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This is a dream of a cake to make. Just two bowls, one for the wet ingredients and one for the dry. If you don’t have a standing mixer you can make the out-of-this world cream cheese icing in your … Continue reading
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THE OUTRAGEOUS OATMEAL COOKIE . . . with walnuts, dried cherries and chunks of chocolate
There are those days when you want to bite into an oatmeal cookie that’s a little over the top. A superlative chewy cookie with just the right amount of old fashioned rolled oats, nuts, chocolate and fruit. A cookie with … Continue reading
CHICKEN WITH MUSTARD AND RED PEPPER . . . a.k.a. Picnic Chicken . . . POULET GRILLE A LA DIABLE
My recipe for CHICKEN WITH MUSTARD AND RED PEPPER is a riff on a recipe by Patricia Wells. Her book, THE PARIS COOKBOOK. To read or cook from it is pure delight. I use French Dijon and coarse-grain French Dijon, … Continue reading
OLD FASHIONED CHERRY ALMOND CAKE
The most loved, most used of all my many baking cookbooks is tattered, torn, mended and scribbled. More than fifty years ago it came free with a bag of Robin Hood Flour. I adore anything baked with cherries. This … Continue reading
CHEDDAR AND GRUYERE CRACKERS . . . Frozen assets for holiday entertaining.
I like to make a splash with holiday hors d’oeuvres. Step out of the ordinary. Conjure up the unexpected. There is nothing more wonderful. Nothing more special than freshly baked homemade crackers. These are a snap to make. A double … Continue reading
EASY AS PIE . . . a no-fail pastry recipe
It is every baker’s dream. The ability to whip up the perfect pie with a crust so light and flaky and delicious you chase the last crumbs around your dessert plate. There’s more than a baker’s dozen way of making … Continue reading
SALTED CARAMEL SAUCE
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It is the attention to detail. The little extra that pushes something over the top that take it from very good to extraordinary. And when that extraordinary itself is truly magnificent you have pure gold. During our restaurant years every … Continue reading
THE TOP BANANA CAKE . . . a delicious doodle to make!
Cakes lavished with icing appear to be attending a party. They sashay onto your plate with a come-hither look, and you swoon with delight. There’s banana muffins. There’s banana loaf. But the top banana is this old-fashioned banana cake by … Continue reading
THE MAGIC OF SUN DRIED TOMATOES . . . preserving the magic of summer all winter long
Through the halcyon days of summer I plundered the garden for the fattest, juiciest, reddest of red tomatoes. The days shortened. Marine fog drifted across the fields poking destructive fingers into the garden. Time to harvest the tomatoes, ripe … Continue reading
CRANBERRY, APPLE AND WALNUT CAKE
This is one of those desserts masquerading as something it is not. It’s baked in a pie plate. It looks like a pie. But it is a delicious, easy peasy cake. The inspiration comes from Ina Garten of Barefoot Contessa … Continue reading
