Ginger Lemon Cookies

I read a lot of cooking magazines, but my favorite one is Fine Cooking Magazine.

It is the only one I currently subscribe to, mainly because it teaches cooking technique and in-depth recipes with a lot of photographs that perfectly illustrate tricky processes that are difficult to explain in words.
When you see a lot […]

A Menu for Hope Update

Can I say this?
I have been keeping a close eye on Pim’s Menu for Hope charity drive for the victims of the Kashmir earthquake, and am thrilled to report that nearly $5,000 dollars have been donated to the cause. That is a great amount of generosity, and I am pleased to be a part […]

Stir Fried Bay Scallops with Greens

This was the first meal I made on the AGA.

In the illustration to the right, you can see that I am cooking scallops, and in the lower left corner, you can see what I was cooking with them–snow pea tips. Those little sprouty-looking guys are the very tender tips to the snow pea shoots–that […]

Chambord Souffle Brownies

This brownie recipe has been over fifteen years in the making.
Which sounds rather dramatic, I suppose, but it is true. I have been playing with this recipe for around sixteen years, to the point where I am not even sure what cookbook the original came from.
All I know is that one year, I decided […]

A brief (and hopefully final) non-food related post

At long last, Tigers & Strawberries is completely transferred over from Blogger — at least all the text is. Everything had transferred over safely except for the posts & comments from January through March. No matter what I did, Blogger refused to give them up.
Tonight, that changed.
Every single old T&S post is now in place. […]