Category Archives: desserts
Teatime in Paris!
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. –Henry James And if you’re like Jill Colonna, there are few things more agreeable than messing around in the kitchen making … Continue reading
Posted in baking, cultural, desserts, international, recipe, travel
Tagged baking, Jill Colonna, macaron, Paris, teatime, Waverly Books
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Sweet Life: Cookbook Digest
Spring, nay summer, is well and truly here, along with strawberries, rhubarb, and, soon enough, peaches, plums and raspberries. If eating them fresh and by the handful starts to pale, try Love, Bake, Nourish–a baking and sweets book focused on … Continue reading
Posted in baking, Cookbook Digest, desserts, food focus, gifts, recipe
Tagged amber rose, annie rigg, cookbook digest, love bake nourish, sweet things
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Mich Turner’s Cake School
Had I but one penny in the world, thou shouldst have it for gingerbread. –William Shakespeare, Love’s Labor’s Lost To ease my Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms, I’ve been treating myself to doses of Britain’s Best Bakery, helmed by Mich Turner, MBE. … Continue reading
Indian Pudding Rules!
It’s Thanksgiving and Indian Pudding continues its march (humor me) toward dessert hegemony–one sweet to rule them all! This year, it made the New York Times review of Thanksgiving dishes that “evoke” the 50 states. Though to my mind, the Times mistakenly … Continue reading
Posted in desserts, history, holidays, recipe, seasonal
Tagged dessert, Durgin Park, Indian Pudding, new york times, Thanksgiving
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Sweet & Southern
Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. –Ernestine Ulmer Let’s just say it, Ben Mims cooks like a boy. Which can be a wonderful thing. He bakes and frosts, kneads and melts with no thought of diet or thrift–only flavor and … Continue reading
Posted in baking, Culinary Historians of Washington DC, desserts, recipe, regional
Tagged Ben Mims, Rizzoli, saveur magazine, Sweet & Southern
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Sherbet & Spice
And everything about historic Turkish sweets, from street vendors offering strings of honey dipped fruit to palaces of spun sugar for special occasions–like the marriage of the Sultan’s daughter or the circumcision of his son. Mary Poppins was right–a spoonful of … Continue reading
Sweet & Vicious, Baking with Attitude
“Bring on the dessert, I think I am about to die.”–Pierret Brillat-Savarin Dale Carnegie thought you could win friends and influence people with a steady gaze and a firm handshake. I prefer Libbie Summers‘ approach. Woo them Side Slap & … Continue reading
Posted in baking, desserts, entertaining
Tagged baking, cakes, cookies, libbie summers, sweet and vicious
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The Artisan Marshmallow
Last night I dreamed of a ten pound marshmallow and when I woke up the pillow was gone. –Tommy Cooper This book is sweet! From its slightly puffy pink covers and the chapters titled Cutesy, Boozy, Swirly, through to the … Continue reading
Posted in desserts, food focus, technique
Tagged paige couture, Rizzoli, the artisan marshmallow
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and a happy new year!
Along with champagne and indulgence, this is a day for review and resolutions. Thankfully, my 2013 was filled with travel, work, and healthy and happy friends and family. My resolutions for 2014? Work harder and happier, and pursue some moderate … Continue reading
Posted in desserts, drinking, drinks, holidays, travel
Tagged happy new year, julius meinl, resolutions, vienna, whipped cream
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Appetite for Books 