Beetroot and bramley soup

I must admit that I am not a big fan of beetroot. However, this time of the year its hard to avoid beetroot at the Santa Barbara Farmer's market. Soups don't remind you of their ingredients, at least visually. Therefore, I proudly admit that my only contribution to this post is to search for a recipe and rest goes to my collaborator "Sid", who insisted on buying beets!

Pizza

In memories of uncountable pizzas from Conte's (Princeton) and Giafranco (Philly)!

Moroccan filo pie

Simple and amazing recipe with full of middle eastern flavors which can be made in an hour! Make sure that you get your units right:) Perfect way to use the six sheets of left over phyllo dough after making baklava.

Popovers

I ate popovers for the first time at the Popover cafe in NYC with some berry butter. Its interesting that popovers are really puffed up when you are about to take them out of the oven but its kind of difficult to maintain that status even for a minute. Need to figure that out!!! Perhaps popover pan can solve the problem.

Falafel from scratch

Maoz falafel were haunting me since we moved from Philly. Dede's recipe for hummus was amazing and her falafel recipe was on the "try out" list for a long time. Ankita and Neha were visiting us for the long weekend and it seemed perfect to try out Falafel from scratch while remembering Philly:)

Falafel adventure led to many more where Sid, Ankita, Neha and I ended up spending a lot of time in Kitchen & watching classic movies in breaks (or vice versa) with numerous thanks to stormy SB weather! The other adventures were Crossiant, Mapo Tofu and Shushi and will be posting them soon.

Croissant - The little Chef

Princeton has a small pastry shop called "The Little Chef". Many would agree that this is probably one of the best pastry shop for croissant, scones and many other delicacies which I don't even know names of.

Cherry Tart

Cherry Tart with pecan base and fresh cherry's. A small twist to pecan tart - replacing pecans with cherries on the top - filling is still pecan based. Will upload the recipe soon. Miam-miam !!

Fruit Cake -Spicy Loaf

Spicy loaf cake! Can't believe that coriander is among ingredients. Enjoy this recipe by a 4th generation French Pastry Chef.

Hummus

After multiple unsuccessful attempts at making Hummus along with making Tahini, I finally gave up on Tahini. Little did I know that all the trouble was Tahini. Some things are better store bought :) Enjoying the homemade hummus ever since...

Baklava - Heaven on earth!

I had no idea one can make Baklava at home until I ate some made by Guillaume. Since then I have made it number of times and it doesn't last for more than two days!!!

Potato Anna - Julia Child's recipe

My love for Potatoes and browsing on "Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child" got me excited about Potato Anna. They were amazing!

Cannoli - Daring Baker's Challenge

Chrismas Special - Cannoli making experience as a participant of Daring Baker's Competition was amazing. Thanks to Isha for introducing me to Daring Baker's Challenge.