Posted in custard, dessert, fruit, nuts, pie, summer, tuesdays with dorie on Aug 24th, 2010
It’s hot. Usually at this time of year, I’m glaring at everyone who is eating chili and baking pumpkin treats and looking forward to fall, wondering how anyone could possibly want to move on from the sunny days of summer. But now it’s too hot, and I just want a few days where the high [...]
After the lemon cream tart, I was pretty sure I was done with lemon cream. With thirty tablespoons of butter in the whole tart, there is no reasonably sized serving. And then there’s my favorite lemon tart, which uses the whole lemon, peel and all. But I was making this for my mom, and I [...]
Posted in chocolate, dessert, pie, tuesdays with dorie on Jul 6th, 2010
Sometimes I wish I was one of those people who didn’t like rich desserts. I think it would keep me from eating a lot of rich desserts. But I am not. I’m prudent enough to cut myself only a modest slice, but not prudent enough to not cut myself another and another modest slice. Never [...]
Posted in chocolate, custard, dessert, freezer friendly, fruit, pie, summer on May 25th, 2010
The rest of the country (hemisphere, I suppose) is gearing up for summer. Here in the desert though, we’ve been there for a while. This weekend Dave and I hiked over seven miles in 90 degree weather. It’s a dry heat though! (Actually, the hike wasn’t bad at all – it was either shady or [...]
Posted in custard, dessert, fruit, pie, summer, tuesdays with dorie on May 10th, 2010
I can’t be the only one who prefers recipes that use whole eggs instead of egg parts. It isn’t just a mild packrat tendency, although I’m sure that’s part of it. I buy the expensive eggs – the ones that are hopefully (but questionably, I know) from slightly less mistreated animals. Throwing away egg whites [...]
Posted in cheese, gluten free, pie, potatoes, side dish, vegetables, vegetarian on Apr 14th, 2010
I have a hard time figuring out where I fit on the healthy eating spectrum. Some things are obvious. I eat a lot of fresh fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins: good. I also eat dessert often, although not necessarily a lot of it: still, bad. But everything in between, I’m not so sure. For example, [...]
Posted in chocolate, custard, dessert, nuts, pie, summer, tuesdays with dorie on Mar 16th, 2010
Chocolate and raspberry was my favorite flavor combination for a long time. It’s still up there for sure, but I’ve tried so many desserts recently that I’ve found all kinds of other great pairs – orange and vanilla, peaches and amaretto, cream cheese and anything. There’s no need to play favorites, but I was excited [...]
Posted in custard, dessert, pie, tuesdays with dorie on Mar 1st, 2010
I used to not like coconut. That was dumb. I used to not like a lot of ingredients that are actually very good – ingredients that I’m not sure I’d actually tried. That was also dumb. Although I think I would have liked this tart even back in my coconut-adverse days. There’s toasted coconut both [...]
Dave lucked out this year when his annual birthday pie didn’t come out quite right. Because then I made another one, and then when that one wasn’t perfect either, I made another one. The recipe is Tartine’s, and as usual, they take a classic and kick it up a notch. Their banana cream pie has [...]
Posted in chocolate, dessert, nuts, pie, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Dec 29th, 2009
Conversations from this Christmas: Me: I was thinking we could all go to the botanical garden’s light show like we did a couple years ago. My sister: Oh yeah, we did that last year too, so it’s a new tradition. 4-year old, after opening a present: A truck! Vroom vroom! Can I open another present [...]
