A simple lemon cake gets the same love from almost everybody, much like an apple pie. What to bring to a potluck party, using primarily pantry…
Bake/ breakfast/ brunch/ cheese/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ pastry
Spinach-Mozzarella Pie with Parm Crumble | Baking with Dorie
I had the spinach-Mozzarella pie with Parm crumble for lunch while pondering the difference between a pie and a quiche. The cheese, cream and egg filling…
brunch/ Dorie Greenspan/ enriched dough/ mezze (small plates)/ Sauté/ scalable
Free-Style Mushroom, Herb and Ricotta Tart | Baking with Dorie
This is an unconventional tart. It might be called a tray tart, if I can make up such a term. There are three layers to the…
I took advantage of a rainy day to make some holiday cookies I have my sight on for quite a while. These are the matcha tea…
It’s never too late to find a classic cookie that you instantly like. Hermits are New England natives which have been around since the late 1800s.…
The classic apple pie, of which the mulled-butter apple pie is a variation, has been an ongoing challenge for me. It’s a challenge to make a…
Berry/ breakfast/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ holidays/ Nut/ quick cake
Pecan-Cranberry Loaf | Baking with Dorie
It’s never too early to start assembling recipes for Thanksgiving. Pecan and cranberry are the quintessential ingredients that add pizzazz to any Thanksgiving menu. When Dorie…
These devil’s thumbprints are fun to play with. What I did differently than Dorie was the filling on the cookies. She recommends raspberry and chocolate fillings.…
This is not exactly the fancy blood orange cake my family adores which we bake only on special occasions. Then there is this candied orange cake…
Szalotka is Polish dessert that I’ve never heard of. Dorie Greenspan, in her cookbook Baking with Dorie, speaks fondly about the Polish szarlotka which reminds her…
The brown sugar-spice cake with warm spices and fruits marks the fall — despite the fact that the outside temperature has been unseasonably warm. I baked…
Bake/ breakfast/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fruit/ whole wheat/ year round
Banana Breakfast Squares | Baking with Dorie
I am having the banana breakfast squares with my morning coffee as I’m writing today’s post. Morning is a good time to write and to refuel.…
Asian/ brunch/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fish/ French/ mezze (small plates)
French-Asian Salmon Rillettes | Everyday Dorie
Which rillette variation should I make? 1) The classic honey-mustard salmon, 2) the miso-salmon or 3) the French-Asian salmon rillettes. The common ingredient is the salmon…
Bake/ brunch/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Side/ summer
Double-Corn Tomato Crisp | Baking with Dorie
When Dorie starts the recipe description with: There’s a time…, I feel compelled to hear her out in its entirety. (See the quote below.) I can…
We are fortunately that we don’t have too many days of triple-digit heat in the New York area. But the ongoing heat wave, together with the…
Berry/ cheese/ Chocolate/ Cream/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan
Very Cherry Cheesecake-Chocolate No-Bake Bars | Baking with Dorie
There are layers upon layers of intrigue and flavors. I change things around using cherries instead of strawberries. The results have been mixed, but mostly positive,…
I’ve made berry and/or fruit desserts in all shapes and forms—galette, cobbler, tart, cake. But for mixed berry pies, they do not get a whole lot…
July 21st is Australia’s National Lamington Day which celebrates the creation of a square piece of cake that’s covered in chocolate and coated in shredded coconut.…
Claudia Roden/ Cream/ dessert/ Mediterranean/ summer
Parfait Mocha Praline | Claudia Roden’s Mediterranean
With just five ingredients and a little time, you can make a company worthy dessert. The parfait mocha praline is so easy to do that any…
This week’s bake along with our friends at Tuesday with Dorie features the cottage berry cobbler. Berry cobbler has been one of my favorite desserts to…
Berry/ Cream/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ summer
No-Bake Mixed-Berry Coupes | July 4 Celebration
We celebrate the Fourth of July of American independence with a no-bake mixed berry coupes. That’s the easy part: to prepare a single serve dessert with…
Berry/ Cream/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ summer
Rhubarb-Bottom, Strawberry-Top Tart | Baking with Dorie
Strawberry and rhubarb are bountiful and good-looking in the farmers market. I bake Dorie’s rhubarb-bottom, strawberry-top tart from her new book, Baking with Dorie. Can’t help…
Searching for the seasonal scones to make for a weekend breakfast, look no further than the strawberry and cream scones. I make them at the spur…
Let’s make cakes to celebrate commencement and anniversaries 2023. We just got back from Boston, the city we’ve gone for more graduations than any other US…
brunch/ Claudia Roden/ foundation recipe/ Mediterranean/ Poultry/ puff pastry
Chicken and Onion “Pies” with Moroccan Flavors | Claudia Roden
I took a cooking lesson with a young Moroccan woman Laila at her home in the medina in Fez. (Laila works as a cook in a…