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New Year’s, with Bubbly, Gougères, and other Nice Nibbles

By Maureen Abood On December 29, 2012 · Add Comment · In Christmas, Drinks, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Menus, Stories and Recipes
Are you in, or are you out, on New Year’s Eve? I like a little of both, having some bubbly and an app at home, then out for a while, and ideally back in before the clock strikes midnight, safe and cozy. Living in a small town in northern Michigan after years of city life, [...]
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Cream puff with strawberries on a pink and white vintage plate

Cream Puffs with Strawberries, for Mom

By Maureen Abood On May 10, 2012 · 11 Comments · In Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Summer
As you can imagine, exam time in culinary school can be stressful. We had three of them, and the first was in some ways the most challenging. That’s because we just didn’t know what to expect, having never taken a culinary practical exam and having watched far too many episodes of Iron Chef. The initial [...]
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Ingredient: Vanilla Beans

By Maureen Abood On May 9, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Ingredients
I’m a sucker for fragrant flavorings like rose water and orange blossom water. Vanilla is no less of a swoon for me, and I find its creamy, heady scent to be anything but bland. Why must we insist on calling the boring, the plain, vanilla? No more! Without vanilla, pastry would be lost, especially the [...]
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Favorite Things: Wooden Spoons

By Maureen Abood On May 7, 2012 · 5 Comments · In Favorite Things
Can I just first admit how strange it is to go from cedar trees, Mt. Lebanon, and the Mediterranean Sea to wooden spoons? But here we are, a little sleepy and off-kilter, but back in the kitchen. It’s good to be home. I’m sort of a collector of wooden spoons. Their hues, their shapes, their [...]
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New Year’s, with Bubbly, Gougères, and other Nice Nibbles

By Maureen Abood On December 29, 2012 · Add Comment · In Christmas, Drinks, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Menus, Stories and Recipes
Are you in, or are you out, on New Year’s Eve? I like a little of both, having some bubbly and an app at home, then out for a while, and ideally back in before the clock strikes midnight, safe and cozy. Living in a small town in northern Michigan after years of city life, [...]
Read More »
Cream puff with strawberries on a pink and white vintage plate

Cream Puffs with Strawberries, for Mom

By Maureen Abood On May 10, 2012 · 11 Comments · In Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Summer
As you can imagine, exam time in culinary school can be stressful. We had three of them, and the first was in some ways the most challenging. That’s because we just didn’t know what to expect, having never taken a culinary practical exam and having watched far too many episodes of Iron Chef. The initial [...]
Read More »

Ingredient: Vanilla Beans

By Maureen Abood On May 9, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Ingredients
I’m a sucker for fragrant flavorings like rose water and orange blossom water. Vanilla is no less of a swoon for me, and I find its creamy, heady scent to be anything but bland. Why must we insist on calling the boring, the plain, vanilla? No more! Without vanilla, pastry would be lost, especially the [...]
Read More »

Favorite Things: Wooden Spoons

By Maureen Abood On May 7, 2012 · 5 Comments · In Favorite Things
Can I just first admit how strange it is to go from cedar trees, Mt. Lebanon, and the Mediterranean Sea to wooden spoons? But here we are, a little sleepy and off-kilter, but back in the kitchen. It’s good to be home. I’m sort of a collector of wooden spoons. Their hues, their shapes, their [...]
Read More »
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