I like people who are adventurous eaters, who don’t mind being guinea pigs for new recipes, and who don’t question a cook who asks them to bring a half pound of roast beef to dinner (sliced on the one, in deli speak). That makes S and J some of my favorite hominids on the planet,…
Tag: Barefoot Contessa
Christmas Wrap-Up
So what if the chihuahua hiked his leg on the Christmas tree skirt? He missed the presents. I accidentally left out half of the sugar in this gingerbread cookie dough. The gingerbread men were inedible. Big deal. We had other cookies. In fact, I got a little dip-happy with some melted chocolate. The Christmas dinner…
Orange-Chocolate Mini-Chip Cake
I like to give a cake plate with a glass dome as a wedding present. Simultaneously useful and beautiful, a cake plate and dome promises good times ahead and a lifetime of celebrations to share. And it keeps your cake fresh and the flies off. What could be better? At the check-out counter of a…
