Recipes: Dessert
recipe: Nutella chocolate chip muffins - a perfect snack paired with coffee or tea
Posted: Feb 26, 2013Sometimes, you just want a muffin. Muffins go perfectly with coffee, with tea, with cocoa, with milk. They're easy to make, easy to carry in a lunch bag. Really, they're an ideal food. And how ... Read more »
Recipe: No-yeast chocolate rolls a quick and tasty twist on an old favorite
Posted: Feb 21, 2013I received a letter from a reader recently asking me why no one ever talks about chocolate rolls. You can get a cinnamon roll at every corner bakery, but why cinnamon? Why not chocolate? Good question. Perhaps no one ever talks about chocolate rolls because no one ever thought of them. Or at least I hadn't until that letter arrived. But once the thought was in my head, I could think of little else. Read more »
recipe: Coconut cream hamantaschen for Purim - dairy-free version a modern twist on classic holiday cookie
Posted: Feb 20, 2013Every year at Purim [POOR-im], which begins at sundown on Saturday night, there is a debate among Jews about hamantaschen [HAH-men-TAH-shen], the triangular cookies that are traditionally served at the holiday. Some people think that ... Read more »
Recipe: Bananas Foster and bread pudding: together at last
Posted: Feb 16, 2013ALISON LADMAN, Associated Press We topped a simple baked banana-pecan bread pudding with a classic hard sauce — including a healthy dose of bourbon, of course — which becomes a gooey icing that melts into ... Read more »
recipe: Chocolate-Dipped Figs with Walnuts a simple, sensual pleasure for Valentine's Day
Posted: Feb 14, 2013My dinnerFeed web site is a lean, mean fighting machine! To receive my lastest dinnerFeed posts by email, sign up here. Fantasize filet mignon enrobed in a buttery bordelaise sauce, snuggled up to truffled mashed ... Read more »
recipe: Buttermilk pudding cake saves the day
Posted: Feb 05, 2013Through a series of unintended events (i.e., regularly scheduled Calder deliveries) I've somehow amassed a hoard of buttermilk — one gallon to be exact, in quart bottles. The situation is getting desperate, we're up to ... Read more »
Recipe: Vinegar pie - not just weird. It's actually good. Really!
Posted: Jan 30, 2013It’s always a good day when I get a handwritten personal letter. It’s even better when that letter comes from a reader sharing food memories or treasured family recipes. I received such a letter recently ... Read more »
recipe: Mocha cinnamon roll bread pudding is a cozy dessert for two
Posted: Jan 08, 2013I love cinnamon rolls. I love bread pudding. So, what better purpose for one lone leftover cinnamon roll than to make bread pudding with it? I cut it into cubes, then placed the cubes into ... Read more »
food & grocery: Putting an end of year culinary check mark next to Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte
Posted: Jan 01, 2013It's time for all the food writers and bloggers of the world to give us their year-end "best of 2012" boasts and lists of "what's coming for 2013" predictions — mostly having to do with ... Read more »
recipe: Eggnog Custard is delicious winter treat served warm or chilled
Posted: Dec 28, 2012My Holiday Cookbook may be of assistance in your celebration strategies. Strapped for time? Check out the well-tested Super-Simple section. I love creamy desserts and this custard, developed by friend and fellow food lover Donna Newsom, ... Read more »
Recipe: Homemade Oreos may have friends and family lining up for a taste
Posted: Dec 19, 2012Oreos are my weakness. I’m good at avoiding most of the cookies in the supermarket aisle, but, man oh man, do I find it hard to pass up an Oreo and a cold glass of ... Read more »
recipe: Eggnog pudding is an easy but festive make-ahead dessert
Posted: Dec 19, 2012Christmas Eve is also National Eggnog Day, so you'll want to have this recipe on hand for celebrating both occasions. It's an easy make-ahead dessert, so all you have to do when serving it is ... Read more »
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