The tart is somewhat of an archnemesis to me. It’s the dough, you see, it hates me. It has such simple ingredients: a little butter, a little sugar, some flour, salt, and egg- how could one screw this up, right? Well I could, and have, several times. This is where...
Ok, I know, this week has been a little heavy on the goat cheese. But it’s so good! This particular recipe was developed as an appetizer for a party where hand-held foods are a must. Since I typically do something very sweet and dessert-y I decided to make something savory...
A stand-up carrot cake recipe is always a good thing to have in one’s repertoire, in my opinion. This recipe is stand-up. It’s flavorful without being over-done. It’s moist without being heavy or greasy. It’s loaded with fruits and, therefore, fiber (which must mean that it’s healthy-right?). And to top...
I recently threw a party and I wanted to put out a dip made with goat cheese, but my stand-by recipe called for walnuts and I already had a lot of dishes with nuts in them and didn’t want to over-do it. To remove the walnuts from the other recipe...
I was in a small grocery store in town the other day looking for a cucumber and they had none. What I spied in its stead was a package of organic blueberries. I couldn’t say no. It’s the beginning of March and I haven’t had a blueberry that wasn’t frozen...
…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...