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The Monday Treat – Chocolate and Salted Caramel phyllo pie. For Real.
My friends Jenn and Alan have invited us to a pie tasting party. And though I’d like to start a rumor that pie tasting is the new wine tasting in NYC, that’s not the case. They’re bravely pursuing the dream … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, chocolate salted caramel pie, dessert, dinner party, easy entertaining, pie, salted caramel, sweet treat, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – Cherry Clafoutis and the problems of trusting your future to cherries
It’s a throw back to my childhood, but whenever I eat cherries I line up my pits on the side of my plate and count them up with the rhyme “tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, … Continue reading
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Tagged almond, cherry, clafouti, dessert, French, HighLine, kirsch, Mum
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This dinner will get you laid – Cinnamon Buns
The cinnamon buns really got me.
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Tagged amish, baking, cinnamon bun, dessert, pastry, pecan, treat
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The Monday Treat: Blackberry and Apple Crumble for a snow day
Winter is upon us. Not Christmas. Not New Year. But Winter, grinding away the days. There was more snow this week, and more predicted for next week. It’s cold outside, baby, and all I want to do is curl up … Continue reading
The Monday Treat – Warm panettone bread pudding
I was heading to my choir rehearsal when I heard a New Yorker having a really good day. A group of tourists in brightly colored ski jackets (why?) approached him as we waited at the lights. “Excuse me,†asked one, … Continue reading
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The Monday Treat – Carrot Cake
My justification, if any were needed, is that I’m using up the vegetable box, which, by reason of us getting the family-sized one delivered by mistake, seems to be taking up half of the kitchen. This cake used up a … Continue reading
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Apple Crumble
Today is the 11th anniversary of my husband and I getting together. It happened on Bonfire Night, after walking to the Radcliffe Arms pub for dinner with our friends and watching the fireworks being set off in back gardens all … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, bonfire, cinnamon, crumble, dessert, food, guy fawkes, recipe, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – cinnamon pecan vanilla cheesecake with a hot toffee apple sauce
It was my birthday this weekend, and I celebrated with duck and pancakes with a side order of good friends down in Chinatown followed by champagne and cheesecake at home. Now don’t get me wrong, I love cake cake, and … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, cheesecake, cream, dessert, graham crackers, Katz vs Carnegie, pecans, recipe, toffee, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – Affogato
Coffee has been something of the Topic Of The Week, well, with my husband at any rate. The Physics Department, deeming fancy coffee unnecessary on purely academic grounds, is rationing stocks for the summer. Supplies have now run out altogether. … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, dessert, ice cream, Mysteries of the Universe, vanilla, vegetarian
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