The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca.
Today I was sitting in a dentist chair waiting to have my teeth cleaned. Now, there isn’t [...]

I think graham crackers are the most misunderstood cookie ever eaten.
This is such a simple little cracker/cookie that never has gotten enough attention. Kind of like Cinderalla. Add some buttons and bows and dress her up and she becomes a beautiful young lady. Well, you can do so many things with this plain little graham [...]

There’s nothing like a good sorbet to cleanse the pallet between courses.
These two sorbets were part of our ten course New American Tasting Menu we did the day after Thanksgiving.
We have been trying to post some of the recipes we did that night and as usual, it has taken awhile to get things pulled together. [...]

Frites? What’s a Frite anyway? — French fries!! Come on now, can’t she do better than that you say.
The idea for this appetizer came from our anniversary trip to NYC back in September that we took with two of our friends also celebrating their anniversary.  We did the walking tour of Greenwich Village that I [...]

Satay’s make a great little appetizer or entree.
The January 2010 DC challenge was hosted by Cuppy of Cuppylicious and she chose a delicious Thai-inspired recipe for Pork Satay from the book 1000 Recipes by Martha Day.
I know I have mentioned this before but in case you missed it — DC is the www.thedaringkitchen.com site [...]