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Category Archives: Desserts
A Paean to Peaches and My Friend in Food, the Late Nora Ephron.
When Nora Ephron, the dynamic, witty-beyond-belief writer extraordinaire (and even greater friend, in Arianna Huffington’s view) died recently, one of her sisters had something to say about Nora’s gift for forming opinions. “Was there anyone in the world with more … Continue reading
Mim’s Take on Pumpkin Pie
Without pumpkin pie, Thanksgiving would have failed to achieve its iconic status. Turkey alone simply lacks the ability to carry the day. Lovely aromas, nice presentation, irresistible crispy skin, but then what’s there to look forward to? Another afternoon and … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts, Favorite Recipes
Tagged Best Fall Desserts, Butternut Squash Pie, Mim's Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie
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Mim’s Take on Apple Pie
By now I’m assuming that you have read my Fail-Proof Pie Crust post and are ready to proceed to the filling part of the pie equation. First, buy more apples than you think you will need. If in the end … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts, Favorite Recipes
Tagged Apple Pie, fall desserts, Granny Smith apples, Mim's Apple Pie
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My Recipe (and Tricks) For Fail-Proof Pie Crust
Just in time for the holidays and by popular demand, here are my (painfully arrived at) lessons on how to make a perfect pie crust. No need to buy inferior pie crust in the dairy or frozen food section of … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts, Miscellaneous
Tagged buttery pie crust, Fail-Proof Pie Crust, perfect pie crust, pie crust, Thanksgiving pies
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Three Homey, Delicious, Ridiculously Easy Fall Desserts
There’s something about fall that tends to tempt even the most devoted freezer case shopper back to the kitchen. As furnaces crank up to a pre-season hum and firewood finds its way back into neat hearthside stacks, we are beckoned … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts
Tagged Apple Cake, apples, Avon Antique Apple Cake, Gourmet, Italian plums, Peach Cobbler, peaches, Plum Torte, plums, The Hartford Courant, The New York Times
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Everything’s Comin’ up Orange.
OK, so I forgot to mention that I have more than one obsession. Shoot me. In addition to my love of butterscotch (and, if I think about it, probably ahead of it), I love all things citrus. So, as with … Continue reading
Posted in Breads, Desserts
Tagged Adele Horowitz's Mother's Orange Muffins, best orange-almond biscotti, biscotti, cakes, Gourmet Magazine, James Beard, muffins, orange almond biscotti, orange almond cake, orange muffins, The Brooklyn Cookbook, The New James Beard, tube cake pan, whole orange
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For Love of Butterscotch
Call it nostalgia, call it obsession, but I cannot for the life of me pass by any recipe promising a new (and of course potentially addictive) recipe for anything featuring butterscotch. And so, I offer you three of my favorites … Continue reading
