Desserts

Tropical Tart with Homemade Cajeta

May 9, 2013
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It’s been busy around here. Recipe testing takes place twice a week and right after the last dish is washed, I’m up in my office writing writing writing. The book is taking shape and feeling real. The last few days have been incredibly productive and satisfying. I now have two assistants to wash dishes help [...]

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good food, good friends, giving thanks

November 20, 2012
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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, which is probably common for people who love to cook. It’s a giant stage on which we do a soliloquy, expressing ourselves with burnished birds and burbling pies and happy bellies. This year, I’m particularly aware of the “thanks” part, and wish to focus on the “giving.” Too late, I’m [...]

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one-footed-ness

August 1, 2012
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I’ve had a little ankle surgery. Just a small arthroscopy. Cleaning out the gutters, according to the doctor. To get ready, I made one of my favorite freezer-friendly meals. It’s vegetarian, sort of a pain to make, but worth the effort. When I posted the recipe on Food52, I called it Swearing Like a Sailor [...]

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a dozen lemons and twelve eggs

January 31, 2012
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When Meyer lemons are in season, recipes for lemon curd seem to be everywhere – in magazines, cooking shows and blogs, and every other place you can imagine. It’s citrus season and curds are a natural way to preserve the goodness. A good grapefruit curd is a treat, and satsuma and tangerine are eye-popping in [...]

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Almost Like a Birthday

January 14, 2012
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Well, what do you think? There’s been a little redecorating around here. We’ve moved the furniture around, but don’t worry, your favorite chair is still right over there.  Just click on RECIPE  in the top navigation and you’ll get quick links to my most popular recipes (canning, mostly) or click through to the RECIPE page [...]

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have you seen my mojo?

April 25, 2011
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Whew. I’ve had a few bad days in the kitchen. I’ll spare you photographs of the disasters. I’ve been thinking about each and every one, however. And each failure reinforced my intention to write recipes that work. You see, each of these, um, challenges in the kitchen was about the quality of the recipe, I’m [...]

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decadent chocolate pudding

April 1, 2011
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It’s snowing, raining and generally miserable in much of the northeast US today. I’m so sorry. It will all be alright. Really. Just make some chocolate pudding. You’ll feel all better in a snap. This recipe was in the box of recipe cards I have from my great-grandmother. She taught me to sew, to crochet, [...]

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canning, preserving and a wintertime tart

January 8, 2011
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It’s January, and hardly the time for canning, right? The farmer’s markets are closed until Spring, the snow is sleepily falling. All those jars and pots and pans and lids have been tucked away since October. Why is it, then, this week, I started to feel the itch again? Is it because we’ve been living [...]

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for the love of candied citrus peel

December 6, 2010
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Candying citrus peel – those slim tart, sweet chewy delights – takes three or four or more days. I’m sure there are other recipes that might speed up the process, and I’ve tried a lot of them, but to really do it right, it takes awhile. I realize some of you have turned away already, [...]

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