by Brian | Jul 25, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Suzen and I first posted this recipe last year. We've returned to the recipe again, and gotten a better picture in the process. This is an elegant dessert for any time of the year but the combination of pistachios and lemon makes it very refreshing on a summer...
by Brian | Jun 1, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Kim Laidlaw’s Dessert of Day has lovely recipes ideas for every single day of the year. The ideas are diverse, clever, and often instructive. Follow this book and you’ll encounter some new ideas and techniques every week of the year. Have you ever made brown butter?...
by Brian | May 30, 2015 | Dessert Digest
Pound cakes have been baked in our ovens for centuries. There is that old story about “a pound of flour, pound of butter, pound of eggs, pound of sugar.” Along the way, modifications occurred and an English standard was to include some brandy in the cake....
by Brian | May 19, 2015 | Recipes
Kim Laidlaw’s Home Baked Comfort is filled with sweet and savory ideas to bring a true sense of comfort from you kitchen to your table. If that is, you wait for the dish to be transferred out of the kitchen. In this case, I don’t think the results will...
by Brian | Apr 27, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I have often wondered who was the genius that invented tiramisu. Think about its brilliant simplicity and wonderful flavor. You need coffee, of course, so I suspect the creator was some late medieval monk in a cold stone kitchen with simple leftover cookies, some...
