The basis of a six-course tasting menu, fresh from a bath

Vegan coconut frosting for your favorite cupcakes!

Thomas Keller's crispy and mellow garlic chips

Pears wrapped in proscuitto with a warm balsamic dressing.

It works...and really, really well!!! This is dinner cooking away in my fancy new grill pan!!!

Buttermilk Cake with Rhubarb and Blueberries; a simple moist cake with lemon zest perfect for any time of the day.

In awe of raw food.

Beautiful butterflies for cupcakes!

Rosewater-Green Tea Butterflies about to take wing! Part One of a Tale of 2 Shortbreads.

A deliciously quick snack with a bite!

Roasted Lemons do amazing things to Sauteed Chicken with Olives and Capers.

Attack of the Zombie Chocolate Peanut Butter Croissants! Somebody help!!

Rose petals crystallized to decore your sweets!

What's not to love about a peanut butter chocolate chip cookie?

Here's some information about making smart choices when it comes to purchasing (sustainable) fish.

Can you guess what this is? Hint: it's the key to a crunchy and sweet salad...

Bourbon Mint Tea. The perfect ratio of these divine ingredients.

Dark Chocolate Orange Ice Cream (Table for Three)

Pickled Eggs. Hot Pepper pickled and Beet pickled.

Carrot Cupcakes with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting.

Sugar men that take one push of a finger to dive into coffee. One of my submissions for a food meets design exhibition.

The best spring cocktail ever!

Asparagus with Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette

Who said lentil stew was a winter dish? Spring lentils with peas and mint.

Red Wine Raspberry Sorbet

Spaghetti Pie

Simple madeleines (SugarHead)

Whoppie Pies with Peanut butter filling. Just one bite to Whoopie Heaven!!

Oatmeal Cake- a fine way to use up leftover oatmeal making the best gooey and moist cake ever. Perfect with coffee!

Looking for love--try Ramp Gnocchi

Deborah Madison's green dinner.

brownie cookies with ice cream

A trip to Vietnam reveals grilled chicken and papaya salad inside a banana flower blossom.

Boeuf Bourguignon, this French classic needs no improvement.

Olive oil pound cake with vin santo.

A Heart Healthy Strawberry Smoothie with Mint and Oats

Georgian Cheese Bread -- something that's sure to satisfy your cheese craving in a nice rustic package. Great to snack on or eat as a meal.

Beets, Basil & Ricotta Ravioli in Orange Sauce

In a Hurry Green Curry on 101 Cookbooks

Clifton Springs Chicken Wings - Oven-Fried with Sticky Ginger Garlic Glaze

Chocolate Swoon Bars - don't you wish you could have one right now?

chipotle spinach artichoke dip

Delicious Kung Pao Chicken...inspired by Mochachocolatarita's Chinese Take-Out Party Round-up.

I can easily see why Beef Wellington is a classic: a juicy, tender cut of filet mignon, layered with mushroom and cooked inside a tight, buttery, flaky package of puff pastry. Decadent and delicious

Boozy chocolate

Crepes filled with corn and nutmeg

Chocolate chiller: Chocolate cocoa nibs with chocolate chili protein in chocolate hemp milk

Great article at the NYTimes (with video!) : Knife Skills: Creating Feasts for the Eyes