautiful cake to show for it. Where do I begin?I know where. Epicurious.com. That’s where I found this recipe for “Stunning Spiced Pumpkin Cake” which Lisa and I decided to bake together tonight in honor…
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Vanilla Bean Loaves (via Amanda Hesser)
When I read “Cooking For Mr. Latte” there were many recipes that I carved into my brain with the label: “To be cooked one day.” One such carving was a recipe for “Vanilla Bean Loaves” adapted from Hi-Rise Bread Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Everything about the recipe seemed wonderful, except the potential expense. 4 vanilla beans…
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