by bobbienoto | Sep 17, 2011 | Candies, Home, x
I was in the grocery store the other day, I saw rows and rows of Halloween Candy, by this time in the season is to expected. However, as I turned to round the next isle I could believe my green eyes; Christmas Candy. I absolutely adore Christmas time, but not in...
by bobbienoto | Sep 14, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
Sunday, October 2nd, is Colorado’s Race for The Cure; it is also the beginning of Pinktober. October is dedicated to breast cancer awareness month. I have run or walked the race every year for more years than I can remember. What I do remember is the year it...
by bobbienoto | Sep 11, 2011 | photography, x
I was working with my camera on a cloudy rainy day; the clouds felt the need to move around and mingle with one another. I thought the first photograph (right side) looked nice until I viewed the photo on my large I-mac screen; the exquisite pastillage shells looked...
by bobbienoto | Sep 7, 2011 | Candies, Home, x
As I have more than mentioned I ADORE summer; it seems incidental as I write this blog the weather has already changed. The air is cool, damp, and starting to feel crisp. I know there will still be the 85 degree days, but all the romance of summer has all but ended....
by bobbienoto | Aug 31, 2011 | Candies, Home, x
Sydney and I share the same weaknesses for marshmallows (dreammallows as we call them), NCIS and the “Dawn” duck commercial. Law of averages the “Dawn” commercial must air about five times when we watch an NCIS episode together; without a doubt...
by bobbienoto | Aug 24, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
When I was of grade school age, school didn’t begin till after Labor Day, but since Sydney was small school started before that long weekend that proclaimed Summer had officially ended. As I watch all the children with their new lunch boxes and uniforms waiting...
by bobbienoto | Aug 24, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
When I was of grade school age, school didn’t begin till after Labor Day, but since Sydney was small school started before that long weekend that proclaimed Summer had officially ended. As I watch all the children with their new lunch boxes and uniforms waiting for...
by bobbienoto | Aug 18, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
Well, it is birthday week again in the Noto home. Though each birthday is special, Sydney’s week always is a little more exceptional, and this is her nineteenth birthday. Time seems to leap, gallop, and sprint by, as each year passes. It was only a blink away...
by bobbienoto | Aug 11, 2011 | Cakes, Home, Mousses and Pudding, x
Tiramisu is one of the most understated pastries; not only can it be a show stopping dessert for a dinner party, but a wonderful way to unwind in the late afternoon with espresso and a good book. Last night we had a dear friend, MC, for a over a quarter century...
by bobbienoto | Jul 29, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
Jana of Cherry Tea Cakes was our July Daring Bakers’ host and she challenged us to make Fresh Frasiers inspired by recipes written by Elisabeth M. Prueitt and Chad Robertson in the beautiful cookbook Tartine. Imagine my surprise after returning home from our...
by bobbienoto | Jul 21, 2011 | Cakes, Home, Pastries and Viennoiseries, x
Everyone who is familiar with Sydney and I know we love to have friends join us on a pleasurable, exciting culinary journey. I can’t help but think of a baton relay race, as I map the delectable experience. The importance that all the components are equally...
by bobbienoto | Jun 30, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
I am blessed with quite a few nieces and nephews; which are wonderful in many ways. It is extra special for Sydney, being an only child, she has had enough cousins to keep from feeling too isolated. We generally invite/ rotate a couple of the cousins ( there are a...
by bobbienoto | Jun 27, 2011 | Home, Pastries and Viennoiseries, x
Erica of Erica’s Edibles was our host for the Daring Baker’s June challenge. Erica challenged us to be truly DARING by making homemade phyllo dough and then to use that homemade dough to make Baklava. I actually created phyllo dough and a baklava for a dear friend,...
by bobbienoto | Jun 22, 2011 | Creations, Home, Pastries and Viennoiseries, x
A close friend of mine, who moved to Colorado from New York and grew up in Greece, asked me if I could bake him Baklava. “Of course” was my answer. Inquisitively I wondered why he could not go to any bakery and buy some, when I asked he proudly exclaimed...
by bobbienoto | Jun 15, 2011 | Creations, Home, Tarts and Pies, x
Sydney has a close friend, Brent, who lost his father and mother when he was two; we decided to have him over for Father’s Day. Brent was blessed with friends and family, all whom were willing, able, and ready to help raise him threw his childhood. The honor was...
by bobbienoto | Jun 8, 2011 | Creations, Home, Tarts and Pies, x
Sydney and I are Farmer’s Market addicts. Between the warm Colorado early summer air and the aromatic smells of the produce, the Farmer’s Market becomes almost as captivating as Fifth Avenue (almost!). The strawberries were intoxicating this past weekend;...
by bobbienoto | May 31, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
It was an usually chilly mid May day, the grass was wet and heavy; when DF, my husband, decided to play gardener. He knew his wedding band was on, he never allows the ring to leave his finger. Sydney and I were baking pain au chocolates, when the phone rang, I heard...
by bobbienoto | May 25, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
This past week was a friend’s son twelfth birthday; his favorite flavor is “girl scout” mint chocolate. Sydney and I wanted to create a birthday cake that mimicked as a girl scout cookie. I did not have any girl scout cookies so we needed to...
by bobbienoto | May 11, 2011 | Home, Pastries and Viennoiseries, x
Cake or Bread Still Delicious This Article also appears on AskMissA There is an entire historical culinary battle to Kugelhopf, the German’s claim they invented the cake-bread and the French claim it was there innovation. Kugelhopf, a cake known in Germany since...
by bobbienoto | May 7, 2011 | Drinks, Home, x
The Perfect Late Night Patio Drink Last night was my birthday and after a prefect Sushi Den Birthday Dinner, we arrived home to a warm spring night and pulled out the fixings for a Bobbie’s White Chocolate Martini. I spent an entire summer creating the most...
