Did you miss this recipe when it came out in Bon Appetit last year? If so here it is and keep it close to your heart. I love coffee anything…as a matter of fact, I love caramel too, so this is a…
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Peach Pit Ice Cream
If you like peach ice cream, or any ice cream for that matter, you have to make this. If you don’t have an ice cream machine, go out and buy one, you have to try this recipe. This, I guarantee, you…
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A Far Better World Than Starbucks
A Far Better World Than Starbucks is known as World of Coffee & Tea. Aida, the proprietor of World of Coffee and Tea, understands the importance and power of a great cup of Joe in your daily ritual. That’s why she takes great pride and satisfactio…
Pink is the New Chocolate
Chocolate. The mere mention of this word can be an aphrodisiac to some. When you take the decadently rich literal product and use it as one of the main ingredients in a cornucopia of incredibly delicious desserts, well… that’s when the oft over-used …
Easy Summer Desserts….Peach Amaretto Sundaes
The height of the summer season is next weekend with the Fourth of July. Chances are you will either be having guests if you live in the country, the seashore, or like me, on a lake; or you will be…
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Savannah Sponge Cake With Berries And Madeira Sweet Sauce
Sponge cakes are European-style cakes, like the French génoise, and are a fundamental block in your cake-building repertoire. Unlike butter cakes and chiffon cakes, sponge cakes include little or no…
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Gelato di Melone…Cantaloupe Gelato
The canteloupes are here and the one I had yesterday was superb. Last year at about this time, I posted on one of my favorite restaurants in this world, Ousteau de Beaumaniere, where I learned to…
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Lemon, Orange or Grand Marnier Souffle
Tonight, looking through some of my earlier unpublished post, I realized I had never posted this recipe. It is for variations of Mark Bittman’s fool proof chocolate souffle which I posted last…
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Cooking With Lavender…Honey Lavender Ice Cream
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Dried lavender is nice in potpourri, but it’s even better in the kitchen, where it can be put to both sweet and savory uses. For years, the French, particularly the Provencal, have…
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The Search Is Over…Lemon Meringue Pie
If you think it is easy to bake a perfect lemon meringue pie think again. This is one of the toughest pies to get right, for you have to get not just the filling but the meringue and the crust…
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Cheesecake Brownies…An Old Favorite Returns!
Mmm…brownies, let me count the ways! This recipe by David Leibowitz brings back memories of the 80’s when these brownies with cream cheese were all the rage. I haven’t made them since and now I…
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S’mores Coffee and Fudge Ice Cream Cake
It’s getting warmer everyday…guess it’s time to bring the ice cream machine down from the attict. A cake like this is not complicated, but it does require at least 30 minutes of your dedicated…
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Revisiting An Old Classic…Julia Child’s Sublime Chocolate Mousse
The first serious dessert I ever made was this chocolate mousse forty years ago. Every time I serve it people go nuts over it, even those who don’t like chocolate. I can’t figure that one out. …
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New Orleans Bread Pudding With A Whiskey Sauce
I know, all of us got sucked in with the nice weather we got last weekend. I for one went shopping for t-shirts and flip flops for the lake and started thinking asparagus and spring pea soup. We…
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Joe’s Stone Crabs… Key Lime Pie
Joe’s Stone Crabs is a Miami Beach institution and the biggest tourist trap I have ever eaten at. Don’t get me wrong, the stone crabs are delicious and so are the hash browns, cole slaw and their…
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