recipe collection
appetizers, side and main dishes:
Baked artichoke dip
Basic Cornbread
Guacamole
Creamy Mac & Cheese
Golden Pan-Fried Potatoes with Eggs & Sausage
Gratinéed Macaroni and Cheese with Tomatoes
Ham and Egg Tart
Hummus
Mom’s Cheesy Omelet
Mushroom & Ricotta Frittata
Parmesan popovers
Pasta with Peas, Mushrooms, and Ricotta
Pizza Margherita
Roasted Salmon with Lime and Cilantro
Roasted Spiced Sweet Potatoes
Spicy Chicken Sausage Pizza with Olives and Mozzarella
Swedish Meatballs
Thai Chicken Curry
Turkey Lasagna
sweet treats:
Almond Butter Rounds
Almond Nutella Cookie Sandwiches
Almost Fudge Gateau
Apple-Nut Muffin Cake
Apple Raisin Bread Pudding
Baked Chocolate Tart
Banana Bread
Banana Pancakes
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Big Time Peanut Butter Cookies
Bittersweet Chocolate Mousse
Bittersweet Chocolate Ganache
Blackberry Almond Bread
Black Bottom Cupcakes
Blueberry with Sweet Jam Tart
Braided Egg Bread (Challah Bread)
Brioche Snails
Carrot Spice Muffins
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Challah French Toast
Cheesecake Marbled Brownies
Chocolate Banana Cake
Chocolate Biscotti
Chocolate Charlotte
Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
Chocolate Chip Toffee Cookies
Chocolate Chocolate-Chunk Muffins
Chocolate Cupcakes with whipped peanut butter frosting
Chocolate & Hazelnut Cheesecake
Chocolate Oatmeal Drops
Chocolate Toffee Wedges
Chocolate Walnut Pumpkin Bread
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Classic Brownies with M&M’s
Cocoa Buttermilk Birthday Cake with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Coconut Macaroons
Coconut Spice Tea Cake
Cranberry Biscotti
Cream Scones
Danish Braid with Raisin Cream Cheese Filling
Devil’s Food Cake with Coffee Buttercream frosting
Dimply Plum Cake (or Dimply Cranberry Cake)
Double Chocolate Layer Cake
Dressy Chocolate Loaf Cake
Dried Raisin Loaf Cake
Easy Chocolate Cupcakes
Easy Chocolate fudge
Florida Pie
Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake
French Chocolate Brownies
French Toast Fit for a King (or Queen)
Giada’s Nutty Chocolate Chip Cookies
Grandma’s All Occasion Sugar Cookie & icing
Granola with Flaxseed
Gooey Chocolate Cakes
Heart of Darkness Brownies
Honey Nut Scones
Hot Chocolate
Lemon Buttermilk Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Lemon Cake
Lemon Cream Tart
Lemon Poppy Seed Squares
Mini Cheesecakes with Chocolate
No Roll Flaky Dough
Nutella Swirled Challah Bread
Oatmeal Breakfast Bread
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookie
Oatmeal M&M cookies
Oatmeal Spice Shortbread
One Bowl White Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies
Opera Cake ( almond sponge cake with almond buttercream and white chocolate glaze)
Orange Berry Muffins
Orange Poppy Seed Cake
Pastry Cream
Peach Oatmeal Bread
Peach Upside-Down Cake
Peanuttiest Blondies
Peanut Butter Crisscross Cookies
Peanut Butter Surprise Bars
Pecan Sour Cream Biscuits
Peppermint Bark Cookies
Perfect Party Cake
Perfection Pound Cake
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Pumpkin Pound Cake
Raisin Scones
Raspberry Jamble Shortbread Bars
Riviera Yogurt Cake
Sour Cream Muffins
Sticky Fingers Triple Chocolate Cookies
Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting
Sugar-topped Molasses Spice cookies
Vanillekipferl (almond crescent cookies)
Whole Wheat Cinnamon Scones
Dining Out:
bakeries, bars, cafes and restaurants:
ABC Bakery
Babycakes & Babycakes again
Bel Air Bakery
Big Spoon Yogurt
Bouchon Bakery
Boudin SF
Crepeville
Kasbah Lounge
Ettore’s
Goodie Tuchews
Real Pie Company
Rick’s Dessert diner
Sweeties (next to Opa Opa!), Sweeties revisited
Tartine Bakery
Thai Basil
BoBo’s Cafe
Casablanca
Cornerstone
Crepeville
Dos Coyotes
Jack’s Urban Eats
Ernesto’s
Mikuni’s
Paesano’s
The Golden Bear
Socal’s
