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“Olive Oil Baking” by Lisa Sheldon: Pumpkin Streusel Bread

  • Posted by nika
  • November 29, 2007

[I have included a small glossary of terms at the bottom of this post for some of the words that we may have heard a 100 times but never really took the time to look up.]
I recently had the pleasure of reviewing the “Olive Oil Baking: Healthy Recipes That Increase Good Cholesterol and Reduce Saturated […]

Envelope Yourself in the Creamy World of the Italian Panna Cotta

  • Posted by nika
  • April 13, 2007

Book review of Camilla V. Saulsbury’s Panna Cotta: Italy’s Elegant Custard Made Easy
I had never heard of panna cotta before I saw it made on Iron Chef a few years ago. I obviously do not frequent many Italian restaurants, mainly because I live in an Italian restaurant wasteland where white dinner rolls (you know, the […]

nika

Nika writes for The Spirit World, Kids Cuisine, Sugar Savvy, Growers & Grocers, Paper Palate, and A Nice Cuppa, as well as for her two blogs Nika’s Culinaria (culinary photography and other food topics) and The Progressive HomeSchool (a blog that chronicles her family’s homeschooling adventures). She is a scientist who is taking some time off to raise and educate her three kids while also developing and expanding her food photography and food writing activities.