Category Archives: Fiction

Honey Tea Cakes

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Ryo

Having just made the banana bread with streusel with my new mini loaf pans, I felt like making something else in small loaves. So I found these honey tea cakes in the Miette cookbook, and since I like honey, they … Continue reading →

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Banana Bread with Pecan Streusel

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Ryo

One thing I cannot stand is nuts in baked goods. There is something about how the nuts disrupt both the texture and flavor of a baked good when they’re embedded inside that just really doesn’t sit right with me. But … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Guinness Cake

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Ryo

Recently, for St. Patrick’s Day, I made a chocolate Guinness cake. After all, what is more Irish than Guinness? Well, maybe potatoes. But I can’t put that in a cake. This particular cake I made was covered in a cream … Continue reading →

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Sausage Rolls

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Ryo

I don’t often make savory dishes, but, as many people who know me in real life know, I love sausage. So when I got a hold of two large sausages, I recalled a recipe I had seen on TV for … Continue reading →

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Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Ryo

I had a package of cream cheese sitting in my fridge, and I needed a way to use it somehow. So when I ran across a recipe for cream cheese pound cake, my eyes lit up. I love pound cake, … Continue reading →

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Dark Chocolate Ganache Tart

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Ryo

I love dark chocolate. Much better than milk chocolate. It just has such an intense chocolate flavor, without dulling it with extra sweetness. That rich flavor of dark chocolate has no equal. It’s so sexy, so seductive. I spied a … Continue reading →

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Lime Macarons

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Ryo

I told myself I would make more ambitious baked goods this year. For me, macarons qualify as “ambitious,” because, well, I am quite lacking in the dexterity and finesse departments. I happened upon this recipe for lime macarons, so I … Continue reading →

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Avocado Pound Cake

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Ryo

My friend Joan gave me the Joy the Baker Cookbook recently, so I thought I would try some of the recipes from it, since they did look delicious. I happened to have some small avocados that I bought last week … Continue reading →

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Chinese Almond Cookies

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Ryo

Today is Chinese New Year. Even though my country doesn’t celebrate Lunar New Year, I made some Chinese almond cookies to celebrate anyway, since I like making them and then subsequently eating them. It is odd, though, that someone decided … Continue reading →

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Avocado Milk

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Ryo

When I was younger, I didn’t like avocados at all. There was something so bland, so weirdly oily about them. But then, as I grew older, I came to appreciate the delightfulness of avocados. Their rich, buttery texture. That creamy … Continue reading →

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