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by | Aug 24, 2011 | Cakes, Home
When I was of grade school age, school didn’t begin till after Labor Day, but since Sydney was small school started before that long weekend that proclaimed Summer had officially ended. As I watch all the children with their new lunch boxes and uniforms waiting for...
by | Jul 21, 2011 | Cakes, Home, Pastries and Viennoiseries
Everyone who is familiar with Sydney and I know we love to have friends join us on a pleasurable, exciting culinary journey. I can’t help but think of a baton relay race, as I map the delectable experience. The importance that all the components are equally...
by | Jun 27, 2011 | Home, Pastries and Viennoiseries
Erica of Erica’s Edibles was our host for the Daring Baker’s June challenge. Erica challenged us to be truly DARING by making homemade phyllo dough and then to use that homemade dough to make Baklava. I actually created phyllo dough and a baklava for a dear friend,...
by | Jun 22, 2011 | Home, Pastries and Viennoiseries, Recipes
A close friend of mine, who moved to Colorado from New York and grew up in Greece, asked me if I could bake him Baklava. “Of course” was my answer. Inquisitively I wondered why he could not go to any bakery and buy some, when I asked he proudly exclaimed...
by | Jun 15, 2011 | Home, Recipes, Tarts and Pies
Sydney has a close friend, Brent, who lost his father and mother when he was two; we decided to have him over for Father’s Day. Brent was blessed with friends and family, all whom were willing, able, and ready to help raise him threw his childhood. The honor was...
by | Jun 8, 2011 | Home, Recipes, Tarts and Pies
Sydney and I are Farmer’s Market addicts. Between the warm Colorado early summer air and the aromatic smells of the produce, the Farmer’s Market becomes almost as captivating as Fifth Avenue (almost!). The strawberries were intoxicating this past weekend;...
by | May 11, 2011 | Home, Pastries and Viennoiseries
Cake or Bread Still Delicious This Article also appears on AskMissA There is an entire historical culinary battle to Kugelhopf, the German’s claim they invented the cake-bread and the French claim it was there innovation. Kugelhopf, a cake known in Germany since...
by | May 7, 2011 | Drinks, Home
The Perfect Late Night Patio Drink Last night was my birthday and after a prefect Sushi Den Birthday Dinner, we arrived home to a warm spring night and pulled out the fixings for a Bobbie’s White Chocolate Martini. I spent an entire summer creating the most...
by | Feb 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Layers of Crème Anglaise, Apples, and Dacquoise “Oh My” I have never named a dessert after myself before; this one just seemed to match my name. When I agreed to be DF's wife the initial thought that entered my brain was: Bobbie Noto sounds like a...
by | Feb 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
White Chocolate Crème Fraîche Frosting The men, I am not being sexist, they happen to all be men, work in the mailroom at my husband’s office have very graciously allowed me to have supply shipments to be sent to there mailroom. After the last few weeks of not...
by | Dec 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
I was so excited to find the December challenge was yeast bread, I woke Sydney up in wee early morning to tell her. She was not so excited, since it was 3:00 am, but by 7:30 she felt differently. She also respectfully asked me to never wake her before six in morning....
by | Dec 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
It is my favorite time of the year, which I am sure has been said and sung about a zillion times in the past, however it really is my favorite time of the year. Generally the air has gone from crisp to chilly, the “Uggs” are awaken for a long awaited...
