Tag: dessert
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Boozy Preserved Fruit (Apricots in Vodka, Cointreau Peaches, Cherries in Cinnamon Rum)
One part of cooking that I find very satisfying is figuring out what to do to avoid food waste. Soups, sauces, bread puddings, tarts – all great ways to use up odds and ends. This time of year we still have great fruit available, but with school lunches packed and snacks at the soccer field… Read more
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Oven S’mores & A Hairy Beast
Inevitably, the subject of pets comes up at various points – college, for example, or pre-school parent chit chat or little league chit chat or pediatrician appointments. “Any pets?” “Yes, a dog.” “Oh, we want one but my husband’s allergic/my kids won’t take care of it/we don’t have the space/I like cats.” “We have a… Read more
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Deep Dish Raspberry Cornmeal Pudding Cake & Too Darn Hot
Yes, I wrote about deep dish cornbread yesterday. But the bright yellow cornmeal called out to me again and the raspberries are so sweet and plump and let’s be honest: it’s hot as the dickens in the Northeast today. That’s the first time I’ve ever used that expression. This is not the first time I… Read more
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Brown Sugar Plums & What We Leave Behind
My husband’s grandma died a few weeks ago. She escaped Germany in 1938 with a fur hat, a determination to survive, an ugly teapot, and money hidden in her vagina. True. In the interview my husband conducted with her and her husband (“Opie”), she recalled stashing “up zer, in ze woo-hoo”. She lived a… Read more
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Coconut Key Lime Pie & Golf
There are probably topics that are more boring to hear about than golf if one does not play golf, but I can’t think of many. Detailed procedure of root canals. The plight of the silk worm. Someone else’s kid’s toilet training woes. No, I still think golf wins. I know, I know. I respect the… Read more
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Double Apricot Tart (wheat-free, nut-free, gluten-free) & Friendship
By now maybe you know that my family had a rough year [known as The Year of the Shit]. I (still) won’t go into too many details but will share that TYOTS involved death, despair, and something really really bad happening to one of my kids. I had a hard time reaching out. Like many… Read more