Long before we were on a first name basis with Martha, there was this recipe for sugar cookies, passed down from a friend. It's Xeroxed from an ancient cookbook, maybe "Joy of Cooking," very old school. You don't want to see the recipe; the paper's tattered and covered with the remains of more than a few batches of pink stars.
For the past 15 years, these instructions (we've tinkered some) have churned out fool-proof sugar cookies. No perfect royal icing, and the shapes don
On Christmas Eve, after drinking half a bottle of Amy Silverman's fantastic limoncello and spending several hours cooking up a storm in my tiny kitchen (the windows were fogged up when I was finally done!), I settled in front of the TV to watch The Darjeeling Limited and relax for a couple hours. But the movie had hardly started before I realized I needed something to nibble on.
Somehow, in my overfed, slightly tipsy state of mind, I stumbled upon what might be the perfect snack combin
For years, the hunt has been on for just the right sweet/salty/spicy nut mix recipe, to no avail. Either the recipe calls for something hard to find (an unusual spice), something not very appetizing (some of us just don't like rosemary or other plants in our nuts) or a step too tough to master (e.g., use of a candy thermometer).
Or it just doesn't taste very good.
It took some trial and error, and may well take some on your part, too, but here's a recipe for a nut mix you can adjust to suit y
Amy SilvermanHomemade Candy Corn.​You didn't expect to read the terms "cognitive dissonance" and "homemade candy corn" in the same sentence, but there they are.And so apt -- as soon as we got the idea to make our own candy corn (not knowing if it was even possible or had ever been attempted) we began seeing recipes for and homemade mentions of the usually over-processed, mass produced treat. Lucky us. All of the recipes seem to be about the same (save for a debate over salted versus unsalted
Amy Silverman​These days, satellite radio passes as live entertainment in many eating establishments. So it was refreshing to stumble recently on two musical dining experiences.
By now it's practically become cliche that the worst Chinese food in town can be found at the restaurants at the Chinese Cultural Center near the airport. And still, we come back, always hopeful for a change. Which is how we found ourselves the other night at Golden Buddha.
Golden Buddha has so much promise
