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A reconsituted orange. My friend Jocelyn noticed that everyone in my family peels oranges (or at least the easily peelable Clemantines) like this - in a spiral. Funny the habits you pick up from watching family without even knowing it. I thought this looked pretty cool, hugging itself back together like this.
Okay, this one is from the archives, but it cracked me up as I reviewed some old photos and so I had to put it up here. Jason's dad figured out how to make a sushi plate out of candy! I believe the ingredients are Mounds bars, topped with Sweedish Fish, wrapped in Fruit Roll Ups (er, seaweed!). They are pretty convincing I think and the grandkids got a kick out of them.
Presenting... Sophie's famous sugar ball cookies. Actually, they have a much cooler name, but I am scratching my head to remember it right now. Anyway, little smudges of heaven. They must be made nearly entirely out of butter. But who's counting. This was my final dessert before India - and what a dessert it was! For India stories: www.pippalehar.com/indiablog.
I think this one's pretty self-explanatory. Just a cool picture of a berry up close.
Here's the saltiest dish I've ever made. It consists of heavily salted pasta, slow-cooked tomato sauce made from the salty fat of pancetta, and a surprisingly salty cheese: ricotta salata. Not sure I could eat this every day, but it was definitely an unusual episode of our experimental kitchen!
OK, well I'm not Irish, but growing up we ate a lot of Shepherd's Pie - mainly because in a big family, a little has to go a long way. This differed from my family's traditional take though, calling for lamb shoulder instead of ground beef and peas (which I think really pulled it all together). Aside from the slow cooking of the meat, the recipe is not very much work and the leftovers will last you for days!
When we had friends over for dinner the other night, we had no idea we'd be dining in style out of a picnic basket! One of our guests brought this incredible apple tart, which looks like something out of a gourmet magazine. Not only did it look perfect, but it tasted fabulous too. One of these days, I think we'll be visiting this friend at her own restaurant...