The fourth Plate to Plate challenge features another Yotam Ottolenghi recipe, this time from his “Jerusalem” cookbook. When Jillian suggested a chocolate babka, I was all in. I love a good yeasted sweet bread, one of my favorites being a “nut braid”. My mother has already made this chocolate babka many times and every time […]
Cake
Rhubarb-Apple Cake
I used to not like rhubarb. Really. That slimy, sour vegetable wasn’t on my list of dream desserts at all. My husband loves rhubarb. Give him that tart piece of tart and he’s in heaven. We have three rhubarb plants in our garden, each a different variety. Two are green and one is red. So […]
Quince Cake
Fall has not crept up on us. I’ve been smelling it and seeing it when I’m outside. But experiencing the first snow a couple of weekends ago, seeing it cling to the leaves that had not yet fallen, make it feel real. I’m now ready for warming dishes. There will be more soups, root vegetables […]