Do you believe in serendipity? True ‘eureka!’ moments? Sometimes an accidental kitchen ‘aha!’ can lead to delicious results. This Toasted Sesame Cheesecake with Plum Coulis is the product of a chance flavor combination that turned into one of the best…
Real Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
When the month of October rolls in, it seems like pumpkin-spice everything floods every bakery, & coffee shop. Pumpkin Spice… EVERYWHERE you look! I can’t fight it, so I’m going to join them! You have to have a light touch…
Beautiful Fresh Blueberry Curd Tart with Chocolate Cookie Crust
I grew up in a little grey house that always looked like it was about to trip down our hill. We abutted a closed quarry, which was some of the last open acreage in the city of Boston. Although the…
9 Easy Recipes to Celebrate July 4th!
Thinking back on how I used to celebrate the 4th of July, I can’t help but smile. As a kid I usually found myself in a small beach house in Cape Cod with a pack of rowdy cousins, all eating…
Red, White & Blue Shortcakes
The warm weather has finally arrived, and backyard grilling is more popular than ever. Even before everyone was spending so much time at home, I’ve watched my three little boys bond with their dad over the grill. It’s either a…
Chocolate Cranberry Bundt Cake
I think most of us have a collection of family recipes; scribbly-written and faded index cards that hide in our cupboards. Those tried-and-true dishes that were a trademark of our family dinners growing up. Recipes that bear the splatters of…
Lemon & White Chocolate Truffles
If it is not clear by now, I will just go ahead and announce that I have an epic sweet tooth. Sugar, butter, and chocolate bring out the best in me! I grew up in a house where baking was…
Pineapple Caramel Crepes
I am, by nature, a planner. A visit to my kitchen would prove the point: a fully inked-in white board calendar, a bulletin board pinned with every school/activity/holiday schedule, and several post-it notes scattered around the inside doors of…
Lemon Tart with Pecan Graham Cracker Crust
I’ve mentioned this in passing before, but back in the mid 90’s and 2000’s, I was a professional ballet dancer. I lived in a world of pointe shoes, barres (that is not the drink-y kind), Chopin, and Tchaikovsky. I performed…
Chocolate Peppermint Bark Shortbread
Everyone has their personal favorite taste that they cherish over everything else. Some people like beer, others prefer specialty cheese… For my husband, it’s any dessert with peppermint or a fresh minty flavor (with maple a close second, being Canadian…
Old Fashioned Apple Pie
I have already written about my great love of all things pie-related, as well as the trials & tribulations of making the perfect piecrust. I think almost everyone has their own favorite type of crust (with eggs? lard? butter? vegetable…