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Personal Accountability and Japanese Styled Cheesecake

Personal accountability for food. From a recent article published on ama.org: “The effectiveness of public policy interventions are dependent on individual differences in consumers’ self-control”. “Lack of understanding in this area may result in policy intended to influence consumer behavior in a positive way, influencing behavior with a negative outcome instead.” Those who enjoy the “Big Gulp” will continue to enjoy it even though they have to pay more. Japanese Styled Cheesecake The ultimate in creaminess and soft texture with hints of lemon, no crumb base, just all cheesecake to enjoy. Personal accountability out the window on this one. Serves [...]

By Joanne|2015-10-05T15:23:03-04:00October 5, 2015|Baking|Comments Off

Snow White Lamb and Desserts To Share

What’s that little quip? “In like a lion, out like a lamb”. Does that mean a snowy white lamb because if so, it’s here! We certainly had fierce gales but what about the gentle breezes?Right now, we’re still suffering 22 mph winds which is still a fierce gale. But that’s not the end of Spring’s little joke. We had pelting rain and a white out snow storm. So much for the transition from winter to spring and so much for one of my last speed sessions before the marathon. Last weekend, I was excited because I could finally use the [...]

By Joanne|2013-04-02T12:29:26-04:00April 2, 2013|Baking|5 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica NY Style Cheesecake

What a beautiful Saturday. It was perfect for an early morning run. 16 miles and negative splits for the last 8 miles. I’ll take it. The route was, once again, the Boilermaker route, leaving our house with Shane and running to the starting line. We ran back to the house because Shane can’t run 16 miles in summer heat, then I set out alone for another 12. In the golf course, a lady was being dropped off at the top of the hill. Coming out of the golf course, Ted met me on his bike and stayed with me for [...]

By Joanne|2012-06-24T15:13:19-04:00June 24, 2012|Taste of Utica|7 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Baileys Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

My version of Utica’s Bailey’s Chocolate Chip Cheesecake should be CheesePIE. I didn’t use the 10” spring-form pan, I used a 9” deep dish pie shell. Since there was extra filling, I also used a chocolate graham cracker crumb crust. The recipe is found on page 159 of the book A Taste of Utica and is posted by Jo Giacovelli. Crust: 1/4 cup butter 2 TBS sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla 1/2 cup all purpose flour Preheat oven to 400 F. Beat the butter until soft. Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and stir in flour. [...]

By Joanne|2012-03-19T17:23:46-04:00March 19, 2012|Taste of Utica|Comments Off

Chocolate with Francois: Chocolate Cheesecake with Orange Marmalade

A dark chocolate cheesecake with a rich cookie bottom crust. How could anyone resist? This month’s Francois Payard recipe was chosen by Susan of Baking With Susan. Make the cookie bottom first. Francois calls this a Sable Breton. It’s different from any cookie crust I’ve made before in that it uses HARD COOKED EGG YOLKS to make the dough flakier, more crumbly. The recipe for 1 lb of Sable Breton: Hard boil 2 large eggs. Cool. Remove shell, remove white, then crumble the egg yolk as small as you can. Combine 4 1/2 oz butter + 1/2 cup confectioners sugar [...]

By Joanne|2011-06-30T13:59:00-04:00June 30, 2011|Chocolate|4 Comments

New York Cheesecake and Minnie Mouse

The other day, I had to be up early there was so much to do. Ted ditched us for our usual Sunday walk so Shane and I made it a quick walking/jogging 5 miler around the golf course. We played with a stick around the cart path at the 7th hole. It was icy in spots but for the most part, a pretty descent morning for some good exercise. I dressed too heavy for such warm weather so I worked up a good sweat. So why was there so much to do?......here it is.... It’s a party for Jillian. She [...]