It has taken me a long time to like rhubarb and thanks to this recipe I now love it. Why it has taken me this long problably has to do with the fact that somewhere along the line I must have tasted…
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Balthazar’s Profiteroles
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Balthazar is probably the only restaurant in the world where I think of dessert first and everything else last. Serve me anything to get it over with and get to the real purpose of my…
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Mama’s Angel Food Cake With A Bourbon Creme Anglaise
For Christmas my daughter in law gave me a copy of a fabulous cookbook by Virginia Willis called Bon Appetit, Y’all: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking. It is a unique…
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Empanaditas de Guayaba… Baked Cuban Guava Pastries
You could say that guava is the national fruit of Cuba. We eat it morning, noon and night. There is nothing like stopping at a Cuban joint mid morning and getting a cup of Cuban coffee with a small…
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Cherry Cobbler
Now that cherries are at the height of their season, I have been looking for a recipe to post that was not a cherry pie. You see, in this house that was my mother in law’s territory and no matter…
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Easy Latticed Blueberry Pie
This morning when I left the house I had absolutely no intention of making a blueberry pie; but as luck would have it, when I stopped at the farmer’s market to pick up tomatoes for tomorrow’s lunch,…
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Affogato…A Simple Dessert In a Glass
Some of life’s greatest pleasures are either free or easy to make. Take the affogato. One shot of espresso, one scoop of gelato and the rest is up to you. What could be easier and more delicious…
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And Speaking of Yemen…Moka Gateau!
How many times have you walked into a French pastry shop and bypassed all those beautifully sculpted slices of cake and gone straight for the eclairs or the macarons? It’s like who needs jello when…
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Petit Pots de Creme Au Chocolat
I can’t think of a better dessert to enjoy with a good bottle of wine than chocolate pots de creme. Make them the night before so they are really cold the next day. You can whip some heavy cream at…
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Butterscotch Pudding
Is there any dessert more comforting than pudding? Of the trio of vanilla, chocolate and butterscotch flavors, the last one arguably has the most dedicated fans. But many people have tasted only the…
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Natilla…Custard With Meringue and Ladyfingers
This is what every Cuban child of my generation grew up eating for dessert and what I made for my American children when they were growing up. The original natilla is very simple to make and is…
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Pecorino With Honey & Walnuts
I usually don’t like to try recipes from people who are not dedicated cooks but in this case an exception was made.
Last month while looking for Christmas decorating ideas in one of my many Carolyne…
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English Trifle With Pears And Cherries
English trifle is one of those desserts that looks like you have spent hours making it when in reality it is a very simple dessert to put together. In this recipe all you will be actually making is…
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My Aunt Martha’s Caramel Flan
With a maternal grandmother who was famous for her culinary abilities, I inherited two aunts and a mother who are also great cooks. It doesn’t stop at that…my first cousins are wonderful cooks too…
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Arroz Con Leche…Rice Pudding
This is the rice pudding I grew up with and the one I still pester my mother to make. It is light, mellow, not too sweet and very white, nothing like the yellow goop with raisins you find premade at…
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