LoveFeast Table

Pig Cake & Shebang Cheesecake

By Chris Ann on February 12, 2009 2 Comments

Actually, really it's Orange & Bourbon Chocolate Cake from The Spotted Pig in NYC. The Spotted Pig was on our hit list for restaurant's in NYC but, we didn't get there. So, after I got back and was planning my girls' night out party, I was super excited to find this recipe in the back of my In Style magazine (February 2009 issue, p.192). Now, usually when I have parties my husband is the go-to guy. You just turn around once and shebang there's a cake! He is famous for his cheesecakes, many from our Philadelphia … [Read more...]

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Uncle Bonnie’s Favorite Food Memory

By Kristin on January 1, 2009 2 Comments

Chris Ann and I have been asking people, "What is your favorite food memory?" Many people respond with, "I've never thought about that!" I posed this question to my Aunt Bonnie over the holidays. Aunt Bonnie is an artist and has always been the eccentric aunty of the family...that's why we call her Uncle Bonnie! She has created art all over the world. I had the privilege of helping her with a mural here in Baltimore when I was a teenager. She is currently wrapping up her first comic novel! Needless to say she's very … [Read more...]

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Sexy Apple Pie and High Test Chocolate Cake

By Kristin on October 23, 2008 1 Comment

It was delicious!! So good, the plates were being licked clean! My husband declared the apple pie to be the sexiest pie he had ever seen! I have to say Ina Garten's recipe, from the Amateur Gourmet's challenge, produced a chocolate cake that was moist and incredible...I admit, I substituted ground espresso for instant coffee...always a purest! This will be added to my (recipe) black book! (Yes, I have a little black book, for my favorite recipes...I'll share more about that another time!) The apple pie was "gone in … [Read more...]

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Dad is Great! Gives Us Chocolate Cake!!

By Kristin on October 19, 2008 Leave a Comment

Ok...really, mom is great! So, get this...today is our friends Derek and Albert's birthday. They are coming over with a bunch of friends. We get together to share a love feast every Sunday night. So, this week I decided to make their favorite desserts as a gift! Albert loves apple pie and Derek, chocolate cake. I began to make my tried and true sour cream chocolate cake and realized I was out of unsweetened chocolate. I sent my husband Devon to the store. While I was waiting, Chris Ann called. "Did you see … [Read more...]

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Is Dinner Ready Yet?

By Chris Ann on October 15, 2008 2 Comments

In my home that is a common question. And, usually the answer is not quite. You see actual cooking is really not my thing. I am rather in the garden pulling out something by its roots, sitting on my porch feet up on my hot pink wicker ottoman sipping tea, or running up and down my stairs with buckets of laundry. And, what is interesting about the fact that I really don't like to cook, is that I love everything about food. I love spices, I love the shine of an apple, I love dishes, modern and old chipped china, I love … [Read more...]

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B’More Crab Cakes

By Kristin on October 7, 2008 3 Comments

So, I was busy cleaning my house and getting the kids ready to hop in the car and my neighbor Meisha knocked on the door. She handed me a baggie. A baggie? "What's in this Meisha?" She answered, "A treat just for you!" I opened the warm bag...unwrapped the napkin and was pleasantly surprised by two homemade, Baltimore style, crab cakes! That's the best baggie surprise I ever did have! … [Read more...]

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What’s Your Splendid Table?

By Chris Ann on October 4, 2008 Leave a Comment

It's never good to valet park with a blue mini van, so we didn't. We parked in the back lot and walked to The Splendid Table's book event at the Room & Board. It was lovely to be out with my husband and at an "event". My goal tonight was to introduce myself to the authors, Lynne Rossetto Kasper & Sally Swift. They are the hosts and creators of their national radio show, The Splendid Table, and authors of the book, How to Eat Supper. We eventually found chairs and some wine and settled down to listen to their … [Read more...]

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