sweets – Page 22 – Nicole Spiridakis

Pied

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[Plums, July 2008.] It’s true, I haven’t been doing a whole lot of cooking lately. All I seem to want to do is watch the …

Anatomy of a Lunch Party

baking / california / gluten-free / life / parties / soup / sweets / vegetables / writing

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1. Invite family and friends who are family. Think about the menu a few days in advance, and make up a list of ingredients (not …

Cobbling Together

baking / holidays / sweets

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[Cobbler, before the oven, July 2008.] Well, that was an inauspicious 4th. I baked brownies, zipped up my jacket tight against the chilly breeze, wished …

Candles

baking / california / life / parties / sweets

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[Logan’s cake, June 2008. Photo by Randy.] The candles are blown out, the wine bottles emptied, and the dishes — hopefully; I didn’t stay to …

A Few Good Dinners

baking / semi-vegan / sweets / vegetables / vegetarian

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[Dinner the other night, May 2008.] OK, so I lied. I did soak beans the other day, but we didn’t actually eat them that same …

For Mum

sweets

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[Strawberry ice cream, April 2008.] The first fall after I graduated college, I went to hear a lecture by Isabel Allende, who was speaking to …

On Cake, and Love

baking / parties / sweets / travels / writing

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I am probably going to lose my vegan cred here, but this weekend I made a cake that was so buttery, so sour-creamy and full …

Peanut Butter Cookies

baking / sweets

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I love peanut butter, and I love cookies, so what could be better than peanut butter cookies? Not much, I’ll tell you what. Now, some …

Springtime in January

baking / sweets / travels

A few times a year I have an almost physical longing for spring, heightened on days (like Sunday) when the weather behaves very unseasonably and …

All Hallows

baking / holidays / sweets

Round about the cauldron go;In the poison’d entrails throwToad, that under cold stoneDays and nights has thirty-oneSwelter’d venom sleeping got,Boil thou first i’ the charmed …