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October 7, 2009
CULINARY SOS
Recipe: Chilled banana and pistachio rice pudding
Dear SOS: My trips to Santa Barbara are not complete unless I have the rice pudding with bananas and pistachios from Pierre Lafond. I would love the recipe. Hope you can help. Thanks.
June 10, 2009
CULINARY SOS
Recipe: Riva's carrot cake
Dear SOS: I'm hoping you can help me get a recipe. We went to the new Santa Monica restaurant Riva last weekend. Dinner was great, but I was particularly impressed by the carrot cake. Normally, carrot cake is dense, but this cake was light but still had that great carrot cake taste.
June 3, 2009
CULINARY SOS
Recipe: Pizzeria Ortica's budino di cioccolato
Dear SOS: I recently dined at Pizzeria Ortica in Costa Mesa and although the food was delicious, the budino di cioccolato (chocolate creme layered with caramel) was absolutely fabulous. With its creamy layers . . . it was the big star of the night. I would truly appreciate it if you could obtain the recipe for me. Thank you.
May 27, 2009
Recipe: Thai coconut-egg custard (sangkaya)
Total time: 35 minutes, plus cooling time for the cream
May 13, 2009
Recipe: Mrs. Malmberg's aebleskivers
Total time: 40 minutes, plus resting time for the batter
May 13, 2009
Recipe: Grandmother's aebleskivers
Total time: 40 minutes, plus rising time for the dough
April 1, 2009
Recipe: Koliva (Greek wheat berry dessert)
Total time: 1 hour, 20 minutes, plus drying time for the wheat berries
Recipe: Gilliland's Irish Bread Pudding with Caramel-Whiskey Sauce
1 (2-pound) loaf sliced white bread, crusts removed
Recipe: Pumpkin cake with sour cream ganache
Total time: 1 hour, 10 minutes, plus cooling time for the cake
December 10, 2008
FOOD
Recipe: Cinnamon marshmallow stars
Total time: 40 minutes, plus at least 4 hours drying time
January 9, 2008
Recipe: New Orleans-style beignets
Total time: 30 minutes, plus rising time for the dough
Recipe: Sweet potato pudding (pain patate)
Total time: 1 hour, 10 minutes, plus overnight refrigeration
Cinnamon tapioca brûlée with cherry gastrique
Total time: 1 hour, plus several hours chilling time, plus 4 hours soaking time
Recipe: Layered green tea and black sesame cheesecake
Total time: 1 hour, 45 minutes plus cooling and chilling time
Recipe: Cranberry, caramel and almond tart
Total time: 1 hour, plus 3 1/2 hours chilling and cooling time
December 3, 2003
Recipe: Hazelnut polenta bread pudding
Total time: 2 hours, 10 minutes plus 1 hour soaking time
Recipe: Panforte with candied quince
Panforte is kind of like the Italian version of fruitcake -- a dense, chewy fruitcake at that. But if all of your memories are bad ones, you have to try you this version, from Elisabeth M. Prueitt and her husband, Chad Robertson, owners of San Francisco's acclaimed Tartine Bakery. This recipe version, from their book "Tartine," is a bit complicated, but it makes one of the best panforte we've tasted -- here or in Italy. You can use any type of chopped, dried or candied fruit, in any combination, as a substitute for the fruits in the recipe as long as the total amount is about 4 1/2 cups (25 ounces).
October 29, 2008
CULINARY SOS
Rustic Canyon's cranberry orange cornmeal cake
My newest favorite Santa Monica restaurant is Rustic Canyon. The pastry chef, Zoe Nathan, has created the yummiest dessert ever, cranberry orange cornmeal cake served with an elegant scoop of homemade ice cream.
February 27, 2008
Recipe: Walnut and raisin pie
Old-fashioned custard pies seem to have gone the way of Sunday suppers and country roads, but if you want to learn what you're missing, it only takes only a piece of this fabulous walnut-raisin pie from Patty Pinner's cookbook "Sweety Pies: An Uncommon Collection of Womanish Observations, With Pie." She starts with a wonderful pecan pie-like custard base, but instead of going with the more traditional nut, Pinner folds walnuts and raisins into the filling and spices the pie with orange zest and nutmeg. Top it with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
March 19, 2008
Recipe: Lemon sponge cake with Italian meringue and blackberry purée
Total time: 50 minutes, plus cooling time
January 16, 2008
CULINARY SOS
Recipe: Blackberry scones from the perfect N. Calif. getaway
WHAT'S the perfect Northern California getaway? Beautiful views, rambling beachfront garden and, of course, delicious blackberry scones served with breakfast. The scones at Alegria Oceanfront Inn & Cottages in the coastal town of Mendocino are a big draw for columnist Russ Parsons. "These scones have the perfect texture: firm, but slightly crumbly," Parsons says. "And the flavor is just sweet enough without being overpowering."
August 13, 2008
CULINARY SOS
Recipe: Clementine Bakery's banana cake
Dear SOS: Is it possible to find the recipe for Clementine's banana cake with frosting?
September 24, 2008
CULINARY SOS
La Golondrina Cafe's flan
Dear SOS: I recently had dinner at La Golondrina Cafe on Olvera Street. Their flan was the best I have ever eaten. Would it be possible to get their recipe?
September 24, 2008
Recipe: Magical honey cake
Total time: 1 hour, 15 minutes, plus 7 days maturing time for the loaves
October 1, 2008
Recipe: Muhalbiya al-ruz (milky rice pudding)
Total time: 40 minutes, plus soaking and chilling times
Recipe: Square One brown-butter pecan coffeecake
Total time: 1 hour, 35 minutes, plus 1 hour, 30 minutes rising time
June 25, 2008
Recipe: Grilled Nutella and pecan pound cake 'sandwiches'
Total time: 1 hour, 30 minutes, plus cooling time
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