Archive for the 'holidays' Category

Tuesdays With Dorie: Chocolate Amaretti Torte

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

No fruit! (Although I hear that almonds are closely related to peaches, but still …) I thought I was going to have to pass on this week’s TWD recipe. It’s Passover, and it’s a Passover tradition that you’re not allowed to eat anything that tastes good. Well, that’s not completely fair. There are two main [...]

An Irish-ish Meal

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

I promised this post on Tuesday night, but better late than never, I suppose. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we ate Irish (or a facsimile thereof): Irish stew and soda bread (and Guinness for the oldest two male members of the household). Husband couldn’t find lamb in the city or over here, so we [...]

And Again, No Tuesdays With Dorie

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

But I bring you another in what seems to be a series of ethnic holiday dishes (although this one, technically, is not my ethnicity, nor is it the ethnicity of anyone on either side of my family, or my husband’s; that’s got to make us pretty unusual.) First, if you want to read about French [...]

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