Peanut butter and chocolate are one of nature’s great flavor combinations. But part of the great parental anomalies of my childhood. My Dad doesn’t like it. That was, and still is, difficult for me to understand. It was as much a mystery to me as all those great questions that were answered with “because I said so”. After all, how could a man who eats tiny, oily, smelly … [Read more...] about Peanut Butter and Chocolate Truffle Tart
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Bananas Foster Pound Cake
Bananas Foster is a classic New Orleans dessert with a storied history, and is one of the many dishes from the Crescent City’s famed restaurants that have made its way around the world. And Bananas Foster is an impressive dish to order at a restaurant, when done the old-school way. An expert server rolls out a cart, heats the sugar for the caramel sauce, sautés the bananas … [Read more...] about Bananas Foster Pound Cake
Sweet Tea Sorbet
I try to mix things up, different types of recipes each week. But this week, I am continuing with a theme. I recently posted my recipe for Watermelon Sweet Tea, praising the benefits of good sweet tea in the hot Southern summer. And then I raved about my little ice cream maker for making Lemon Meringue Pie Ice Cream. So now I have decided to combine the two ideas with Sweet Tea … [Read more...] about Sweet Tea Sorbet
Peaches Poached with Basil
Peaches are to me the great herald that summer has well and truly begun. Just when you start to feel the weather change from warm to downright hot and the air from breezy to thick with humidity, peaches make their appearance at markets and roadside stands. At summer camp, you could always get your hands on a peach, and biting into that juicy, fuzzy flesh, the juice dripping … [Read more...] about Peaches Poached with Basil
Sticky Toffee Pudding
British food gets a bad rap. But I think some of that comes from the tourist trade. When an American traveler heads to the UK, they generally want a lot of “ye olde” and this often involves chain restaurants, much like a Denny’s or a Shoney’s. Even some of the most charming, half-timbered, stain-glassed pubs in England are run by companies that market “traditional” English … [Read more...] about Sticky Toffee Pudding