48 posts categorized "Dessert"
Chocolate Bark Three Ways: December 12, 2011
Normally at this time of year we are baking furiously, making cookies to package up and give away. Along with a bottle of Black Ankle wine, these are our favorite gifts to take along to a party or to give...
The Flu, Good Books, and Ginger-Baked Apples: December 6, 2011
We have been felled by the flu. I woke up Wednesday morning, went for my early morning walk, showered, and crawled back into bed. And that is where I stayed for the next three days. Olivia followed a day after...
Caramel Apples: October 27, 2011
We have spent a lot of time these last few weeks getting ready for the kitchen project. We've cleaned, packed, organized, sorted, boxed, and schlepped loads of stuff, way more than I thought could fit in that kitchen and dining...
Cooking with Mother Goose: Classic Apple Pie: September 29, 2011
Cooking with Mother Goose: A series of occasional posts inspired by children's stories and rhymes. Simple Simon Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair; Said Simple Simon to the pieman, Let me taste your ware. Said the pieman...
Fresh Figs with Ricotta, Honey, and Pistachios: September 7, 2011
Categories: Appetizer, Dessert, Farmers' Market Find, Fig, Party Food, Picnic Food, Potluck Dish, Ricotta, Season: Summer
Some days it all comes tumbling down, that balance that I have so carefully tried to maintain in my life as a working mother. Some days I can see all my mistakes but feel powerless to stop them. Children are...
Purple Raspberry Sauce: July 10, 2011
We finally had time to go berry picking the other day, our first outing of the season to Larriland, our favorite pick-your-own farm. As usual, the children were very excited, happily picking away and planning what we should make with...
Oscar's Tasty and Juicy Strawberry Pie: June 20, 2011
Okay, that's Oscar's title, but I was going to call it "Not Quite Perfect Strawberry Pie." Here's the back story. A couple of years ago, when we went strawberry picking, we were dreaming of all of the things that we...
Rhubarb-Apple Turnovers: May 17, 2011
One of the cookbooks that I have been using frequently of late is Dorie Greenspan's Around My French Table. The book is full of fairly simple but delicious recipes that are perfect for either a casual dinner or a fancier...
Green Rhubarb Galette: May 3, 2011
We went away for one week and the farmers' market went from ho-hum to fantastic. Not only were there ramps and asparagus, there were also lots of herbs, spring onions, and morel mushrooms. And there was rhubarb. As always, when...
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Blood Orange Sauce: April 7, 2011
I sometimes think that there is a collective consciousness. Or maybe all ideas are riding on the same current. Right after I posted this recipe for Orange Chiffon Cake, the New York Times ran a recipe for Yuzu Chiffon Cake,...
Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies: March 31, 2011
Laced in with the sadness of the past year have been surprising moments of joy. We have gathered with others who also loved our dear ones and in those gatherings there has been much celebration, gratitude, and laughter. Misery loves...
Clementine Sorbet & Teal Toes: March 10, 2011
Categories: Dessert, Season: Winter
I don't know if it is a craving for vitamin C or just that great freshness that citrus brings to the last days of winter, but we have been eating more than our share of citrus around here. I've been...
Coco-Choco Pudding: March 3, 2011
The forces have been conspiring to get me to make pudding. First, Food 52 featured pudding in their recipe contest last week. I wanted to make an improved version of the Jell-O pistachio pudding that I loved as a...
Cooking with Mother Goose: Homemade Apple Sauce: February 9, 2011
Cooking with Mother Goose: A series of occasional posts inspired by children's stories and rhymes - just one more way for me to hook the children into the kitchen. For Baby You shall have an apple You shall have a...
Molasses Cookies: January 26, 2011
Much gratitude for all of your kind words in response to my last post. There are such good reminders in those comments about how important it is to be honest with our children and about how resilient those little ones...
