Normally you find meringue swirled on top of lemon or chocolate pies, but here it dresses up a classic go-to dessert. The tall meringue adds some drama and sophistication while its lightness balances the denseness of the brownie. It’s a little fancy, but not too fancy, like wearing a suit with Converses. The hazelnuts compliment …
The warm chocolate ganache adds decadence, while the whipped egg whites lend airiness to this gluten-free dessert. 10oz bittersweet (60%) chocolate bar 1 stick butter 6 eggs 3/4 c sugar 1/2 c almonds 1 T vanilla 1/4 tsp salt chocolate ganache 1. Grease a 9 in springform cake or tart pan. Preheat oven to 300˚. …
You can call these Tahini Cookies, too, if you want. It’s all the same. And with the extra tahini, you can make some hummus… Instead of a glass of milk, I like eating these cookies with an iced dirty chai. RECIPE makes 12 cookies 1/2 c butter, room temp 1/2 c sugar 1/2 c brown …
As kids, one of our favorite treats was cinnamon-sugar toast, which was simply a buttered piece of toast sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon. My sister and I’d usually get to have a slice right before bedtime if our older brother was watching us. It was like getting a Cinnabon at the mall. There’s something magical …
Chocolate. Fudge. Moon pies. Do I really need to say more? MOON PIE RECIPE makes 10-12 small ones 1 c flour 1 c sugar 1/3 c + 1 T cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 egg 1/2 c buttermilk, at room temp 1/4 c veg oil 1 tsp vanilla FROSTING RECIPE …
You find a lot of cookies ‘n cream shakes around, but I’m not sure why the cookie dough shake isn’t more popular. After all, most people like the dough more than the actual cookie anyways. Do you bother baking it? I heard that song, “The Hippy Hippy Shake” the other day, and thought if I …
Right before Valentine’s Day, I usually get some calls from friends asking for advice. Cooking advice, just to be clear. They want to make a fancy dinner for someone they love/like/are-interested-in-but-afraid-to-assign-a-label. Except they don’t cook. One friend called, asking, “What’s a row-ex?” Me: “A Rolex? Like the watch?” “No, a rowwexe. It’s in a recipe.” “Spell …
“She enjoys all of life’s simple pleasures: dipping her hand into sacks of grain, cracking the crust of a crème brûlée with the tip of a spoon…” That’s how the narrator describes Amélie in the beginning of the movie. It’s probably my favorite movie. I love cracking the sugar crust, too. And there has to be a …
About 8 or 9 years ago, I became obsessed with tiramisù. I ordered it everywhere I could find it. Even if I was too full. One time I had eaten too much Spaghetti Bolognese and had to walk a few laps around this restaurant in Pittsburgh to try and make room. As people looked at …
Pumpkin has infiltrated about every food product. You walk into a Trader Joe’s this time of year, and you’ll see what I mean…from oatmeal to coffee to yogurt to cookies… I think the next frontier for pumpkin is beauty products. I’m waiting for Old Spice to come out with a “fresh pumpkin” deodorant, maybe Dial …
