December 2007 Archive
4th Annual Menu for HopeBest of 2007
Figue + Chocolat
Muhammara
Rochers à la Noix de Coco
December 31, 2007
Best of 2007
As 2007 gets ready to tiptoe out the back door, let me catch it by the sleeve and sit it down for a cup of tea and a chat, in remembrance of what the year has brought. It can then go back to packing its bags, and I to my New Year's Eve preparations. (I have fifteen people coming to dinner and no game plan. Wish me luck.) 2007 has left me no time...
December 22, 2007
Rochers à la Noix de Coco
[Coconut Macaroons] Today's recipe, which conveniently doubles up as a holiday greeting card, is a beloved classic I wrote about eons ago on this here blog. I am normally reluctant to feature the same recipe twice, if only because it wreaks havoc in my recipe index, but in this instance, more than four years separate the two posts, and I do hav...
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December 17, 2007
Figue + Chocolat
[Fig + Chocolate] Perhaps you remember the fig ice cream I wrote about earlier in the fall. Wanting to bolster the spirit of my fresh figs -- the last of the season -- I set out to buy dried figs, only to be told that my organic shop was all out, and still waiting for the new crop to be delivered. Aha! This made complete sense -- fresh figs need...
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December 10, 2007
4th Annual Menu for Hope
For the fourth year in a row, food bloggers around the world are answering Pim's call to participate in a fundraising campaign that will benefit the United Nations' World Food Programme and more specifically, their school feeding program in Lesotho, which provides breakfast and lunch to 137,000 children across the country. This fundraising works...
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December 5, 2007
Muhammara
[Bell Pepper Spread with Walnuts and Cashews] Sometimes, when I have a minute, I sit back and think about the world of food, how vast it is, and how many rivers, hills, and valleys remain uncharted to me: I know so little, and have so much yet to learn. I don't find the prospect overwhelming, far from it. I find it encouraging, I find it promisi...