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by Brian | Sep 5, 2011 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Sour cream. It has many uses: dips, baked potatoes, dips, chili topping, dips, … It’s wrong, I know, but the flavor image that pops into my head is Lipton Onion Soup mix and sour cream. And, of course, I always double the amount of soup mix so that the dip...
by Brian | Sep 3, 2011 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
We are off to a dinner party with lovely friends. Lovely with positive quirks. She is very careful about her diet, and looks incredibly fit and beautiful. Ask her if she wants dessert, and the answer is always, “No, no, I can’t.” She is, of course, addicted to...
by Brian | Aug 27, 2011 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Peaches bring out the best and worst in us. It’s not us really. It’s the damn peaches. They are so very, very frustrating to work with. They can rot in an hour. They can be rock hard for days, seeming to never want to ripen. Or they can ripen and have very...
by Suzi | Aug 26, 2011 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Late Sunday afternoon, I was relaxing. It had been a busy week, which I love, but I was tired. A half dozen events at Cooking by the Book had left me in need of restoration. I was on my porch, feet up on the table, spicy Bloody Mary in my hand. The sun was settling...
by Brian | Aug 11, 2011 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I know whipped cream is not a separate food group, but it could be. Even the lactose intolerant can rarely deny themselves the pleasure of a taste. While marshmallows do gracefully adorn a cup of hot chocolate, nothing can match whipped cream laced with sugar and...
