by Brian | Jun 11, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
The website Food52 is a resource that you simply must visit. It’s a site beautiful both for its recipes and its visualizations. Suzen made this cake, and began boasting to me. As the family dessert maven, I took no offense. But I wondered if she had changed...
by Brian | May 18, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Cold sweat. You’ve probably had one or two in your life. Not pleasant. Usually associated with a period of high stress or danger. It’s time to change the whole meaning of the phrase. Now let “cold sweat” stand for something good, possibly even divine. This ice cream,...
by Brian | May 9, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
When Suzen and I lie in bed, we have discussions. Like, what are making for dessert to take to our friends’ dinner party the next night. Thanks to Vintage Cakes by Julie Richardson this discussion was lengthy and productive. In tomorrow’s post, I’m going to review...
by Brian | May 3, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
[To view this post in a pretty PDF format that is easily printed, please click on this the link below. I’m still working on the mechanics here. When you click on this link, you’ll get a new window that says click on a link. You’ll then have...
by Brian | Apr 16, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
“What do you think of this?” Suzen showed me a picture. Quite an attractive picture. “You know I’m color blind,” I said. “Blue-green. Not red. You don’t run red lights.” “Not with you in the car,” I said. “So? What do you think?” “I think it’s spectacular.”...
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by Brian | Apr 2, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
So darned good. I took one look at this cake, in Retro Cakes and Cookies by Wendy Sweetser, and I had to make it. Coffee flavor and nuts. Oh, this is an English recipe and they want walnuts. Suzen is not anti-English – she’d live in London – but she’s...
