by Brian | Nov 26, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
My niece Rachel visited us recently. She’s eleven and is a whiz in the kitchen. “Here,” I said, “pick something.” I had given her my new copy of The European Cake Cookbook, something I reviewed with delight recently. Now, the book has a Coffee Chocolate Cake that I...
by Brian | Mar 29, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes, Uncategorized
Often we have roulades during the holidays: a chocolate sponge cake filled with whipped cream, perhaps surrounded with a chocolate glaze. Roulades are far more than holiday food and can be enjoyed year-round in great variety. The cake can be vanilla, as it is here, or...
by Brian | Mar 22, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Recipes, Uncategorized
I just posted a review of Chocolat by Pierre Marcolini. He’s a Belgian master of haute chocolate. A serious master. Many of the recipes in Chocolat are ones you would only find in four-star restaurants or in one of Pierre’s world-class chocolate boutiques. There...
by Brian | Jan 18, 2017 | Recipes
Sometimes, Suzi offers a dish at Cooking by the Book that everybody wants. Everybody. In the front of the picture you see the Salted Caramel Brownie from The New York Times and Baked. It’s lovely. It’s intense. Very intense. So we often pair the...
by Brian | Nov 30, 2016 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
Suzi is serving this brownie every week at Cooking by the Book. Teams come here to cook a meal together and then gobble up their creations for lunch or dinner. Suzi put these brownies on the menu, knowing that folks would home in on the idea of a brownie and caramel...
