My dad's birthday was a few weeks ago, and, as I do for everyone in my family, I make them a birthday cake.  In the case of my dad, I al...

Here’s another one from the archives. I made this for a co-worker’s going away party…which was before Labor Day… Anyhow, I wanted to ...

Although I’m not really a summer person (I can’t stand the heat!), one of the things I love about summer is the wonderful fresh fruit that ...

I’ve been wanting to try my hand at coconut cupcakes for a while and I had some coconut milk left over from the pumpkin curry I made last...

Here it is – my mom’s birthday cake, which is based on my mango kulfi cupcakes but has been spruced up with the addition of saffron to the ...

It’s almost happy hour, so I figured I’d share the cocktail that goes along with this week’s theme. I came up with this one because I had b...

I’ve never eaten green beans almondine in my life, so imagine my surprise when I learned that what I thought was a clever way of dressing up...

The idea for this fruit salsa came to me along with that for the macadamia-crusted marinated tofu , as a similar fruit salsa was the accompa...

I'm not really sure where the inspiration for this came from; all I know is that the words coconut and coriander popped into my head whe...

Last week, I went all out and made a snazzy tropical-ish dinner, complete with pre-dinner cocktail, three sides, and dessert. Every day th...