Cakes and Pies
Fresh Apricot Pie
It's apricot season! That means our love affair with with the fruit comes Stateside. Here's a version with only the simplest ingredients, basically fresh...
Comfort Food
Coconut Bread Pudding
Oh my, we loved our dinner at Jacques-Imo's!
Maybe because the restaurant is far from the Quarter and you don't feel like a tourist. Or...
Cakes and Pies
Bourbon Lovers Mississippi Mud Cake
The Kee kids used to beg for Mississippi Mud Cake every birthday. Since their cousins did, too, we would eat this gooey, chocolate dessert...
Brazilian
Avocado Creme Brulee
How did you enjoy your first avocado? In guacamole or chopped up in a salad? Or maybe like me, you remember when they were...
Brazilian
Brazilian Coconut Mousse
I have a bad case of saudade right now.
Not sure what that means? That's not surprising. I didn't either till recently. It’s a Portuguese...
Brazilian
The Brazilian Kitchen by Leticia Schwartz…Texas style
How many cookbooks do you own? Ten? Fifteen? Fifty?
If you're like me, when you find one you like, you go out and buy ALL...
Cakes and Pies
Buttery Nutella Pound Cake
Every Christmas morning, our family , home from wherever in the world they live, pads downstairs, opens the den door and sees what edible...
British
Bakewell Tart
After visiting Borough Market in London, we made a delicious discovery: the buttery, rich bakewell tart.
Kin to the American lemon square, it has a...
Comfort Food
Real Maple Oatmeal Blondies
Lizzy got home from college and immediately began her baking magic.
Using the gallon of maple syrup (Amber Grade) we brought from Vermont, she created...