by Suzi | Feb 26, 2011 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Brian and I miss France. Over the years, we’ve accumulate weeks in Paris and enjoyed traveling through the Loire Valley and Burgundy. The rest of France beckons. It’s not a place to rush. You want...
by Suzi | Feb 1, 2011 | Cookbook Reviews, Dessert Digest, Recipes
New York City, as portrayed in the aerial shots on television, is dense with buildings. The green is isolated to Central Park. A rural area in New York City? Impossible. Well, there are some remote places. If you get in a boat at the Statue of Liberty and head due...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2011 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
“Another chocolate cake?” Suzen was not pleased. “No, this is a test for you,” I said. “It looks chocolate,” she insisted. “It happens to be chocolate,” I said with some irritation. I put the spatula down. “As I just said, this is for you. It is an oven test.” “Oh,...
by Suzi | Nov 23, 2010 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Here is a Thanksgiving dessert that is classic yet different. The pumpkin flavor is here, but it’s a cake, a glorious chiffon cake, and not a pie. [Okay, make the pie, too, and serve it on Friday to avoid tears]. I led my Cooking by the Book team as the official...
by Brian | Nov 8, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
Why are recurring dreams always so scary? Mine are terrible. Long, unpleasant and intense. There’s the one where the Head Librarian from my graduate school has summoned me back to Baltimore. She’s seven feet tall, dips down towards me, and nastily says I have to...
