Two pounds of fresh apricots in a tart to start, what an amazing mound of summer fruits for a dessert? I’m keen to buy up…
Summer galette puts a smile on my face for the wide variety of juicy and delicious fruits I can use in it. This is the…
When there is abundance of fresh summer fruits around more than you can eat and you want to extend the peak-of-the-season fruits beyond the summer…
These extra moist lemon cakes came about from Yotam Ottolenghi and his team cooking their way through the dessert recipes for his new book, yet…
Another fancy cake from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi (page 103) is a challenge I can’t resist. Le Fraisier is the French cake that celebrates the…
breakfast/ Fruit/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials/ quick bread/ Sweet
French Toast with Microwave Brioche, Berry Sauce and Vegan Whip Cream
French toast is great for weekend breakfasts, especially with company. It takes more time to prepare but its elegant taste and look is making up for…
Smoothies of any flavor, berries, tropical or greens, are among the best and easy eats that I like to make when I have fresh fruits…
There is only one ingredient in this recipe. One-ingredient recipes hardly exist in our style of cooking. Not even sugar or salt and pepper are needed…
Putting fresh or frozen cranberries in a tart gives me pauses. Are cranberries too tart and acidic for sweet pastry? After baking along with Dorie Greenspan’s Baking…
How do you like eating the beloved apple pie as finger food? Or if you like to touch and taste food in your hand, the way…
The name is a mouthful and its identity, questionable. This recipe probably comes from the Alsace region in Eastern France adjacent to Germany. I don’t know…
Meyer lemons are used in this curd I started using the sous vide technique before I ventured into cooking and baking. It must have something…
A darker “French baked” tart Cherry has been on my mind since that weekend in Washington DC when we set out to see cherry blossoms. The…
One of the best things I like about the summer season is the abundance of fruits and vegetables. The fresh and diverse choices in the markets…
Berry/ breakfast/ Fruit/ modernist/ Pantry essentials/ Sweet
Strawberries and Homemade Cream with a Whipping Siphon
What do strawberries and cream and forty-love have in common? Yes, it’s the Wimbledon. Wimbledon is the oldest and the most prestigious tennis Grand Slam…
white peaches in batter infused with fresh lavender baked in gratin dishes White peaches and lavender are synonymous with the fruits and scent of summer.…
Best cake I’ve ever eaten Desserts with a distinctly French accent have quickly filled up the page for sweets on this blog. Not clearly knowing why!…
So many things have to be done right before you can get a perfect pear from farm to market to kitchen to table. First of all,…
Lemon lulu cake, by Mother Myrick’s in Manchester, Vermont, has been the unanimous choice for lemon cake among my family and friends for as long…
Fruit/ my favorites/ quick bread/ Tartine/ whole wheat/ Yeast bread
Banana Sourdough Whole-Grains Tea Cake
The smell of ripe bananas wafted from the pantry. A lively discussion ensued, within my earshot, between my husband and my teenage daughter. Why was…
Chad Robertson/ Fruit/ Low fat/ my favorites/ Other Breads/ sourdough/ Tartine/ whole wheat
Apple-Walnut Tea Cake with 100% Spelt
Spelt is ancient heirloom variety wheat first cultivated in 5000 BC and can be traced back to Mesopotamia. Spelt is high in protein and contains sufficient…