by Brian | May 10, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
From 2013, this TBT recipe is a lucious spring dessert. Berries are here. Why wait? It’s the honey custard that will seduce you to make this over and over again. Believe me. When Suzen and I lie in bed, we have discussions. Like, what are making for dessert to...
by Brian | Apr 9, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Way back in 2000, Tish Boyle collaborated with Clark Irey to write Diner Desserts, an homage to those classic desserts found in diners across the country. You know, by the cash register there is glass case with rotating shelves piled high with the cakes and pies you...
by Brian | Feb 17, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Sometimes it is fun to confuse people. At her cooking school in New York City, Cooking by the Book, Suzi employs a staff of twenty with many professional chefs. We offered one of them, a superb dessert maven, a bite of this cake. He tasted, he smiled, then he scowled....
by Brian | Jan 31, 2018 | Dessert Digest
Sunday is Superbowl and this week I’m posting recipes for Super Sunday Supper. Of course, the most important part of the meal is dessert, so let’s get right to it. In her lovely book Gizzi’s Seasons Eatings, Gizzi Erskine provides a spectacular dessert. That picture...
by Brian | Dec 11, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes, Uncategorized
Three years ago Alice Medrich wrote a key book: Flour Flavors. In this volume she offers ways to uses flour alternatives, either as a complete substitute or as add-ins to create a flavor evolution. She presents recipes with teff, buckwheat, sorghum, rice flour and...
