Ever since Rika lived with us, a native of Japan, my kids have fallen even deeper in love with anything mochi. Prior to meeting Rika we loved our visits to Japan town to buy Japanese mochi confections. And of course we went crazy for mochi covered ice cream when it hit the store shelves. Continue reading ‘Mochi Brownies’
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The world splits into two camps on the definition of a perfect brownie: crumbly and cakey, and dense and fudgey. There is little love lost between them – the beauty of the recipe lies in the fact that the result IMHO resides in both camps; a deliciously rich crumbly and surprisingly dense brownie. Continue reading ‘Ewey Gooey Brownies – the brownie meshugaas’

Last Saturday morning…
>Secondo< Mom, I have a great idea for a blog post, we can make a box of brownies. Do you like that idea?
>Me< Well, we could make brownies from scratch? The challenge will be how to bake them.
>Secondo< I think it would be fun for me to make the brownies from the box. Those are good too, and I have an idea that will make them different.
>Me< Okay, so, after you make these brownies, are you going to write the blog post to go with it?
>Secondo< Mom, it is the weekend and I am not so much into writing on the weekend. This is my free time. Can’t we just take pictures? I read that article where you told people about how important it is that kids cook. And just because we don’t have a real oven (we are remodeling our kitchen), doesn’t mean we can’t cook. C’ummon Mom. Let’s do this.
>Me< Alright, let’s do this. We can make your brownies in our toaster oven. And we will make this a nearly-wordless post.
>Secondo< That would be good. I think I have a lot of good ideas, don’t you?
>Me< Of course. What will you call this recipe?
>Secondo< Brownie Dream Surprise.