It’s rhubarb season! There are few seasons I look forward to more than spring. While it’s still quite chilly here on the coast when the calendar turns to spring, it’s still my favorite time of year. This is the time when all my favorite fruits and vegetables start to appear at the farmers markets. Strawberries,… Continue reading Rhubarb Crumb Cake
Category: Desserts
Lemon-lime Pudding Cake
I love breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day… or so they say. But it’s still not my favorite meal. No, my favorite meal, or maybe course is a better term, has got to be dessert! I love a rich, sweet dessert. Doesn’t matter if it’s fruit or chocolate. As long as it’s… Continue reading Lemon-lime Pudding Cake
Chocolate Orange Brownie Cookies
There are two things I can never get enough of: chocolate and fruit. I love them apart but I love them even more when they’re together. While my favorite chocolate and fruit combinations are chocolate covered strawberries and cherries, I was never a fan of the orange or lemon peels dipped in chocolate. I just… Continue reading Chocolate Orange Brownie Cookies
Lemon Lavender Tart
With Easter on Sunday, now’s the time for festive tables and bright colored desserts. Sure, chocolate is always a winner, but with those Easter baskets full of chocolate bunnies and eggs, a fruity dessert seems like the perfect choice to don your table. While strawberries are starting to appear at local farmers markets, Meyer lemons… Continue reading Lemon Lavender Tart
Coconut Macaroon Brownies
Saturday is the first night of Passover. As a Jew, Passover is always one of the hardest holidays to celebrate. A lot of people think it’s Yom Kippur because of the day of fasting. But not eating for 24 hours is pretty easy in comparison with regulating what you can and can’t eat during the… Continue reading Coconut Macaroon Brownies
Boston Cream Pie
In case you didn’t hear, today is St. Patrick’s Day and you’re probably seeing a ton of Instagram and blog posts for corned beef and cabbage and green cocktails. (Yes, I did one too.) Well, I couldn’t come up with another corned beef recipe. I mean, how many different ways can you prepare corned beef?… Continue reading Boston Cream Pie
Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake
I love citrus season! It’s that great time of year, smack dab in the dead of winter, when all the bright, sweet citrus bombard farmers markets everywhere. It’s when you are no longer limited to Eureka lemons or Navel oranges. Instead you can grab some Meyer lemons or Cara Cara oranges. There are also Satsuma… Continue reading Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake
Apple Strudel
From Thanksgiving to New Years, there’s really only one thing I’m thinking about: dessert. Starting with turkey day and all the way through new years there’s always decadent desserts. There are pies and cakes and so many cookies and cookie swaps… it’s easy to see why people tend to gain five to 10 pounds over… Continue reading Apple Strudel
Pumpkin Maple Trifle
Every year my family tries to come up with something new and exciting for Thanksgiving. I mean, how many times can you have the same pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce? Okay, I know there are traditions and family recipes that are used year in and year out. But we don’t do that in my family.… Continue reading Pumpkin Maple Trifle
Apple Pie/Cake
Now that autumn is in full swing, I’m starting to see fruits and vegetables change at the farmer’s market. Where the stands used to be piled high with peaches, plums and tomatoes, now there’s squash, citrus and apples. While I love the produce of the spring and summer, I also adore the produce of the… Continue reading Apple Pie/Cake
Peach Bruschetta
When it comes to fresh produce, there’s no question that summer is my favorite time of year. From May through September some of the best fruit of the year is available. If you love cherries, plums, apricots and peaches, now is the time to hit your local farmers market. While I love all these stone… Continue reading Peach Bruschetta