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Category Archives: Dessert
Apricot kernel ice cream with honey-roasted apricots
Last year I collected hundreds of cherry pits from my June and July farmer’s market cherries with the aim of making cherry pit ice cream. This pastry chef waxes poetic (and X-rated) about the alluring, phenomenal flavor of the kernel … Continue reading
Cherry Granita with Almond Cream and Caramel Crunch
The past few weeks I have been enjoying trying out new desserts with the first of the summer stone fruits. The cherries have been wonderful and I ended up buying yet another huge flat of them last week with which … Continue reading
The Outdoor Market in Ivrea, Italy and an Apricot-Nectarine Cobbler with Two Kinds of Cherries
Do you remember your first farmer’s market trip? I may be a bit green to recall the resurgence of outdoor markets, greenmarkets, and farmer’s markets in the past couple decades, but I can profess that farmer’s markets have been one … Continue reading
Wedding Biscotti: Chai Spiced Biscotti with Oats, Toasted Nuts, Raisins, and White Chocolate
In under two months, my sister will be getting married to a wonderful man. While I am not sure that either of them would agree to being called foodies (simply because the title is so cloying), they both relish exceptionally … Continue reading
Stone-ground Cornmeal Cookies with Pine nuts
Imagine a shortbread-like cookie, enriched with egg yolks and the popcorn-like flavor and odor of toasted pine nuts, except instead of using all wheat flour, it features a mixed-corn, stone-ground cornmeal. This cookie knocks your socks off with its playful, … Continue reading
Meringues with Chantilly Cream, Toasted Nuts, and Shaved Chocolate
Several years ago my husband (then boyfriend) and I crossed the Italian-French border with my Piemontese relatives for lunch in the town of Menton. We each had an incredible salade composée, but what stood out in relief was the desserts. … Continue reading
Whole Wheat Cardamom-Cinnamon Apple Cake
Last night we had a Moroccan couscous and this apple cake. Both recipes are deceptively easy–ones that I make when it is 6pm and I am still not sure what I will make for dinner. For those of you despairing … Continue reading
Grapefruit Macarons with Grapefruit Curd or Macaron Madness!!!
Every couple of weeks I crave macarons. No, I do not eat just one like a classy Frenchwoman. As my sister and I shout each fall when we see the signs for the Armenian Food Fair here in San Francisco, … Continue reading
Posted in Almonds, Cookies, Dessert, Jams and Preserves, Recipes for Egg Whites, Recipes for Egg Yolks
Tagged almond meringue cookies, egg white recipe, egg yellow recipe, Grapefruit cookie recipe, grapefruit curd, grapefruit macaron, macaron recipe, ricetta per gli albumi, ricetta per rossi delle uova
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Colomba di Pasqua–Italian Easter Dove Bread
Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi. “Christmas with your family and Easter with whomever,” goes the saying in Italian. Well, as I sit here typing this post, my house is absolutely quiet with everyone else napping and I … Continue reading
Rosewater Pistachio Meringues
I realized that I compulsively entered the kitchen twice fumbling around for another bite, or just crumbs even of my rosewater pistachio meringues. No luck. Someone finished them. It was my kids…..my husband……er, me. I have now reached the desperate … Continue reading
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