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I was in San Luis Obispo recently and my friends Barkev and Tzolig gave me a package of Tahini Bread to try. It was delicious! Of course, this carbaholic loves anything bread so it was almost a slam dunk but the fact that the bread had both a familiar taste and feel and yet was mysteriously unlike any bread I had ever tasted made it all the better. Mia said it kinda reminded her of Rugelach and I thought it reminded me of Palmiers but I think that was only because they loosely resembled them. A cross between the flaky Palmier and the chewiness of the Rugelach and add tahina and we are close. A delicate bread wrapped around a rich, nutty filling would be great but the texture of this treat was of a laminated pastry and for me all the better.
I decided to hit the net and found several entries for tahini bread from the middle east, some Turkish and others Armenian. The recipes resembled one another but the manner in which the bread were finished varied somewhat. For example the Turkish bread used almost the same ingredients as the Armenian bread but the Turkish resembled more of a roll than the “cookie like” flat bread I had eaten. [...]
 I don’t think I had ever eaten bagel until I was an adult, at least not a memorable one. When I was a kid, living in our small town, the only bagels available were in the “special” section of the frozen food case. There were maybe three packages of “plain” or “egg” bagels at the end of the food case. It wasn’t until the Silvers moved onto our block I never knew anyone who actually ate them.
As an adult I started seeing “fresh” bagels in the bread section of our supermarket and loved them. I could choose plain, egg or onion and once I toasted them and spread a half-pound of cream cheese on them they were to die for. Later, Mia and I encountered a Noah’s Bagels whilst at a seminar in Portland, OR; The incredible bagels at Noah’s were huge, chewy and topped with an enormous amount of deliciousness. I was hooked. [...]
When Mia and I were first married we were tremendously poor. For Christmas gifts one of our first years I created a Biscuit Mix which I bagged in plastic bags, Mia made small canvas bags and we made a stencil “Ron and Mia’s Biscuit Mix” and carefully stenciled our brand upon each bag. The bagged biscuit mix and an instruction card were placed in the canvas bags and the bag was closed with raffia. How crafty huh?
The “Biscuit Mix” was a commercial product, Bisquick, and I added 1 tablespoon of Seasoning Salt, big with us back then, and a couple of tablespoons of dried parsley. It was a success! Cute and well received. My mother-in-law loved it and asked for the recipe for a couple of years. [...]
 Mom had a windfall of Raspberries a couple of days ago and shared with me. Mia and I love fresh berries of all types and raspberries are always welcome in our home. I love to make vinaigrettes, raspberry sauce for ice cream and waffles, jams and fillings for tarts or simply to bake them in a flaky crust creating a Fresh Raspberry Tart [...]
Dense and sweet, Liège Waffles are more cookie than, what we would normally think of as, a waffle. Like the Dutch Stroopwafel, these are made with a somewhat heavier batter (almost dough). Rich with eggs and butter and lots of sugar these are a treat one would not indulge in often [...]
When I was a kid my Grama would make this tremendously delicious bread called Bubbat. It was usually made on Saturday and served on Sunday after church. Bubbat, an egg rich, sandwich like, breakfast, lunch or dinner bread. All I know is as a lover of anything starch this stuff was close to heaven. [...]
Pain perdu is one of my very favorite breakfast foods. French toast as we call it in the US has little resemblance to the actual “lost bread” that is consumed in France, Belgium, Canada and a few other regions which are influenced the diaspora of French people into other regions.
Indeed, when I say it is my [...]
I love scones! But really, I don’t like the dry left-over tasting biscuits that usually pass for scones. Give me a lovely biscuit with a delicate crumb, a cup of coffee and a piece of fresh fruit and my breakfast is complete
I like scones fresh from the oven, still warm and with a dollop of butter [...]
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