One of my goals for 2016 was to perfect making cinnamon rolls. There were a couple reasons for this. One, I rarely worked with yeast during my restaurant days, and as a result possess an irrational fear of cooking with it—a real setback when honing pastry skills, as so many things involve yeast. Two, cinnamon…
Cardamom
Recipe: Strawberry Cardamom Cake (in a tart pan!)
While traveling and international caffeination is all well and good, it’s ABOUT TIME I put a recipe up on this thang, don’t you think? So after months of eating other people’s food, here’s a little something I’ve been tweaking for y’all – a strawberry cardamom cake baked in a tart pan. Admittedly, I’m not a huge…
Recipe: Cardamom Sablé Cookies
Oh February – the month of love, flowers, chocolate, and cheesiness. From those four characteristics, I fall for three, and flowers get left in the dust. I know it sounds kind of awful to dislike flowers, but I never know what to do with them. I’m terrible at taking care of them, as I am…
RECIPE: Cardamom-Candied Kumquats
A few years ago, I visited a friend’s house in Southern California and saw a giant tree full of what looked like miniscule, oblong oranges hanging. My friend casually plucked a few and popped them into his mouth while I awkwardly looked on like he was insane – what do you mean you can just…
Gettin’ Jiggy With It: Cardamom Panna Cotta
Cream, milk, gelatin, sugar. That’s it. That’s a panna cotta. Luscious, basic, pristine, delicious. If only the rest of the world were that simple. In my quest for the uncomplicated and my affinity for something summery, I found this dessert and knew I had to get down with it. The first time I made one…