Chocolate tarts filled with chocolate mint ganache and topped with mint glaze What's the most basic cooking skill? Boiling water? Well, if it is, it's something I have trouble doing. Yes, I can put water in a pot, set it on the stove and turn it to high. But it's the subjective decision of when the water exactly hits 212 degrees. (I'm crazy enough to get a thermometer and find the precise time when it hits boiling.) I mean is it when it just starts bubbling up, or a rapid boil, ...
creme de menthe
Creme de Menthe Cookies
A chocolate chip cookie infused with Creme de Menthe flavor The past several days have been gorgeous in NC. These rare warm winter days always bring people out on walks. While I'm ecstatic that they are getting out and enjoying these days, I'm disappointed they miss out on all the other beautiful days on the calendar year. I've yet to meet a weather I didn't like. Yes, my toes might be numb walking in 12 degree weather, but the reward - seeing the bounties of nature - far surpasses ...