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2009

December

  • Jackie’s gone Christmas cookie crazy 2009!!!

    I had a bit of spare time and a lot of extra chocolate this holiday season so I started dipping and whipping up a storm of Xmas cookies. When I finally finished and I looked back at the boxes of over twenty types of goodies I’d made, the thought did cross my mind that I might need some sort of intervention. I also decided that next year, if I am feeling cookie compelled I would get some elves —if it’s good enuf for Santa…  I shared them, I traded them, I gifted them and even had some hand delivered to Trinidad. Needless to say I spread them around and made a few folks very happy.

    Posted by Jackie on Dec 29, 2009 – 12:25 PM
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  • Recipe: Madras Chicken Curry

    My mom learned this chicken curry recipe from Portuguese-Indian friends that lived next door to us on the Lower East Side in the land before time. It’s dead easy crowd pleaser.

    Posted by Jackie on Dec 27, 2009 – 12:47 PM
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  • Recipe: Heavenly Hazelnut Squares

    A divine, easy cookie that I made up because I had a ten pound block of gianduja (Callebaut’s hazelnut milk chocolate — like Nutella’s richer, classier and more delicious cousin) to get rid of. It’s going folks, slowly, but surely.  I may weep a little when it’s actually gone.

    I made these for a friend’s birthday party after the caramel layer I was planning broke and started burning and spitting clarified butter all over the stove — very unattractive. After chucking that mess,  I rushed to whip these up and ran to the party leaving them behind!  There is a lesson in there.  I believe it is: If you forget to bring the dessert with you,  you get to keep it all for yourself. YIPPEE!!!

    Posted by Jackie on Dec 21, 2009 – 8:06 AM
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  • Recipe: Blueberry Scones

    The “blizzard: made me do it! I used a couple of tricks from my Aussie catering days to make these. Using sparkling water helps to make the scones lighter and cooking the scones close together helps them rise. Twisting the cutter is a trick from the great Australian chef, author and restaurateur Stephanie Alexander, that helps scones rise to greater heights too. The dog ate my pictures…...

    Posted by Jackie on Dec 20, 2009 – 6:51 PM
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