A knitting friend, book club colleague and neighbor invited me for soup and this was dessert. A hearty winter lunch. I walked around the block in the snow. Most people had shoveled. It took twice as long to get there, though
A short video (60 seconds) drizzling homemade chocolate sauce on cups of vanilla bean ice cream
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZcAr393ZopQ?si=OVM947M2gt4mV1IA
From the archives. July 2020
Maida Heatters’s Jelly Roll (click for recipe with step by step photos)
Helps to have the right size pan and a clean linen towel.
15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1”
AVVA in Aspinwall modern Mediterranean Restaurant
My neighbor Kelly picked me up and we drove across the Allegheny River to meet our former neighbor Nancy who was waiting for us on the front patio of a restaurant I’d never been to before. We had a good visit catching up and enjoyed a delicious meal together. The Katmer dessert was new to us and we shared the lightly fried triangles of phyllo dough with a pistachio filling.
Katmer
Thin layer of phyllo dough filled with a mixture of pistachios and mascarpone
From Fig & Ash restaurant on East Ohio Street “Fig & Ash is a locally-inspired and seasonally-focused restaurant.” We were celebrating a friend’s birthday.
(Millie’s Ice Cream is delicious by itself as well and I see they have Nationwide Delivery😂)
(And I had to look up Maldon Salt harvested in the UK)
Pumpkin Season
Original Plum Torte Recipe by Marian Burros debuted in 1983. It’s an annual ritual as summer comes to a close and the Italian Plums are perfection. You need twelve, cut in half.
After an almost nine hour train ride from Pittsburgh, we arrived in NYC just before five and when we got to Mary’s she had all the ingredients prepared. Prema placed the plums on top of the batter. sprinkled the cinnamon sugar on top.
Nine years ago I posted a plum torte
There’s a variety of items on either side of the check out line at TJMaxx store. Strategically placed to tempt the shoppers. Impulse buys!
I was purchasing a couple of household items when I spotted these bags of Candy Bar flavored coffee.
I don’t care for flavored coffee or sweet (probably super sugary)coffee but the bags still caught my eye.
A festive dessert for holidays.
Purchased at Rocco’s on Bleecker Street at Easter
Struffoli Recipe to make it at home
And another authentic recipe
Crème Brûlée means Burnt Cream.
You can make it at home with this recipe.
Crème brûlée is rich and smooth with a crust of caramelized sugar on top. The slight tartness of fresh berries are the perfect complement to the sweet vanilla custard.