The Best Pavlova Dessert
This easy recipe for The Best Pavlova Dessert is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It is the perfect balance of tart and sweet! A stunning and delicious dessert! After people find out I am a pastry chef IRL, their next question usually is, “What is your favorite dessert?” as if I…
Marinated Tofu Salad with a Sweet Balsamic Glaze
I am so proud to be an American (always but this week especially). From the Boston Tea Party to the Boston Marathon Bombing, Bostonians embody what it means to be an American. That is part of what this blog is all about: who we are, what we believe in, and as a reminder of how…
Creole Stuffed Peppers with a Tomato Sauce
I’ve never made stuffed peppers before, but the idea has always fascinated me. A whole balanced meal wrapped up in one tidy package. It’s genius. There are hundreds of traditional varieties across as many cultures, but this recipe appears to be influenced mostly by the Eastern European recipes. Good Housekeeping (1955 Edition) has labeled it…
Cinnamon Raisin French Toast
Good Morning! French toast makes me think of Summer visits to Nana’s house in Washington D.C. I would wake up and she would be in the kitchen making French toast, and then we would explore the City’s historic sites together. Several trips to the Daughter’s of the American Revolution Museum (DAR) were a necessity, and…
Old Fashioned Bread Pudding with Hard Sauce
I am a bread pudding aficionado. If there is bread pudding on a dessert menu, I will order it without hesitation: it even trumps chocolate. Apparently bread pudding was one of those dessert staples in The New World, because there is at least one recipe in every heritage cookbook. My fiancé and I consider ourselves…
The World’s Best Hot Fudge Sauce
Yesterday was the kind of day that reminds me why I live in Atlanta: 80° and sunny with blue skies studded with puffy cumulous clouds. The only thing that yesterday needed was chocolate. Yes, chocolate would make it perfect. Luckily on a book buying binge in St Louis (I have a problem. It’s okay. I…
Old Fashioned Raisin Bread
I’ve been on a carb kick recently (hence the Raisin Bread), which has been so delicious but so against the pre-wedding “diet”. My “diet” is more like a mantra: Don’t eat so much bread and so many sweets! It isn’t working. Obviously. When I was younger and my metabolism and I were still on friendly…
Roasted Rosemary Potatoes
This post contains the recipes to the side dishes that I served with the Roasted Chicken. Get excited because these potatoes are one of my favorite sides to make. They are so quick to pull together and so delicious they should be illegal. I know that rosemary is a weed but I happen to think…
Roasted Chicken – A Culinary Masterpiece!
Alright – it’s no culinary masterpiece but I thought “roasted chicken” needed some jazzing up. Several months ago my Maternal Grandmother, Nana, who is recovering nicely by the way, gave me a cookbook called “The Congressional Club Cook Book” (1993 Edition). An Act of Congress formed the Congressional Club in 1908 and its members include…
Baked Chicken & Shallots
We were at dinner with my best friend from High School last weekend and she asked, “What is your favorite dish to make?” and I couldn’t come up with an answer on the spot. I love trying new recipes, but I do have my favorites. Baked Chicken & Shallots is just such a recipe! Chicken…
Seven Layer Bars
When I was in High School only seniors were allowed to leave campus during the day, but, as soon as I got my drivers license, my friend Blair and I would sneak out to buy Seven Layer Bars from a local bakery. Yes, we risked getting detention because these bars are THAT addicting. I still…
