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Maple-Glazed, Bacon-Wrapped Apricots

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Forget candy, this is my kind of treat. A friend sent me the link from someone’s Facebook page, and I knew I had to try them right away….

Sunday, April 14, 2013

This ain’t your grandma’s apple pie. I baked it in a cheesecake pan, for a towering 3-inches of apple-pie goodness. This pie is my riff on Dede Wilson’s…

Monday, September 19, 2011

I put figs in the same camp as black licorice: People love them—or hate them. There never seems to be a middle ground. If you’re in the first…

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

If you know me, you know that I’m not a huge fan of making fussy desserts. Creamy. Buttery. Rich. Yes. But fussy, not my speed. (Don’t get me…

Monday, March 8, 2010

I know: When will I stop raving about compound butter? Never, probably. (But I’ll bet you could guess that.) The stuff is just too easy to make—and too…

Monday, February 22, 2010

Warning: Baking this cake will fill your kitchen with the irresistible smell of oranges. This is a slightly modified version of a recipe I saw recently in Saveur. It’s a buttery pound cake shot through with freshly grated orange zest and soaked with sweet orange syrup.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

How to Make Candied Fruit Peel at The Hungry Mouse

Candied fruit peel is one of those miraculous acts of culinary alchemy. You take tough, bitter fruit rind that’s packed with oil you could use to polish your furniture, and, thanks to the magic of sugar, transform it into heavenly, fragrant candy.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Concord grapes are the very same little purple wonders that give Welch’s grape juice its signature flavor. Here’s how to turn those jewels into jam.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Italian Prune Plum Crumble at The Hungry Mouse

I have to admit: Until recent years, I was scared to death of these little things. Are you kidding me: “Prune” in the same sentence with “dessert?” No, thank you. I didn’t get over it until well into my late twenties. And I’m still kicking myself that it took me that long.