Category Archives: dessert

Caramelized peaches

I’m happy tonight, and I’m going to celebrate by giving you caramelized peaches.
Not really.  You can’t eat the picture, and I didn’t even eat these tonight, though I’m now feeling the urge to go make more.
But, I am in a good mood, because I did a little redesign.  Er… more like a facelift?  The changes [...]

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Popsicles are absolutely not just for kids

I remember when my mom used to make popsicles when I was a kid.  She had a set of plastic molds, and for at least a few years there were always popsicles in the freezer for summer snacks, and they were so good.  We used all kinds of juices, and they were the perfect way [...]

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A beginner tries strawberry pie

Last year, I saw the movie Waitress twice, and was utterly inspired to make pie.  To become an expert at pie, like the main character – a pie master.  Until now, I never really tried, for perfectly valid reasons:
Pie is intimidating.
It’s very intimidating to me, and I’m pretty bold about trying things I might ruin, [...]

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Great homemade gifts: Truffles and Candied Orange Peel

If I were a good little blogger, I’d have posted about food gift ideas before Christmas, but instead I kept my silence so as to surprise my gift recipients, some of whom read this blog.  But the results have been a big hit, so keep these in mind for your future gift-giving needs!

Since the economy’s [...]

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Weekend cooking smorgasbord

This weekend featured a surprising number of experiments in my kitchen.
Blueberry soup
I’d seen a few recipes for blueberry soups over the past week, and it seemed like too much of a coincidence not to try it.  It’s incredibly easy: simmer and blend the berries, chill, stir in yogurt.  It made a nice and refreshing dessert, [...]

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Sweet little things

This post is overdue, but late nights and thunderstorms have made it hard to blog this week.  But, while my actualy cooking last weekend was lackluster, I had two little projects that I’m especially proud of.

Exhibit 1: Ice cream sandwich with fresh, homemade chocolate chip cookies (from the classic Toll House recipe) and organic vanilla [...]

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