Seasonal recipes for today's kitchen
Imagine a Valentine’s dessert that’s warm, spicy and the color of an old-fashioned Cupid’s heart. That’s where my brain went to when I saw Ina Garten’s recipe for an oven-roasted applesauce flavored with fresh raspberries in her latest book, Cooking for Jeffrey. Ina is famous–Read more
This pear tart is a magic trick. You take fresh pears, 5 other ingredients, about 10 minutes of prep time, bake it for half an hour and poof! A beautiful dessert is on your table, waiting for a round of applause. I have often made this pear–Read more
As the last weeks of July creep onto my calendar, I’m finding ways to include beautiful summer fruits and vegetables in our menus. Heading to a weekend getaway in the mountains, I decided to bring along a dessert that gave the spotlight to cherries and strawberries. –Read more
A cookie called a “Chimneysweep” captured my imagination a couple of months ago. Its name conjured up memories of Dick Van Dyke as Bert, dancing atop roofs in Mary Poppins and made me smile. My happiness continued after I baked a batch of Chimneysweeps and–Read more
A few days ago at the farmer’s market, many stalls had signs reading, “Palisade Peaches—Last Week We’ll Be Here!” My spirits dropped a bit because I don’t want the season for eating chin-dripping blushed golden fruit to end. After having enjoyed delicious peaches from California’s–Read more
In my last post, I shared a recipe for Long Island Blueberry Tart and recommended using this crust. Like the tart, this recipe comes from Bon Appétit in August 1985 and was created by the talented food writer Richard Sax. This sweet pie crust is great to use–Read more