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Jan 8, 2019
Meyer Lemon Curd with Graham Cracker Crumbs
This didn't look like much to be honest but certainly packed a flavor punch - a layer of mouth puckering Meyer lemon curd, a layer of...
Nov 30, 2018
When Your Child Makes Puppy Dog Eyes At You For Sugar...
L. came home from school today desperately craving a sweet treat. Because I am a besotted mother - and happened to have everything I...
Oct 25, 2018
Coconut-Aquafaba Ice Cream with Shaved Coconut Brittle
I read Yotam Ottolenghi's recipe for this online and decided to make it as soon as an occasion presented itself as it seemed like a...
Oct 2, 2018
Baked Apples with Bourbon Cream
A proper fall dessert and quite easy to make as well. The apples get all soft and fragrant, the brown sugar, spice and butter in the...
Sep 18, 2018
Sweet Corn Panna Cotta
This definitely falls under the classification, slightly old fashioned perhaps, of an "elegant" dessert. The flavor is subtle but perfect...
Aug 27, 2018
Bonus Recipe: Chocolate-Avocado Mousse
This mousse idea came together simply because I was making an afternoon tea in honor of my mother and have some small green glass port...
Aug 4, 2018
Summer Orange Cheesecake with Blueberry-Thyme Compote
The lovely thing about this summer dessert was that it was a completely no-bake one. I used the microwave for 30 seconds to melt the...
May 27, 2018
Lemon Drizzle Cake part 2
Should you make the Lemon Drizzle Cake that I made a few posts ago and happen to have a teenager in the house, make sure that you hide it...
May 26, 2018
Bonus Recipe: Lemon Drizzle Cake
I have been craving a cake that really packed a lemony punch and tonight I gave in to that urge. 80 degrees at 9 at night and yet I felt...
Apr 26, 2018
Individual Orange Blossom Ricotta Cheesecake Puddings
I read the inspiration recipe below and planned on making it because it sounded absolutely delicious. However, the more I thought about...
Nov 16, 2017
Bonus Recipe: Candied Peel Cake
I was looking for an easy cake that I could whip up for L. to have when he got home from school and for me to use as a means of...
Oct 17, 2017
Bonus Recipe: Apple Crisp Verrines
My sister came to dinner last night and, even though I had planned a perfectly nice dinner and she doesn't really particularly like...
Mar 27, 2016
Recipe: Blueberry-Peach Galette
Obviously this galette would be even better in the summer, made with fresh, beautifully ripe peaches and blueberries. For some reason,...
Mar 13, 2016
Bonus Recipe: "Orange is the New Mega Orange" Cake
That is potentially the stupidest title I have ever come up with for a recipe but I was trying to convey just how intensely orange...
Feb 5, 2016
Recipe: Oat Date Bars
Back in the early 70s, my mom used to make date bars out of a mix from Betty Crocker. The memory of this dessert grew in my sister's mind...
Dec 10, 2015
Guest Post: Holiday Cookie Recipe from Katherine Yang, Owner of Gigi Blue - Delectable Edibles in M
Despite the fact that I am a horrible baker (except for bread), when L. was little I had a cookie decorating party for him every...
Nov 10, 2015
Coconut Chia Pudding with Mango and Banana
Texture is of the utmost importance to me in food and this "pudding" does not work for me though I can eat its glutinous cousin, tapioca,...
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