If you look through my dessert posts, you'll notice I have a thing for tartlets. See here, here, and here as evidence. So, it should come as no …
Dessert
Marbled Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Are you tired of pumpkin recipes yet? Not me. I can't get enough of pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin scones, and pumpkin bread. And now that I have …
Cream Scones with Lemon Curd
One of my younger sisters came to visit me last weekend and asked to have a tea party. Because she's my sister and because I'll take any excuse to sit …
Chocolate Raspberry Tartlets
Sometimes, you just want chocolate and nothing else will do. Although I have been loving the summer bounty of ripe fruit (I think I have made at least …
Peaches Foster
If you recall from last summer, I talked about my favorite peaches from Colorado - peaches so good that I can hardly bring myself to buy any other …
Individual Fresh Strawberry Pies
Red, ripe, sweet strawberries are finally in season here and these fresh strawberry pies are one of my favorite ways to enjoy them. The berries get …
Dulce de Leche Ice-cream with Toasted Salted Pecans
Why does photographing ice-cream have to be so hard? Regardless of the amount of planning and the number of test shots I do, I still find that once I …
Lemon Panna Cotta with Meyer Lemon Marmalade
This recipe combines two of my current fascinations - meyer lemons and panna cotta. I tried panna cotta for the first time a few weeks ago and was …
Brownie Sundaes with Easy Homemade Fudge Sauce
I meant to get this post out in time for Valentine's Day. Obviously, that didn't happen so I am using Fat Tuesday as an occasion to post about my …
Chocolate Bread Pudding
You could say that the theme of this week's posts is "Yummy dishes made with leftovers from your fridge." It wasn't intentional - it just worked out …
Amaretto-Almond Crunch Pumpkin Pie
This pumpkin pie was voted the family favorite several years ago … maybe … no one is actually 100% sure. Let me explain. Several years ago, we had …
Molten Chocolate and Dulce de Leche Cake
Chocolate and peanut butter may be the classic combination but I am proposing a new classic - chocolate and dulce de leche. I am already a huge lover …
French Apple Tartlets
Last week, there was buttery flakey goodness in savory form. This week, there is more buttery flakey goodness, but dessert style this time. It's apple …
Cranberry Orange Crumb Bars
Even though it is September and the weather has gotten a teensy-tiny bit cooler, I am not quite ready to fully embrace fall just yet. After all, I …
Salted Caramel and Pecan Chocolate Cake
Yes, that drippy, gooey caramel slowing sliding down the side of the cake really is as yummy as it looks. I might have tasted it a little bit as I was …
Peach Cobbler
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am celebrating peaches this week. We brought back 36 pounds of the most gorgeous peaches from our favorite …
Dark Chocolate Gelato
I usually try to spread out the dessert posts but this week has been the kind of week that warrants some extra chocolate. I am helping coordinate a …
Chocolate Strawberry Mousse Cake
It has been way too long since I posted a chocolate recipe. So, I am doing it up big today. This chocolate strawberry mousse cake is for when you need …
Sweet Crêpes
One of my favorite food memories is that of eating fresh crêpes in Paris. It was fun watching the street vendors making crêpes - pouring the batter on …
Strawberry Tartlets with Vanilla Pastry Cream
I love fruit tarts. You know the ones where the fruit is beautifully arranged in perfect concentric circles on top of some vanilla pastry cream in a …
Vietnamese Coffee Ice-Cream
I have never considered myself a coffee drinker. I usually prefer tea. However, I make a notable exception in the case of Vietnamese iced coffee. The …
Chocolate Soufflé {low-fat}
Do you know what you should never do? You should never decide to write a blog post on chocolate soufflés the week the weather forecast calls for …
Lemon Tart
As you can tell from my other dessert posts, we take chocolate very seriously here. We buy Belgian chocolate wholesale in 22 pound bags and we go …
Chocolate Pudding
This is chocolate pudding. Real chocolate pudding. Forget about the stuff that comes from a boxed mix or that is pre-packaged in plastic cups with a …