Jamie Oliver’s 45-second strawberry ice cream on YouTube convinces me to give this recipe a go. You have to see it to believe it. Why not,…
Alice Waters/ Berry/ classics/ dessert/ easy everyday/ my favorites
Chez Panisse’s Blueberry Cobbler
It’s July 4 and blueberry season, a perfect occasion for a blueberry cobbler. I’ve been eyeing to make the Chez Panisse’s blueberry cobbler for a long…
Berry/ breakfast/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake
Cornmeal-Buttermilk Skillet Cake | Everyday Dorie
This cake has a lot going for it, even in the midst of the Covid season. I say that because all-purpose flour is in short supply.…
dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fruit/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake
Last-of-the-Bunch Banana Bundt | Everyday Dorie
The New York metropolitan area is now the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. With the ever-rising community infections, going out to the grocery stores can be…
I have high hope that walnut and halva, two of my favorite ingredients, would elevate an ordinary cake. Walnut has many healthy benefits: rich in antioxidants,…
dessert/ holidays/ Other Sweets/ scalable/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Orange and Star Anise Shortbread | Ottolenghi’s Sweet
The original shortbread came from Scotland. Likewise, the first printed recipe dating back to 1736 was from a Scotswoman Mrs McLintock. Moreover, the best shortbread cookies…
You can find an apple crisp and a custard tourte (apple kuchen) on this blog. Both are delicious and the crisp is much easier to put…
There is a story behind the tahini and halva brownies. It starts with Seed + Mill at the Chelsea Market in New York city. It is…
What’s so amazing about Dorie’s chewy chocolate chip cookies? Not only does Dorie walk you through the recipe that gives us the most wonderful cookies, she…
The Sour cherry crostata by Ruth Reichl looks appealing. A few months ago, Diane posted a similar crostata and commented that the crust was difficult to…
dessert/ Fruit/ Jim Lahey/ Low fat/ my favorites/ quick cake/ scalable
Orange Olive-Oil Cake | Torta D’olio D’oliva
Don’t let a simple cake like this fool you. It delivers spectacular flavor, uses wholesome ingredients, and easy to mix by hand. If you attend to…
Chocolate/ dessert/ Fruit/ my favorites/ Nut/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Chocolate, Banana and Pecan Cookies | The Ultimate
I don’t buy cookies. And for that matter, I don’t buy breads, salad dressings, nor processed foods. As long as there are flour, butter, sugar, wild…
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” In this case, I’m referring to the dessert in David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen, the chocolate…
Let’s talk science. What’s the difference between sorbet and ice cream? It’s the greater amount of fat, that gives ice cream the richness and creaminess, as…
My introduction to quince started with the quince and stilton quiche in Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty More. That was a stunner of a quiche that’s impossible to…
This warm chocolate cake, or moelleux au chocolate, is David Lebovitz’s dessert of choice in his “old faithful” French bistro Astier in Paris. This chocolate cake…
Berry/ Chad Robertson/ dessert/ enriched dough/ Levain & Yeast Hybrid/ my favorites
Brioche Sweet Pizza with Berries
Three little words — brioche, sweet, pizza, capture the exquisite interplay among bread, pastry and pizza. Brioche begins as basic bread dough. Incorporate a good amount…
Dee’s cheesecake from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen is a cake with all cheese. I mean, there is fromage blanc, a fresh cheese in France that…
classics/ dessert/ enriched dough/ Fruit/ my favorites/ Ruth Reichl/ year round
Apple and Calvados Galette |The Gourmet Cookbook
The varieties of apple in the store are tempting. Ginger Gold, Gala, Ruby Frost, Honeycrisp… It’s impossible to walk past the piles of apples without catching…
Cooking the sugar syrup in the style of the Italian meringue has always been a challenge for me. It’s no exception this time for one of…
Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ dessert/ Fruit/ Gluten free/ holidays/ Low fat
Clementine Prosecco Sorbet with Candied Citrus Peel
A few days into the New Year, we’re still in the mood of welcoming a fresh beginning. What can be more festive than a dish of…
Chocolate/ classics/ Cream/ David Lebovitz/ dessert/ featured/ kitchen hack/ Other Sweets/ winter
Chocolate Yule Log / Bûche de Noël
Bûche de Noël is not a cake I would choose to bake on my own. It seems daunting. On the other hand, who can resist…
David Lebovitz reverses the traditional way we make the pound cake in the bay leaf pound cake recipe in My Paris Kitchen. Most recipes begin by…
I attended the Food Tank Summit in New York City the other day. The theme this year was food loss and food waste. It’s impossible these…
A List of Eric Ripert’s Recipes Listing all of Eric Ripert’s recipes I’ve explored in the last six months (April to September 2018) in one summary…