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My husband fav. chocolate chip cookies from ghiradelli's dark chocolate bag!!

Lekkere bollen!!

I make genoises all the time and this same recipes failled me once. Mixing the melted butter in the cake batter is crucial(sp?). Another thing i learned is when i bake it in a sheet pan is very easy to overbake it. Once you got it, it is the easiest cake to make and so versatile.

Gimme some garlic, onion and high heat and i'll make almost anything taste good

I have made lemongrass ice cream .........It was one the best ice cream me and my husband had. We have a drink back home that is made with coconut milk infused with lemongrass called dawet. For non savory dishes make sure to use only the soft white part of the lemongrass otherwise it will taste kind of ... well grassy

My reaction was the same!! Altough i did make a tamarind sauce last weekend that called for a pinch of saffron The sauce was good but there were so many other spices in it that it blended in very good together.

My favorites from Fernandes , a company from suriname i ofcourse from there grew up with it. Some of fav were: cream ginger, pineapple and a green soda i forgot the name of. Most of our soda's were sold in bottles(non plastic) and you get the true flavor of it. I never liked soda's from the can untill i came here because there was no option. Actually they do sell coke in little bottles but they are a little more expensive.

Best meal - Bossa & Americas although i was very disappointed with the dessert, particularly the tres leches that they claim is the best. Besy meal affordable- used to be mekong , vietnamese chinese until new owners took over ...not that great anymore! Worst meal -not soo affordable but i don't even remember the name anymore!!

I use my coffee grinder for a finer result to make cookies. I also use it to flavor my black tea but i use them whole out of the pod along with some whole ceylon cinnamon ....is really good

Thank you so much Patrick for posting the recipe!!!

You are sooooooooo teasing us patrick!! Do you mind posting the recipe?? I don't have pierre's chocolate book yet.

Klary's speculaas ...hhhmmmm a childhood favorite of mine Pichet ong's puff pastry ..really good!!!

This morning i had some organic coffee we got from costco and a rugelach i made with craisins and walnut.......hmmmmm Ashiana

These look so good , Alinka How do you cut your biscotti so clean.....i cut mine with a serrated knife and it still crumbles ..any tip??? I wonder if i should try another recipe even though i like the taste By the way i see a lot of people from houston and or texas here...i thought about a eGullers get together...what do you guyz think???? A cookie exchange or so?? Ashiana

That looks like a great tex-mex meal Klary!!! Welcome back Ashiana

I love their tea, cold and bottled served at some restaurant here ...hmm the mango flavored is good and i usually don't like ice tea. I have home right now kiwi pear green tea ...it is so good. I get them locally here at a store called Costplus. Ashiana

Hallo Klary, I happy to see that you are back..Take it easy..... I bake spekulaas koekjes a couple of days ago.....they were so good!! I made my own spices because i wouldn't know where to get de speculaas kruiden in houston. My husband who loves all things chocolate actually loved these koekjes. Thank you for sharing your recipes with us.

NIce looking cream puff, Ling! Did oyu fill them with something? I made some about a month ago ....wow these are really good!!! They were filled with almond pastry cream, whipped chocolate ganache and flavored whipped cream. I was planning on making a croquembouche but my firends and i only made to the second layer. I really liked the whipped cream filling, soft and creamy covered with the crunchy caramel layer. HAs anyone here made a croguembouche before? I had trouble taking the cream puffs apart....I don't know if it had to do with the caramel if the sugar had reached the hard crack stage. I had to keep warming the caramel in the microwave because it would harden up on me. Ashiana

I am baking the eggnog version of ultimate butter cake with crumb topping . I've cut back the sugar by 1/2 cup since the eggnog was already sweet. Let you know how it will come out. Ashiana

I sweeten my heavy cream with powdered sugar (which has cornstarch in) and that stabilizes it. It stays good a couples of days in the fridge. I've tried gelatin before without any success. Ashiana

I made Klary's speculaas koekjes..mmmmmmmmm they were so good!!! Ashiana

I second Republic of Tea!! All their teas i've tried so far are good but the one that we really love is their kiwi pear green tea. Do you have Costplus where you live. They have a whole range of teas. AShiana

Can i please have a slice, James and Ling ?? They both look soooo good and i love apple anything Ashiana

Hello and welcome!! We love to see photos so please check out this tutorial,<Photo Instructions > it will help you post photos.. I never took the time to learn photoshop and am not the most "technical" person in the room or any room for that matter..But posting pictures here has been rather smooth for me.. ← Thank you Daniel I will definitely work on posting my pics while i admire everyone else's Your food always look so good that i would definitely wanna be on your guest list Ashiana

The leaves will turn brown but don't cut them back. End of spring or early summer new leaves will start coming out and then i 'll cut back the brown leaves. Ashiana