by Brian | Aug 17, 2012 | Recipes
“I’m making dessert tonight,” Suzen said. “What a coincidence, so am I” I said. “We don’t need two.” “I bought the watermelon.” “You,” Suzen began, “have a large bug somewhere in your anatomy.” “Yes,” I admitted. “Yes, I do and to cure it I’m making this pie.”...
by Brian | Aug 15, 2012 | Recipes
Molten chocolate cakes. Been there. Done that. They seemed so good when they first appeared. And they were. But after a couple of decades of them, it’s a tired dessert. Where’s the excitement, the passion? It’s here. Keep the molten part, but now adorn the outside...
by Brian | Jul 9, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I’ve been blogging recently about chocolate cake, simple one layer sheet cakes. My wife Suzen and her cousin Karen recently sat me down. “You are wasting your time,” Karen said. “Zel’s is the best.” Zel was Karen’s mother and the “family cook.” With five daughters,...
by Brian | Jul 4, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Rhubarb is a funny word. “Getting into a rhubarb” is an old-fashioned yet common expression, one I have yet to find the origins of. Rhubarb has been cultivated for over 5,000 years, beginning in China where it began its life as a spice and medicine. Rhubarb, in the...
by Brian | Apr 30, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Full disclosure: we have not made this cake yet, but we sure are this coming weekend. We have a birthday party where there will be plenty of kids and lots of adults. The kids get a traditional birthday cake with equally high layers of cake and frosting. We will be...
