I love to bake, and I love to eat desserts. What I do not love are overly-sweet and/or rich desserts that make my teeth ache and my conscience wish that I had said “no” after I begin digestion. That is where this recipe comes in: a moist cake, rich with...
…and all I have to have finished by Friday afternoon is: two batches of applesauce one sweet potato pie a few dozen mini corn muffins a bittersweet chocolate tart a dozen panna cotta one goat cheese cheesecake on molasses cookie crust, topped with honeyed cranberries a dozen peanut butter and...
I just baked up some Valrhona cocoa cupcakes and topped them with barely cherry buttercream frosting.
Also in this month’s Food & Wine mag was a recipe for Spicy Asian-Chicken-Salad Lettuce Cups. I wanted to bring something healthy to the party for those who don’t eat cherry ganache-stuffed chocolate chunk espresso cookies. I liked the idea for a moist chicken salad that used rotisserie chicken,...
So this month’s Food & Wine mag came in the mail last week and as is my norm I read it cover to cover and ripped out pages that looked interesting as well as recipes that looked hopeful. When it came time to decide on dishes to bring to a...