One of the things I love to do most in the kitchen is to take left-overs and re-purpose them. In other words, use it in a different way than originally intended. Case in point: the Meyer Lemon Curd Tartlets pictured above. I love making Meyer Lemon Curd whenever I find Meyer lemons available. A small…
Tag: dessert
California Toffee Butter Crunch
Between Christmas and New Year’s most of us find ourselves snacking on the abundance of cookies, cakes, and candies, which throughout the rest of the year are not as easily within our reach. But during the holidays it seems even the diehard dieters give themselves a bit of a reprieve. After all it’s the season…
Peppermint Brownies
These peppermint brownies are perfect for holiday entertaining. I served them recently for dessert at my annual latke lunch I’ve been hosting for my aerobic dance class the past three years. It is a moist rich chocolatey brownie with a pronounced peppermint flavor. Peppermint extract added to the batter along with the sugar that has…
White Fruitcake
The classic fruitcake has been the brunt of many jokes. The often ridiculed cake popular at Christmas is typically a heavy, dense, overly sweet cake laden with artificially colored candied green and red cherries as well as other fruits and nuts. It has usually been soaked in rum or some other liqueur. Supposedly, Johnny Carson…
Spiced Apple Pie
In 1980 we moved from our apartment in Chicago with our sons who were ages 6 and 2 at the time to a very spacious apartment around the corner. This was our third move around the same square block which faced a wonderful park called Indian Boundary Park in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of…
Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
If you are looking for a simple coffee cake recipe that will also satisfy your chocolate cravings this one’s for you. The recipe comes from a book I purchased from a good friend and co-worker years ago when I was working at The Chef’s Catalog store in suburban Chicago. The book called “Specialties of the…
Crunchy-Topped Whole Wheat Plum Cake
The Jewish New Year or Rosh Hashanah begins tomorrow evening at sunset. As is traditional we usher in the new year with a delicious meal abundant with all kinds of sweet dishes symbolizing our wish for a sweet year ahead. As I’ve been busily preparing all week for this special dinner I realized that much…
Meyer Lemon Olive Oil Cake
On a recent trip to Costco I spotted a huge carton of beautiful Meyer lemons. These fragrant lemons, a cross between a lemon and a mandarin or regular orange, bear a deep yellow hue with an orange tint when ripe. Meyer lemons are sweeter and less acidic than the lemons we usually buy. They are…
VANILLA ICE CREAM SODA Mix ½ cup cold milk with vanilla syrup in a tall glass. Add two generous scoops of good vanilla ice cream, and top off with cold club soda. Garnish with a swirl of whipped cream and a cherry! Simple summer pleasures!
Blueberry Streusel Pie
Our best friends were bringing pizza over for dinner last night. I promised not to fuss since we are leaving in 2 days for the west coast. Those who know me know that me not fussing is an oxymoron , but I tried. The challenge was to see if I could avoid going to the…