Archives — VERA KACHOUH

Sweetness instead

VeraDecember 23, 2012Chocolate Grand Marnier Truffles, Chocolate, Fruit Glace, Holiday Baking, Martha Stewart Truffle Recipe, Orange, OrangettesComment

I Promised You Cake

VeraDecember 15, 2012 Comments

Here's What Happened

VeraNovember 23, 2012apple desserts, apple-cinnamon pancakes, apples, breakfast, pancakesComment

Not a Single Day

VeraNovember 5, 2012Almond cake with pears, Loss, Memory, Nigel Slater, Pears, Ripe, almonds, and cinnamon, maple syrupComment

A Leg of Lamb, Trussed and Tied

VeraOctober 26, 2012Comment

Plum Cake, Sandy Shores, and Dinner with Friends

VeraSeptember 5, 2012Comment

On Friends, Marriage, and Warm Nights

VeraJuly 19, 2012 Comments

Hot and Cold

VeraJune 27, 2012cold summer soup, family, gazpacho soup, heirloom tomatoes, homemade croutons Comment

Something’s Happened

VeraJune 14, 2012Bon Appetit, chili powder, salt, watermelon with chili salt, watermelonComment

Rhubarb + Custard = Springtime Dessert Pleasure

VeraJune 1, 2012flaugnarde, memories, rhubarb clafoutis, rhubarb Comments

To Begin and to End

VeraMay 22, 2012Bon Appetit, David Tanis, appetizer, asparagus, cream, dessert, shaved asparagus salad with arugula and parmesan, strawberries with chamomile cream, strawberries Comment

This Is Not a Food Post

VeraMay 14, 2012David Tanis, Poetry, asparagus, strawberries Comments

In Many Ways

VeraApril 30, 2012Brown sugar lemon cake, Nigel SlaterComment

It’s New York, But It’s Much More than That

VeraApril 22, 2012Buvette, Destino, New York, Prune, apricot brandy pound cake, branzino, chicken liver mousse, octopus salad, the High Line Comments

Message from Afar

VeraApril 9, 2012 Comment

Eating Cherries in Winter

VeraMarch 31, 2012almonds, breakfast, cherries, oatmeal Comment

A Chocolate Cake, Perfect for Wooing

VeraMarch 24, 2012Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Glacage au chocolat, Julia Child, Poetry, Reine de Saba, Robert Frost, Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, The French Chef Cookbook, chocolate cake Comments

Ode to Anis Plätzchen

VeraMarch 10, 2012San Francisco, Schmidt's, anis platzchen, anise, cookies, sausage, tea Comments

Everything that Rises Must Converge*

VeraMarch 4, 2012Dutch baby, Flannery O'Connor, heartache, lemon zest, lemon, literature, pancakes, sugarComment