by Brian | Mar 4, 2019 | Dessert Digest
Ordinarily, an exceptional dessert takes some effort. Surely some time. Except, I think, for this Italian classic: tiramisu. It is a snap to prepare and, if you have just some basic artistic/architectural skills, you can make it gloriously beautiful. We serve...
by Brian | Jan 22, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Ordinarily, I think of cornmeal for two reasons: lining a pan before baking and actually baking cornbread — either loaf or muffins. Here cornmeal is the essential ingredient in a lovely dessert. You don’t want to frost this cake. You want to garnish it with fruit and...
by Brian | Jan 14, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
It’s January 14th. How is that New Year’s Resolution to cut down, or eliminate, dessert. I understand. I have the same problem. You want dessert, but how can you have something healthy. And won’t you be tempted to adorn, say, a healthy cake with “unhealthy”...
by Brian | Nov 30, 2018 | Dessert Digest
Remember fruit cocktail? We used to get it in grade school, though I doubt they do that anymore in the pizza-age. When was the last time you even bought a can of fruit cocktail? For Suzi and me, it was about forty years. But an amazing book, American Cake by Annie...
by Brian | Nov 26, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
My niece Rachel visited us recently. She’s eleven and is a whiz in the kitchen. “Here,” I said, “pick something.” I had given her my new copy of The European Cake Cookbook, something I reviewed with delight recently. Now, the book has a Coffee Chocolate Cake that I...
by Brian | Nov 16, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Yesterday I posted a recipe for a Classic Pumpkin Pie. There are options. “What are you doing?” My wife had come into my office and was looking over my shoulder. There was an Excel spreadsheet on my computer screen. “Comparing recipes,” I said. “No,” she whispered....
