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      Recipe: Onion Tart, or Tarte à l’Oignon

      Onion Tart, or Tarte à l’Oignon, or Zeewelkueche, or Zeewelwaïa
      Adapted from ‘Petit Recueil de la Gastronomie Alsacienne: 75 Recettes Simples’
      250 g. de pâte brisée/ 500 g. d’oignons /100 g. de lardon fumés/ 2 dl. de crème/ 2 dl. de lait/ 2 jaunes d’œufs/  50 g. de farine/ sel, poivre, noix de muscade.
      Foncer de pâte brisée, [...]

      Onion Tart, or Tarte à l’Oignon

      Une tarte à l’oignon, or onion tart, quickly became a favorite dish to eat when I lived in the Alsace region of France.  In the late ’70s I spent a year there working for a French family as an au pair, or mother’s helper.  The region is fairly wet and cold for a good portion [...]

      Velvet Crumb Cake

      This is a Bisquick Velvet Crumb Cake.  It was my father’s favorite cake when my parents were first married.  As some of you already know I recently lost my father.  He died of lung cancer on April 19th at age 76.  He apparently had been sick for some time but due to [...]

      Recipe: Velvet Crumb Cake

      Velvet Crumb Cake
      Provided by General Mills, Inc.
      1 1/2 cups Bisquick Original baking mix
      1/2 cup sugar
      1/2 cup milk or water
      2 tablespoons shortening
      1 teaspoon vanilla
      1 egg
      Topping (below)
      Heat oven to 350 F.  Grease and flour 8-inch square pan or 9-inch round pan.
      Beat all ingredients except topping on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly.  Beat [...]

      Eat My Blog

      The 2nd Annual ‘Eat My Blog‘ Charity Bake Sale takes place on Saturday, June 19, 2010 and 100 Miles will be there.  Robert and I will be baking several dozen of his famous (via David Lebovitz) Dulce de Leche Brownies and will be volunteering at the event.  If you live in the Los Angeles-area and/or [...]