by Brian | Jun 20, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Too often we knock off cookies as quickly as possible. A pan of brownies. A tray of dollops of chocolate chip batter. Fast and furious. I know: a cookie pang requires speed. Cookies can, and sometimes should, be made differently, with a more subtle attitude. Think of...
by Brian | Jun 18, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
We learned on Friday that Flo Braker has died. Do you know the name? She was not as famous as Julia Child, but, she was surely as important, one of the seminal bakers in America in the last century. She wrote only three cookbooks, but hundreds of newspaper columns....
by Brian | Jun 8, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Two years I posted this exceptional dessert idea. It’s fabulous rich and cool and perfect for our summer weekends. There are exceptions to every rule. I have a rule: never mix fruit and chocolate. Black Forest Cake? Please I hate it. I like fruit, I am addicted...
by Brian | Jun 1, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes, TBT
I first posted this recipe two years ago. I return to them over and over. Now, like most of you, I do love Oreos. I will never give them up. But, there are riffs on the Oreo that are massively wonderful. Decadence is often considered a bad thing. Sometime yes,...
by Brian | May 31, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Commander’s Palace in New Orleans opened in 1880. It soon became a New Orleans institution and then an American one. In almost a century and a half, the generations of staff at Commander’s have developed, honed, and perfected many recipes. Want the best Bloody Mary in...
by Brian | May 19, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
We all sin. Some of us more than others. But sin seems to be an inherent part of being human. So is this dessert. I would not eat this on a weekly basis. But, oh, once a year? Heck yes. It’s pretty simple, for a complex dessert. Fry some bananas, top them with banana...
