"foodaphilia" news and stories

My friend E is a baker and whenever we have a food blogger potluck here in Philly, she makes the most amazing desserts. People still talk about her Coconut Toffee Almond Crunch cookies and I have a friend who faithfully recreates them for every party he is invited to or throws. Oh, and her Elvis Cake continues to be thing of legend around these parts. So you'll understand why I was thrilled to discover this morning that E had added a bunch of her food pics to the Slashfood Flickr pool.

This image of an Oatmeal Cream Pie called out to me, especially since I knew that I was sure to be able to find the recipe on her blog. I don't have a whole lot of baking time this weekend, but I think I may need to shoehorn these into the schedule sometime soon.

Don't forget to head over to the Slashfood Flickr group and upload your images. It's also a good place to look for inspiration, as there are now nearly 500 people adding new pictures and recipes on a daily basis.

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Elizabeth of Foodaphilia, creator of the very impressive and drool-worthy Elvis cake, is at it again. Inspired to head to the kitchen by a recipe Anna posted last February on Cookie Madness, she whipped up a batch of Frito Candy. I am intrigued by this recipe as it mixes savory and sweet together in a totally appealing way (I also like the fact that it pulls peanut butter into the mix).

I love that the star of this recipe is a cup of Fritos. After having listened to the Kitchen Sisters podcast about the birth of the Frito, I think that the man who invented the Frito would approve of this recipe, as he was a big proponent of using his product in recipes and new food creations.

If you decide to whip this recipe up over the weekend, make sure to post a picture of it to our Flickr group so we can see the results!

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I realize that I've posted nearly every day this week about one or another dish that appeared at the Philly Food Blogger Potluck last Friday. I hope I'm not boring you with all these posts, it just doesn't seem right not to share all the wonderful things that I got to taste that night. And with that introduction, let me tell you about what may be one of the best cookies I've ever tasted (and I've eaten more than my share of cookies over the years).

Elizabeth, who is also responsible for the Elvis and Fluffer Nutter cakes I've posted about in the past, brought a large container of her famous Coconut Almond Toffee Crunch cookies to the potluck. She describes them perfectly in her post as a cookie that has evolved into a treat "that combines chewy, crunchy, sweet, salty, and buttery." People who loudly announced that they didn't like coconut devoured them. Folks sneaked stacks of them out in napkins. One blogger said she was going to take the cookie in her hand home to her boyfriend but was then spotted eating it a few moments later. They are just that good.

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When I post about tantalizing food creations that other people out there are making and writing about, I like to try and be fair. I don't want to play favorites or spend too much time featuring one particular blog, because there are so many amazing cooks and writers out there who deserve attention and a little bit of limelight. So I readily admit that I am breaking my own rule with this post because I just recently wrote about the Elvis cake. But, come on, it's a FlufferNutter cake. You wouldn't have been able to resist either.

E from Foodaphilia has been at it again, this time whipping up a FlufferNutter cake for the cafe she bakes for. Check out that picture, with those pools of marshmallow fluff leaking out the bottom of the cake, crying out for someone to dash a finger through them. My friend Ingrid is a big fan of marshmallow fluff sandwiches, I am making this for her the next time she's in town.

In my travels through the interwebs yesterday, I stumbled across this gorgeous banana, chocolate and peanut butter cake. E bakes for a little cafe in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia, and when faced with a bunch of overripe bananas, she drew inspiration from a cupcake that another blogger made back in January to create this cake. Every time I look at the photos of it, a part of me wants to leap up and head to the kitchen to recreate it myself.

photo by Elizabeth Halene