I await fig season each summer with such eager anticipation. I get to the farmers market first thing on Saturday morning, making a beeline to my favorite fig vendor to snap up as many as there are available. My first task is making Fig, Bourbon and Vanilla Bean Jam, a favorite of my friends and family. I hold a few back to slice and eat drizzled with honey or wrapped in … [Read more...] about Fig, Brown Butter and Hazelnut Tart
Frozen Lemon Bisque with Blueberry Nutmeg Compote
Frozen lemon bisque is what my mother always called this lovely dessert. It was her party piece for years, served at all her dinner parties, and sometimes just for us. She always served it from a cut crystal bowl, a bowl I always think of as the lemon bisque bowl. And she always served it with a blueberry sauce, sometimes with nutmeg. I have always loved that dessert, and at … [Read more...] about Frozen Lemon Bisque with Blueberry Nutmeg Compote
Blueberry Amaretto Crisp
I’d like to tell you this recipe is the result of my own hard work, carefully thought out and planned. But really, it was an accident of leftovers. When I was developing the recipe for my Peach Amaretto Cheesecake, I found myself with a lot of amaretti cookies. I’d also had one of those farmers market shopping sprees when I bought an absolute glut of all the gorgeous … [Read more...] about Blueberry Amaretto Crisp
Dundee Cake
We are all spending more time at home these days, and I think it would be a very civilized idea to bring back afternoon tea. To take a moment in the day to sit down with a cup of tea (or coffee or lemonade) and a nice treat and relax, unwind and talk. After you wrap up your work from home or the school day. I have always had it in my mind that I would start inviting people over … [Read more...] about Dundee Cake
Surprise Fun Finds! Stock the Pantry and Support Southern Producers
So maybe you are at home, in the kitchen, looking to expand your repertoire, try a new recipe or conquer a project you’ve always wanted to try. Or maybe you just need something different. But you don’t want to go to the grocery. Or maybe you’d like to send a little something to a friend you haven’t seen in a while. So I thought I’d put together a list of mail-order … [Read more...] about Surprise Fun Finds! Stock the Pantry and Support Southern Producers
