Desserts

Lemon Meringue Pie with Ginger Lemon Cookie Crust

March 24, 2011

When I received an amazing gift of Meyer lemons from my friend Kim at Rustic Garden Bistro a couple of months ago, they were waylaid. Somewhere that we will never be privy to. All I know is that two shipments from California made at the same time saw one get to Indiana a week earlier [...]

‘Irish Coffee’ Cake and a Great Cause for Children – St. Baldrick’s Foundation

March 8, 2011

St Patrick’s Day will be here soon and I’ve got enough Irish in me to start thinking about a celebration. Not a big party but an opportunity to pay homage to a part of my ancestry (My Dad’s parents were German and Swiss; my Mom’s English and Irish). I’ll usually make corned beef for dinner, [...]

Gold Brick Milk Chocolate Banana Split Sundae

February 19, 2011

When I was a young teenager, I would travel by bus on Saturday to have lunch with my mother who managed a designer boutique inside a department store called Stix, Baer & Fuller in St. Louis, Missouri. When I think of that time and how adventurous I was…always quick to catch a bus or ride [...]

French Silk Pie with Graham Cracker Crust, Espresso
and Kahlua

February 13, 2011

If pies were wishes then I would wish this French Silk Pie for everyone! Hands down my most favortist pie ever. While I’ve seen several versions of this pie over the years, they’ve always been made with a regular pie crust or a regular pie crust with pecans but I have to tell you that [...]

Salted Chocolate Toffee Squares

February 5, 2011

If there is one thing I’ve been in love with forever, it’s toffee. I think a Heath Bar resulted in my first need to have a cavity filled when I was a girl and nothing has changed. I love a brand of toffee made locally called Enstrom’s (though miss the days before they become so [...]

Lemon Curd Squares with Rosemary – ‘In the Kitchen with A Good Appetite’

January 21, 2011

I bought several cookbooks in December, some for my birthday and others for Christmas (great excuses to get things I want for me!) and I’ve fallen in love with ‘In the Kitchen with A Good Appetite’ by Melissa Clarke who writes for the New York Times Dining Section. And that romance started long before I [...]

Here’s to a Healthy New Year
and a Different Kind of Cleanse!

December 30, 2010

Breakfast, Day 2: Warm and Nutty Quinoa from 101Cookbooks.com Although the word cleanse can leave most of us lacking (or even frightened!) in terms of being excited about the possibility, when I saw Bon Appetit tweet yesterday (@bonappetitmag) about a food lovers cleanse, I was intrigued enough to at least click the link and check [...]

Plum Tart with Almond Crumble

October 10, 2010

I often cook out of a need to use ingredients that are at their prime and just need to be used. That was the case this past week. I had a box of plums from Costco (how many times have I lamented an over-abundance of fruit for the very same reason?) and thought that the [...]

Zucchini Bread with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Brown Butter Frosting – It’s Perfect if You’re Sad! #BHF10PP

October 6, 2010

Zucchini bread is one of those things that if I had gone all summer without making it would have left me with a sad, that’s just not right sort of feeling. For years it was something my kids really looked forward to, using squash from our backyard garden. However, as the neighbor’s tree has grown [...]

Bourbon Caramel Apple Pie with Toasted Pecan Crumble

October 1, 2010

Now this is truly comfort food isn’t it? I love caramel, in truth, even cheap caramel but give me something with homemade caramel and add the richness of Bourbon and I’m in trouble! Add to those ingredients a flaky crust and apples and it’s sort of a fall, fruit flavor combination I could not resist. [...]