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Chocolate Cream Pie

Tuesday January 19th 2010

I should admit: I have a special spot in my heart for old-fashioned desserts—especially if it’s the kind of thing that you’re likely to find in the spinning dessert case at a 1950s-style diner. This pie totally fits the bill.

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Sinfully Rich Chocolate Pudding

Friday April 10th 2009

I have no excuses for this one. It’s all chocolate, sugar, heavy cream, butter, and eggs. Grab a spoon and put on your fat pants. Move over, Jello. That’s all I have to say. Warm pudding When it’s warm, it’s really thick but has a more traditional pudding consistency. When it’s chilled, however…oh, oh, oh!…it [...]

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Decadent Sweet Cream Rice Pudding

Tuesday November 18th 2008

Rice has got to be one of my favorite foods. Fried rice. Buttered rice. Jambalaya. Rice crackers and krispies. You name it, I most likely have a closely-guarded stash of it in my cupboards. I especially love rice pudding. I can eat bowls of it at a time, which is why I don’t make it [...]

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Duckie’s Rice Pudding

Monday July 21st 2008

Duckie was my grandmother, and this is her rice pudding recipe. I use whole milk to make it, because that’s the way she did it. A quick note on equipment. You’ll want an actual double boiler to make this. I’ve had disastrous results improvising one with a stainless steel bowl over a pot of simmering [...]

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