by bobbienoto | Nov 26, 2011 | Family Hour, Home, x
This picture was taken two days after Thanksgiving 1995; we were having one of those sunny 50 degree days. Sydney and I were waiting outside for another family (we are still friends with to this day). Every year until Sydney was ten we all would go to Santa’s...
by bobbienoto | Nov 11, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
Our Boston Cream Pie has 3 layers and a chocolate glaze The traditional Parker Hotel Boston Cream Pie has a chocolate fondant top with a white chocolate spiral. Both DF and Sydney are not found of chocolate fondant. Sydney and I chose to substitute the chocolate...
by bobbienoto | Nov 10, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
Yesterday I shared DF’s birthday cake recipe and little history about why a cake is called a pie, The Boston Cream Pie. I must confess I still do not understand why the Parker Hotel (in Boston, Massachusetts) would continue to call this delicious cake a pie....
by bobbienoto | Nov 9, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
Today is DF’s 47th birthday, every year he asks for the same cake: a Boston Cream pie. the Boston Cream Pie is an oxymoron; it is not a pie in anyway. I have pondered this for years, how did the Parker Hotel, where the first pie/cake originated, decided on two...
by bobbienoto | Nov 2, 2011 | Candies, Gluten Free, Home, x
With Halloween finished and Thanksgiving peering around the corner, the aroma of apple cider is in the air, fresh cranberries and pomegranates are popping on the shelves in grocery stores. In fact some places are already putting out Christmas decorations. A mammoth...
by bobbienoto | Oct 31, 2011 | Home, Savory, x
My husband, DF, is apart of a wonderful mammoth Italian family. When we announced our engagement (of course there was a huge party) my grandmother-in-law kindly with seriousness informed me I would need to learn the family sauce recipe. I thought marinara sauce how...
by bobbienoto | Oct 12, 2011 | Cakes, Home, x
One of the mine and Sydney’s favorite Fall/Winter drinks is hot apple cider; I buy it by the gallons. This past Saturday I awoke to snow and the temperature had fallen 25 degrees (quite common for Colorado). I bought 4 gallons of apple cider, yes, I went a tad...
by bobbienoto | Jan 1, 2011 | Bobbie talks Blogging, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Drinks, French Macarons, Home, Mousses and Pudding, Pastries and Viennoiseries, x
So much has changed since this time last year. When the year began Sydney was a senior in high school, my husband was still the CIO for CRI, and I had just began dipping my toe into the pool of blogging, (What a big pool). I can honestly say I did not understand this...
by bobbienoto | Dec 2, 2010 | Home, Savory, x
I promise this entire blog will not be on brining/or not brining a turkey, I just liked the title. I will however approach the brining subject. When I was young and Thanksgiving was cooked by the generation before me, the turkey was cooked till leathery and never...
by bobbienoto | Nov 27, 2010 | Home, Tarts and Pies, x
This is my first Daring Baker’s Challenge, I was elated to read the 2010 November Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Simona of briciole. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make pasta frolla for a crostata. She used her own experience as a source, as...
by bobbienoto | Nov 21, 2010 | Home, Savory
Last weekend the weather in Colorado was cold and snowy, a perfect day to bubble up stock and Italian sauce. Now everyone always asks what type of sauce is this? The answer is always the same, I’m not exactly sure, I call it Noto Red Sauce. The recipe for this...
by bobbienoto | Nov 7, 2010 | Cakes, Home, x
For the last 23 years my family has had a wondrous tradition: each member of our family has a week of celebrating his or her birthday, (we refer to this tradition as “BIRTHDAY WEEK”). The actually story behind this fabulous tradition started with a blunder...
