Pre-cooked pasta from the supermarket can save you a lot of work and time when cooking. I don't see it as »cheating« when using it in a recipe. Why not make things a little easier for yourself if you can?...

There are classics you make over and over again. This Brioche & Apple Casserole (aka. Ofenschlupfer) belongs in this category for me. Even though we make it over and over again, the recipe is being adapted from time to time....

Everyone has probably seen these long, thin, purple eggplants in the produce section of a supermarket. They are usually right next to the »regular« somewhat chubby-looking eggplants. These eggplants are called Japanese eggplants, but sometimes they are also called Chinese...

When plums are in season in late summer and autumn, a simple plum cake with streusel topping always wins the race for the first plum bake of the season. Well, almost always. Sometimes this simple Damson Plum Clafoutis wins the...

Chocolate and caramel are always a good combination. The inventors of Rolo – those small round chocolate pralines with a caramel filling – probably thought so too. These and other chocolates/pralines of this type can be eaten as they are,...

We like to use wine in pasta recipes to enhance the flavors of the pasta sauce, for example. Hard liquor is something we rarely use for cooking... except when it comes to Pasta alla Vodka. As the name suggests, vodka...