Spiced Roasted Pears: January 13, 2011
Apples and pears, pears and apples, apples, apples, and more apples, and then some pears. That's the state of fruit at the farmers' market these days. This is the time of year when trying to eat locally and seasonally can...
Homemade Gingerbread Houses: December 23, 2010
If you're looking for an example of a perfect gingerbread house, you won't find it here. Fine detail work and perfect design just aren't my thing. What I will give you, though, are step-by-step instructions for making your own gingerbread...
Airy Apple Cake: December 1, 2010
Categories: Breakfast, Cake, Comfort Food, Dessert, Farmers' Market Find, Potluck Dish, Season: Autumn, Snack
Sometimes a homey, tasty cake is just what you need. In fact, cake almost always has the power to improve ones outlook on life. In any event, the only thing it can hurt is the waistline, and I'm not going...
Best Ever Pecan Bars: November 9, 2010
Do you have a recipe that you just love that you look for any possible opportunity to make? If so, I would love to hear from you -- please leave me a comment and let me know what your favorite...
Chocolate-Hazelnut Macarons: September 24, 2010
As promised, here is a macaron recipe for you chocolate lovers. Chocolate is a challenge for me because I adore it, but I have become very susceptible to the effects of caffeine. I'm not sure if the cause is all...
Apricot-Blueberry Upside Down Cake: July 28, 2010
Last Saturday we went to our friends' house for an impromptu dinner. I love those weeks when the stars align and we are all free to get together on a Saturday night. I offered to bring dessert because I had...
Cherry Galettes: June 28, 2010
This is the best time of year to buy fruit at the market. Just this weekend, I picked up both sweet and tart cherries, black raspberries, red raspberries, blueberries, and peaches. Yes, I am a glutton. But I just can't...
Cooking with Mother Goose: Mulberry Gelato: June 3, 2010
Cooking with Mother Goose: A series of occasional posts inspired by children's stories and rhymes - just one more way for me to hook the children into the kitchen. Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush Here we go round...
Rhubarb-Mint Popsicles: May 24, 2010
One of the things about trying to eat seasonally is that I find myself gorging on whatever is in season because I know it won't last. This is a good news, bad news situation. On the bad news side, I...
Monday Rhubarb Streusel Cake: May 17, 2010
Sometimes you just need a little cake, a little just-because cake. You know, like a just-because-I-had-the day-off-and-felt-like-baking cake. Or just-because-it's-Wednesday-and-we're-half-way-through-the-week-cake. Or just-becase-we're-all-home-for-dinner-with-nowhere-to-rush-to-or-from cake. Or one of my favorites, just-because-it's-Monday cake. In general, we try to eat healthy foods, a wide...
Coeur à la Crème: May 10, 2010
I was thrilled to find strawberries at the farmers' market this past weekend. I think that they are available earlier than usual this year because of the warm weather we have had this spring. Whatever the reason, though, there they...
Chocolate Banana Cream Pie: April 8, 2010
For Oscar's actual birthday, the one on his birthday, not the family party or the party with his friends, he requested banana cream pie. His Uncle Eddie makes a mean banana cream pie, and Oscar wanted one for his birthday....
Chocolate Sheet Cake with Brown Sugar Buttercream Frosting: March 18, 2010
I love making homemade cake, but it is so disappointing to make a cake and then realize that a cake mix would have been better. I have made cakes that are too dry, too wet, too crumbly, not sweet enough,...
Roses des Sables: March 3, 2010
In addition to the crêpes, Ophélie taught us how to make this treat, known as Roses des Sables. She told me that they were made with chocolate and cornflakes, and I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical...
Crêpes: March 1, 2010
Before Ophélie, the French teacher we hosted, came to visit, we were a bit apprehensive about feeding her. When we had told her that we were vegetarians, her response was that she didn't like many vegetables. Uh-oh. I was determined...
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies: February 24, 2010
Do you remember that old jingle, "Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don't"? I never understood that ad; I always feel like a nut. By that, I mean, of course, that I always feel like eating nuts. If...
