by Brian | Dec 12, 2013 | Dessert Digest, News, Recipes
There are a large number of pumpkin pie recipes. In doing a google search last week, I began to think there might be one recipe per person on the planet. I don’t think I’m wrong. What do these recipes all have in common: pumpkin, either canned or a real pumpkin...
by Brian | Dec 11, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
The December issue of Bon Appetit has a holiday cookie idea that you must try. Even if your father is the Grinch, even if you have never had a tree, one look and these cookies are surely in your future. The colors here come from Luster Dust, a product available from...
by Brian | Dec 7, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
A fool is an English fruit dessert, typically berries in sweet custard [is there any other?]. Levi Roots in his new book Sweets offers a fall fool with a very different aspect. The berries are gone. The apples are in. Along with maple syrup. Levi lives...
by Brian | Dec 2, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
“Pumpkin pie,” my grandson Daniel replied. He was ordering Thanksgiving dessert. “Find that recipe,” Suzen commanded. We have this recipe, the recipe, for pumpkin pie that is sensational. Haven’t made it for a couple of years. I go to search to find it. I search. And...
by Brian | Nov 7, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz sits proudly on our bookshelf. Stained, pages separating from the binding, the smell of vanilla and chocolate spiraling out of the book. It’s a wonder. David might, by some people, be considered a recipe-obsessive idealist....
by Brian | Oct 30, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Buttermilk by Debbie Moose expounds the wonderful array of flavors that can be spiked with the bright tang of buttermilk. Here’s her recipe for pound cake, now boosted with buttermilk flavor. You can eat this on its own, put a lemon or vanilla icing on top, or...
