Watermelon Granita-Filled Lime Cups Recipe These mini-melon look-alikes will delight your guests. 12 limes (reserve 2 tablespoons juice) 1 cup sugar 2 cups water 4 cups watermelon cubes 1/2 cup currants or raisins Crushed ice (optional) 1. To make lime cups: Cut limes in half lengthwise; cut around pulp of each half with sharp knife, leaving peel intact. Scoop out pulp, using spoon ...

Make-ahead menus are especially worthwhile during the hectic holiday season. Whether you’ve been busy decorating or out on a shopping spree, it’s nice to have a meal you can put on the table with minimal fuss at the end of the day. This menu focuses on a satisfying minestrone soup that can be prepared ahead, placed ...

Welcome back to My French Cooking Blog! I ‘m saying that not only for you but for myself as well. I have not posted for a while here.  I have taken that time studying of cooking dishes from the French Culinary. I’m ready to share a few of the best dishes from my past experience ...

This is an authentic family recipe, modified by four generations of Hungarian-American cooks. It may not correspond exactly with the versions you’ll find in Hungarian cookbooks because each generation has adapted it a bit to suit not only individual tastes but also a changing landscape of available ingredients. The flavors remain true to those that ...

Panna cotta/cooked cream doesn’t sound great in my ears. But in reality it is Italian luxury at its best. A dessert typical of the mountainous northern Italian cuisine, where history and tradition always have been more generous with cream than the southern part of Italy. Panna cotta is eaten all over the world. It is prepared ...

Are there fail-proof sponge cake recipes? I don’t think so. There are an unlimited number of reasons why we may fail, and we all have had our fair share of failures, I guess. Mine was stuck to bottom because I did not grease and flour the bottom of the pan enough. But wait! Read this post ...