Flaherty Wines

Quince is an old-fashioned fruit that I rarely saw when I lived in the U.S., but it is very popular here in Chile. It is often eaten raw (I truly cannot imagine why)—to the extent that raw quince was on the orthodontist’s list of prohibited foods when Ben got his braces recently. It is also [...]

I was looking for a creamy white chocolate frosting that really tasted of white chocolate, rather than being dominated by the butter. I generally prefer a cream cheese frosting, so I started there and experimented with how to work with the chocolate. I had much better results using a higher quality white chocolate instead of [...]

I’m the only female in our household, other than various assorted pets. I don’t normally have a lot of girly girl energy, yet when I recently celebrated my birthday, I wanted a pink cake. I’ve been thinking about this cake for months, but my boys weren’t interested. They want chocolate, or maybe spearmint (green, of [...]

One of my projects this past month was to perfect a lemon chiffon cake. I love big, tall, fluffy chiffon cakes, but all the recipes I found for lemon chiffon included lemon extract or lemon oil. Given our excess supply of lemons right now, I’m definitely not looking to use something that comes out of [...]