by Brian | Apr 14, 2020 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
This delightful tart was our Easter dessert. It features a pistachio crust that you will find wondrous — something you will want to use over and over again. Inside goes a rich vanilla pastry cream topped with spring fresh raspberries. This dessert is rich and...
by Brian | Aug 27, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
We were invited to a birthday party and were asked to bring a cake. I knew just the recipe I wanted and I looked for it on this blog. Strange. Not there. I know I blogged it. I went to my directory of recipes I have scanned in from books. No recipe. In fact, no...
by Brian | Sep 4, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
You can make a good cocktail, sometimes a great one, but this one is perfect. I positively guarantee you perfection. I like raspberries. I don’t like seeds. Raspberries in muffins or jam? Fine. Raspberries in a beverage? Uh, tough. Takes a little work. Just little. I...
by Brian | Oct 7, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Yesterday I posted a cookbook review for Skinny Sippers, a volume of cocktail recipes with a twist [no pun intended]. Each of the recipes in Skinny Sippers gives you a lovely cocktail in under 150 calories. The recipes are dotted with ideas for using fruit, fruit and...
by Brian | May 27, 2014 | Agua Fresca, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, Syrups
Growing up in Oregon, I was surrounded in spring and summer by fields of berries, mostly strawberry because they have higher productivity than raspberries. And strawberries behave themselves, while raspberries tend to “grow wild” and spread out of control. They...