As you’ve probably noticed at this point (or can quickly figure out if you go to the Recipe Archive), I like to bake. In fact, I like to bake a lot. There is something inherently beautiful about giving life to a sweet confection. But every so often, I meet someone – often a man – who insists… Read More Fresh Fruit Tart
My mother may stage an intervention – so many dessert posts lately! I might as well call it the Making You Fat for Bathing Suit Season streak of dessert posts. And here I am, trying to eat healthy and lose that vacation weight I gained from eating at places like the French Laundry. Well, fear… Read More Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
I realize it has been far too long since my last post. I’ve been out of the kitchen traveling – Las Vegas, San Francisco, Sonoma. It was an amazing 11 days away, that included a very special birthday dinner at the French Laundry. It was by far the most expensive and extravagant meal I’ve ever treated myself… Read More Lemon Blueberry Layer Cake
This post should be a crowd pleaser. No matter who you are, where you come from, no matter how healthy or unhealthy your eating habits might be, you like chocolate chip cookies. There are, of course, a million recipes out there for these cookies. Some use chocolate chips, others uses chocolate chunks. Some are chewy, some are… Read More Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Jacques Torres Style
The recipe I’m most proud of calling my own is my Chocolate Cherry Biscotti – I’m happy to say that people actually prefer this low-fat, twice-baked cookie to other things that come out of my oven. But I’ve been making them for a few years now, and I wondered if I could create another type of … Read More Almond Biscotti