Tiny Test Kitchen

I served this at our Oscar’s night party, right after the Spicy Chipotle Chili and Creamed Corn Cornbread. I thought the two home style courses fit well together and this banana pudding recipe makes a lot which is perfect for making a lot of dessert for a lot of people. It is also completely ‘make […]

The hubs and I recently took a trip to Park City, Utah for a wedding of some good friends. Ordinarily this trip would fill me with a fair amount of glee. Ski, waffles and crepes, aprés ski and a couple of cuties getting married, why yes please! The skiing and aprés skiing part changes slightly […]

Sometimes when I am reading a blog I find a post that I am sure I have read before. It’s like a sense of déja vu web 2.0 style. While some of you longer term readers may remember that I did a Curried Cauliflower Soup from Thomas Keller’s book Ad Hoc, this is a different […]

For the last four years, we have hosted an Oscar’s party. The theme changes each year from black tie and fancy hors d’oeuvres to jeans and t-shirts and this chipotle chili (although one year we might have to do black tie and chili!) As I have some news, I was feeling a little too tired […]

As I mentioned in my Smoked Gouda Gougéres recipe, the tiny test kitchen has moved. The hubs and I recently moved from dumbo in Brooklyn to Williamsburg just up the river. While we love, love, loved dumbo, we were sometimes frustrated by the lack of culinary diversity in the area (although if we could have […]

After several months of very sketchy scheduling with my blog posts, I am sure this is not the post you were expecting… Please do think of it as an mini amuse bouche to the plethora of recipes that I will begin posting. Things have been a little crazy around these parts recently. Your favorite tiny […]

After yesterday’s disturbingly healthy soup (except for the generous heap of Jack cheese I add to each bowl), I bet you were all hoping for a delicious gooey cream cake or a buttery pastry. Sorry to disappoint. You’ll have to wait until the next post for a sugary treat! But this recipe is also amazingly […]

Happy New Year! I feel as though it has been an absolute age since I last posted. Okay… so that isn’t so much a feeling; it has been, I know. But you’ll be glad to hear that one of my New Years’ resolutions is to post more. So more recipes, more regularly. I also want […]

Sometimes in amongst all the stews, soups and braises of this time of year you want something a little lighter, a little fresher tasting… Which is where this dish comes in. While this dish from the super fancy restaurant Nobu is as easy as pie it looks fancy and tastes like it was far harder […]

I’m not sure if it’s the cold weather or the absence of the summer but for some reason I have been craving Mexican food all winter long. This turkey chili, made with leftover Thanksgiving turkey, is no exception. The mild heat in this dish will warm your cold bones and is perfect for a quiet […]