Snow Scream: February 6, 2010
This has been such an amazing winter of snow storms in this area. I hope you're enjoying this latest round. I know it can be terribly inconvenient, but I have to admit that I love a good snowstorm as much...
Chocolate Shortcake with Blood Orange Sauce: February 3, 2010
With Valentine's Day right around the corner, chocolate is definitely on my mind. I love flourless chocolate cake, but I have made so many of them over the years, that it seemed time for a change. This recipe is a...
Robin's Egg Meringues: January 27, 2010
A few weekends ago, I was engaging in my favorite Sunday afternoon activity, reading the Sunday New York Times and dozing between sections. I treasure the afternoons when I can do that. We have a big sectional couch in our...
Pear and Almond Cake: January 8, 2010
I had plans to provide lots of healthy recipes after the New Year for those of you who were tired of holiday eating. I promise that there will be more of those coming. But this cake is what I am...
Pear Tarte Tatin: November 20, 2009
While we're on the subject of dessert, here's another recipe for a classic with a twist. For those of you not familiar with Tarte Tatin, it is a caramelized tart, usually made with apples. To mix things up, I make...
Un-Corny Pecan Pie: November 17, 2009
We have developed a thing in this house against corn syrup. I was responsible for getting the ball rolling when I started to pay attention to how many prepared foods contained corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup or, in many...
Brown Sugar Cookies: October 29, 2009
Olivia got into her head that she wanted to make brown sugar cookies. Doesn't that sound delicious? I think she got the idea from a book, Easy Desserts, that my mother gave her a few years ago. She loves looking...
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting: October 20, 2009
Months ago, we planned a camping trip for this past weekend. I envisioned hiking under the changing leaves, with crisp nights and warm fires. Instead, the weather turned miserably cold and rainy. We watched all week hoping the forecast would...
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip After School Cookies: October 9, 2009
The children have been back at school for more than a month now, and we are finally getting into a routine. It is all a bit bewildering for me those first few weeks, trying to get back in the rhythm...
Victory Bread Pudding: October 6, 2009
I made this recipe for my aunt, Midge. She had been craving a basic, pure-tasting bread pudding. And, of course, I welcomed the challenge of coming up with something that would satisfy her craving. Midge isn't just any ordinary aunt....
Simply Peach Pie: August 18, 2009
I know I have just recently given you a pie recipe, but I really must share this one with you too. I don't know when it started, but many years ago, I started making this pie for Gabe's birthday. His...
Blueberry Birthday Pie: July 23, 2009
Summer birthdays can have their disadvantages for children. There is no party at school for one thing. And we had to schedule Chloe's birthday party 6 weeks from the actual date in order to be sure that all the key...
Summertime and Strawberry Shortcake: June 18, 2009
I feel like we have been waiting forever for this school year to end. Maybe it's the unusually cool and rainy weather, but summer seems so late in coming this year. But now, finally, school is out and I am...
Rhubarb-Thyme Compote: May 21, 2009
Rhubarb is out at the farmer's markets this time of year, and I love it. My mother often made a rhubarb sauce to have on hand as a treat, usually with vanilla ice cream. Today it would be given the...
Oscar's Brownies: May 11, 2009
This post is kind of cheating because this isn't my recipe. I haven't modified it one iota. There was no reason to because these brownies are perfect as is. So I'm just going to provide you the link to the...
Vanilla Bean Pudding: March 27, 2009
There's something about pudding. It's not fancy or elegant, but it is cold, creamy, delicious, and comforting. It's hard to get enough. We have been making it a lot lately. We made the butterscotch pudding from the February issue of...
Obamagranate Macadamia Ice Cream with Pomegranate Syrup: February 13, 2009
There really are two Washingtons. The one that people outside of the area read about, involving politics, power, museums, and monuments. And the one that the rest of us live in. The one that is filled with the daily events...
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