Espasol

I made a batch of these Filipino rice cake snack last Saturday for my girlfriend’s daughter’s graduation party.  I was in a hurry that I forgot all about it and only realized I had left the container  on the drive halfway to her house.  Well, we had so much delicious food that day that nobody [...]

Swedish Visiting Cake

This week’s recipe was chosen by Nancy of The Dogs Eat the Crumbs on page 197 of Dorie Greenspan’s book  Baking: From My Home to Yours. It is called a Swedish Visiting Cake.  Being married to a Swede, I automatically asked my husband what it is called in Swedish.  No clue.  No [...]

Double Chocolate Walnut Cookies

I was watching Ina Garten on the FoodTV channel the other day when I had a craving for chocolate chip cookies.  Ina and her guest were making double chocolate almond cookies. It really looked delicious and watching them spoon batter on the cookie sheet made my cravings worse! I decided to try her recipe with [...]