Is this really the fourth peach recipe in a row? I will admit to being obsessed with peaches. I’m not tired of them yet, but sadly it is the end of the season and my treasured flat is empty. Yesterday was the autumnal equinox, and I am reminded of a line from Dylan Thomas’ poem … [Read more...]
Carrot Cake with Goat Cheese Frosting
Valley Flora Farm continues to impress! This time I brought home gorgeous carrots. I spent the whole afternoon mesmerized by them. Long after I knew I’d taken enough photos, I took more. These carrots are beauty queens with no high heels, no plunging neck lines, and no ruby … [Read more...]
Boston Cream Pie Trifle
I’m not sure anyone knows why Boston Cream Pie is called pie. It is a cake whose elements are similar to a cream puff. Talk about an identity crisis! I think of it as the granddaddy of the now popular “naked cake,” which is pretty cool (hip to be square and all that.) … [Read more...]
Gingerbread
I love to read cookbooks! AND, I love to read books (fiction and nonfiction) that have recipes in them. A dear friend recently gave me a copy of Delicious! by Ruth Reichl. The novel features a gingerbread that the heroine makes for her prospective boss—she gets hired on the spot … [Read more...]