by Brian | Nov 30, 2016 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
Suzi is serving this brownie every week at Cooking by the Book. Teams come here to cook a meal together and then gobble up their creations for lunch or dinner. Suzi put these brownies on the menu, knowing that folks would home in on the idea of a brownie and caramel...
by Brian | Oct 14, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Yesterday I did a TBT review of The Baker’s Dozen Cookbook an assemblage of recipes by Rick Rodger of 130 baking recipes — recipes created by a collaboration of thirteen superior pasty mavens in California. The book is filled with “best of” recipes, like the The Best...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Quinces are related to apples and pears, albeit distantly. It’s an Asian fruit grown mostly in Turkey and China. Very little is grown in the Western Hemisphere and the closest to us is Mexico. Quince trees are modestly high and most often appear in mixed...
by Brian | Sep 26, 2016 | Dessert Digest
Is there an end to the wonder of meringue? I love it whether in bite-sized cookie format [like Wasp’s Nests, post to come!] or a full-scale pavlova. Here the pavlova is chocolate, but just a bit. Some cocoa powder gives color and the hint of chocolate...
by Brian | Sep 16, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Those are apricots from our local farmers’ market. How do you get them into a soufflé? Ah, there is an intermediate step. You need some Apricot Jam. This recipe for the soufflé comes from The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters and, yes,...
by Brian | Sep 13, 2016 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
In August I did a cookbook review for Sugar Rush, a dessert book to teach you the foundation of pastry, from creams to cakes to frostings. It’s an alternative path to becoming a faux pastry chef without leaving home. Or spending three years in school in...
