Bananas, Pumpkins, and Coconut (Oh My)
Quick breads are perfect party pastries, and I made three varieties for a work party: Banana gingerbread, pumpkin with orange and pecan, and Peabody's decadent Almond Joy bread.
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Shades of Grey
Pale amaretti cookies meet gray buckwheat cookies in a mini-smorgasbord of Italian pastries.
Icy Olive Oil and Upside Down Apricots
An apricot-almond upside down cake with olive oil ice cream, both of which I found attractive but remarkably unpalatable. Good thing my husband enjoyed them!
The Banana Calamity
These frozen banana and mascarpone mousse parfaits did not remotely cooperate with my freezer, but they tasted good topped with homemade chocolate sauce and slivered almonds.
Soul-Saving Almond Cake
I’ve made this cake a few times now. The first time was while Jeremy was in school, and I brought it to a friend’s house to share after dinner. It was absolutely divine, extremely moist…
Potato Soup with Fried Almonds
This recipe has been on my list of soups to try for some time, and since Jeremy’s tummy has been bothering him, last night seemed like the right moment to try it out. We made…
Christmas Baking
Christmas baking 2006: Almond roca and toffee, chocolate korova wafers, chocolate PB pinwheels, coconut macaroons, molasses cookies, eggnog thumbprints, and caramel nut acorns.