When I fall upon a spectacular sounding recipe or sample something fantastic and feel that it wouldn’t be too hard to replicate, my inclination is to plunge ahead and make it happen. If I love it, and my taste testers love it, then I’m quite certain that you will love it, too. Case in point:…
Mimi’s Delicious Apple Crisp and Pet Paintings
Do you have a pet, or friends who love their pets, or a pet craving for apple crisp? Check out my friend Mimi Kitner and her Pet Paintings. If you send her a photo of little Fenway, Goose, Shiloh, Freckles or Frisky, she’ll send you back a stunning painting. It’ll cost you, but just like Mimi’s…
Fruit Compote and What’s for Breakfast?
If I wanted to make a game out of searching for inconsistencies and missing information, I’d steer you to the new cookbook Eating Clean in Costa Rica. Don’t get me wrong; it’s a lovely warm-hearted read, filled with excellent recipes that you’ll want to try. But it’s reliably missing or contradicting information left, right and center….
Rhubarb with Molten Marshmallow
Here is the question: Can you fear what you love? I say “yes.” I love cream–but I also fear what it can do to my midline. So I search for alternatives. “Seek and you shall find,” as they say. While in Paris, I had the most delicious rhubarb dessert. The base was a shortbread cookie,…