Archive for April, 2009

Tuesdays with Dorie – Chocolate Cream Tart

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 28th, 2009 filed in food

Okay, you guys.  The joke is very funny.  I get it.
It’s 90 degrees here, and you’re having me slave over a hot stove in our poorly-ventilated apartment, air conditioner on the fritz, and for what?
For a chocolatey dessert that won’t quench a single quenchable thing.
Not a quenchable thing.
Don’t get me wrong.  This dessert is nothing [...]

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Tuesdays With Dorie – Four-Star Chocolate Bread Pudding

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 21st, 2009 filed in food

What up.
My grand scheme for this week was to work some joke into the post about how “Dorie must have kept her Five-Star Chocolate Bread Pudding to herself, leaving us with this.”  Then you all would have chuckled at my ingenuity, shown my web site to your friends and families, etc.  The end result would [...]

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Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 19th, 2009 filed in food

Me smooshed

Rachel smooshed

Harley smooshed.

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Tuesdays With Dorie – Chocolate Amaretti Torte

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 14th, 2009 filed in food

Another entry from the guy that manages to make tasty food hideous.  Here’s his latest concoction.

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Tuesdays With Dorie – TEN BANANA CREME PIES

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 7th, 2009 filed in food

Okay, just one banana creme pie.
I went through hell and back to make this pie.  My stand-mixer beaters got bent out of shape in last week’s baking marathon (note to self:  do not use wooden spoons to push dough into moving beaters).  My food processor is kaput (overuse).  I ran all over town to find [...]

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Tuesdays? With Dorie – Coconut Butter Thins.

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 1st, 2009 filed in food

Apologies for the lateness.  These were done by Tuesday, I just didn’t blog.
These are my coconut butter thins.

They were great.  They were gobbled up at work.
While I was baking these, Rachel was baking treats for the puppy.

What puppy?

This puppy.
Also, after that, I made some pizza dough from scratch and we ate us some pizza.
What pizza?

This [...]

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