by Brian | Nov 4, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dessert Digest, Recipes
I drove upstate early on Tuesday morning. Halfway up, the road curves to the left to avoid cutting a beautiful meadow bisected by a dashing brook. On the far eastern side, there is a sharp rise of hills, part of a large state park. In the early morning those hills hid...
by Suzi | Oct 22, 2010 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
How do you make a cake? We all know. You cream butter, then add sugar slowly. [If you start with the butter and sugar together you will have a difficult time getting proper emulsification and if my friend and baking maven Carole Walter ever finds out, you’ll get a...
by Suzi | Oct 21, 2010 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
For yesterday’s blog of a Very Vanilla Layer Cake you need a superior chocolate frosting. Superior. Back to Baking by Flavor and in the chocolate chapter there is Buttery Chocolate Frosting. It’s a bit dangerous to say that a frosting is the best you’ve ever had. I’ve...
by Brian | Sep 14, 2010 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
I was standing in a slow line last week. I could not see the face of the woman in front of me, but I could see she had beautiful long blond hair. The question naturally popped into my head: do blonds really have more fun. Not in this line. And then, I had a...
by Suzi | Aug 21, 2010 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
Before you say something like, “Another brownie recipe, does this man not have a limit?” I just want to tell you that I believe in democracy. This summer at Cooking by the Book, this has been the most requested dessert. By far. People just love brownies. Call it...
