It’s also astonishingly easy to make, but make sure to have a huge bowl for mixing the syrup with the popcorn, otherwise you’ll create a mess.

Ingredients:

10-15 cups plain popcorn
3/4 stick butter
1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup salted peanuts

1. Line bottom of a large shallow baking pan with foil. Lightly oil foil. Melt butter in a medium pot over moderate heat. Add brown sugar and bring to a boil over moderate heat, stirring, then boil, without stirring and making sure syrup does not scorch, about 6 minutes. Remove pot from heat.

2. Using a wooden spoon or a heatproof spatula, stir salt and baking soda into syrup, then quickly stir in peanuts and popcorn to coat. Immediately spread mixture in baking pan as thinly and evenly as possible. Cool completely, then break into bite-size pieces.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup plus 1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

1. Put oven in middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Oil a muffin tin lightly with vegetable oil.

2. Whisk together flour, sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl until combined. In another bowl, whisk together pumpkin, remaining oil, and eggs, until smooth, then whisk in flour mixture until just combined.

3. Stir together remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon and remaining 1 teaspoon sugar in another bowl and set aside.

4. Divide batter among muffin cups, then sprinkle tops with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake until puffed and golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup rice flour
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups milk
2 tablespoons rosewater

1. Pour milk in a large saucepan over medium heat and add rice flour, stirring to dissolve. Add rosewater and sugar.

2. Stir constantly over heat until mixture comes to a slow boil and is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.

3. Remove from heat and transfer to individual serving bowls, and let cool. Serve cold or at room temperature.

Ingredients:

2 cups black sticky rice
3 cups water
2 cups coconut milk
1/2 cup brown sugar sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 mango, sliced or chopped

1. Rinse rice a couple of times to remove any impurities until the water clears. Place the rice and water in a pot and bring to a boil. Let boil and stir frequently for 5 minutes, then cover, lower heat to medium-low, and cook for 10 minutes. Lower the heat to low and let cook, covered, for 30 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, place the coconut milk, sugar and salt in a saucepan over medium heat and stir until dissolved. Add the coconut milk to the rice and stir well, then remove from heat and set aside for 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature and top with mango slices.

also:

spaghetti with scallops, white wine and chile-butter sauce

steamed asparagus with anchovy butter

calamari, papaya and cashew salad

here’s the recipe for the crepes:

3 eggs
1 cup milk
5 T dark rum
6 T butter
1 T sugar
1/2 t salt
1 1/2 t ground cinnamon
1 c flour
3 lbs medium golden delicious apples, peeled, quartered, each quarter cut into 3 wedges
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup apple juice
2 T lemon juice
1 t grated lemon peel
vanilla ice cream

1. mix eggs, milk, 2 tablespoons of the rum, 2 tablespoons of the butter, sugar, salt and 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon in a blender until smooth. add flour in 2 additions, blending until smooth after each and scraping down sides of the container. let batter stand at room temperature for an hour.

2. heat nonstick skillet with 7-inch diameter bottom over medium-high heat. brush with melted butter. pour in 3 tablespoonfuls of crepe batter, rotating and shaking pan so batter covers bottom evenly. cook crepe until golden on bottom, about 45 seconds. turn crepe over and cook until light brown in spots, about 30 seconds. turn crepe out onto paper towel. repeat with remaining batter, brushing pan with butter before making each crepe.

3. melt remaining 4 tablespoons butter in large skillet over high heat. add apples, saute until deep golden and tender, tossing often, about 15 minutes. add sugar, apple juice, lemon juice, lemon peel, and remaining 1 teaspoon cinamon. simmer until juices thicken and apples are very tender, turning with spatula, about 3 minutes. remove from heat.

4. butter large ovenproof rimmed platter. arrange crepes on work surface and spoon apples into center of crepes, dividing equally and leaving sauce in skillet. fold 1 side of crepes over filling; roll up, enclosing filling. arrange on platter, seam side down. stir ru into sauce in skillet. bring to boil, stirring.

5. preheat oven to 350F. spoon sauce over crepes. bake until warm, about 10 minutes. serve with ice cream.