Daring Bakers Challenge – Notes From a Messy Kitchen

Armenian Pastries for April’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge

Notes from a Messy Kitchen

The Daring Bakers’ April 2012 challenge was hosted by Jason at Daily Candor. We were able to choose between two Armenian standards: nazook and nutmeg cake. Nazook is a layered yeasted dough pastry with a sweet filling, and nutmeg cake is a fragrant, nutty coffee-style cake. It’s been a hectic...

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Herbed Turkey Burgers with Goat Cheese and Blueberry-Onion Compote on Homemade Dutch Crunch Rolls {Daring Baker’s March Challenge}

Notes from a Messy Kitchen

You’ll have to bear with me on this one, it’s going to be a long post. Generally, when I have a cook-fest and tear apart our kitchen making multiple recipes at once (not an unusual occurrence), I break said fest into manageable blog posts. Bite-sized, so to speak. But this...

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Of Braised Beef Tongues and Heirlooms

Notes from a Messy Kitchen

On Saturday morning, I went to Eastern Market and bought this three pound beef tongue. “WHY?!” you might ask, and you are justified in asking. In fact after I paid, the butcher inquired as to whether it was for a science project. When I said no, that actually I planned...

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