Tag: desserts

Fall themed desserts are all over these days - pumpkin bread puddings, cranberry panna cotta, pecan trifle. And those of us with a confirmed fear of rolling pins grasp at these desperately.  …

Sugar cookies can be boring.  Essentially nothing more than butter, sugar, flour and eggs, sugar cookie recipes – even easy sugar cookie recipes – often call for elaborate decorations – piping, “flooding”, colored frosting and even …

It started with the smell. I arrived home from work Friday night, Nuni in tow, and was greeted by a smell, emanating from the kitchen. A TERRIBLE smell. It wasn't the trash -- …

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusebouches/4984973701/" title="Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 by The Domestic Front, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/4984973701_80f335d410.jpg" class="aligncenter" width="333" height="500" alt="Chocolate Chip Cookies 1" /></a> The Nuni has been quite complimentary lately, perhaps working under the theory that flattery will …

This is not, as you may have divined, one of those recipes that yields beautiful food. Each bit is not an aesthetic delight, and this is not going to grace the cover of any …

Whew. Well we moved. And although we're not yet totally unpacked (far from it), my kitchen is starting to look like a functional kitchen, and I'm beginning to have glimmers of interest in …

I do apologize for my quiet recently. It all stems from some exciting news, which is that after years of bubble sitting, Ken and I finally bit the bullet and bought a house.  …