by Brian | Feb 12, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Warm Bread and Honey Cake is lovely book with two components: interesting recipes from around the world — ones I’m sure you won’t have seen before — and very detailed background histories on each treat in the book. Take gingerbread. This cake...
by Brian | Jan 25, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Holidays, Recipes
I know, Hanakah and Christmas and New Year's are past us. But, the holiday season now does not officially end until Super Sunday. So, you still have time for holiday baking. We should all thank the NFL. And this extended holiday season truly is, for many of us,...
by Brian | Jan 11, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Author Hillary Davis of French Comfort Food is very fond of puff pastry. Good quality puff pastry, like Dufours, can be stashed in your home freezer for those times where you need quality and quickness. I don’t know of anyone who is not instantly addicted to the...
by Brian | Jan 9, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Winter is now upon us. Meals need to be warm and hearty and they must, simply must conclude with dessert. How about a tart tatin? Oh, if I say “tart tatin” possibly apples spring into mind. Perhaps a whiff of cinnamon. Probably not caramel and surely...
by Brian | Jan 5, 2016 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
What do you do for dessert as the New Year begins to unwind? You may be desserted out, in need of something light, a bit sweet, maybe with just a bit of a bite. As soon as I saw this recipe I had to make it. I’m a sucker for anything coated in powdered sugar and...
by Brian | Jan 2, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Okay, what kind of New Year’s resolutions did you make? I pledges to do fewer desserts. But that means each one has to count, really count, really be exceptional. From The Lemon Cookbook by Ellen Jackson, this is just such an outstanding dessert. There is...
