Pecan bars, an awesome variation of pecan pie, and some might say better! Pecan bars, a classic recipe from The Silver Palate, is one I’ve been making for years. Good recipes are worth their weight in gold, and this one is one of them. When I first started cooking I was addicted to the Silver …
Cranberry Crostata is a rustic pie with a chewy cranberry and nut filling. No one has ever turned a slice down! Cranberry crostata is one of my favorite company desserts. This simple confection, and yes it is a chewy confection with a flaky crust makes my guests swoon. Though we aren’t having many …
“A perfect dessert for Thanksgiving…Maple Pecan Cream Cheese Pound Cake” I made Manservant very happy. Not that I don’t make him happy often, and maybe it was the fact that I’d been gone so long; in any case… he loved this cake. It’s a splurgie kind of cake in the sense that I use real …
“Cajun fish with a pecan browned butter sauce is truly a special meal. Make some pecan butter and a browned butter sauce. Then season your fish Cajun style and dust with flour to lightly fry. Oh my. It is that good!” It has been a lot of years that this recipe has begged to …
Apple season is here and for me that means Waldorf salad. Now, this isn’t the Waldorf salad that comes from the Waldorf Astoria in the Big Apple! Makes me wonder now how the Big Apple got to be the Big Apple seeing how this salad is so popular. (OK, I just looked it up …
This week in blogosphere I am seeing a lot of eggs, bunnies and chicks all done in pretty pastel colors. I am also seeing lots of chocolate decorated with my favorite malted milk ball eggs that also come in those pretty pastel hues. I am sorry. Charoset does not look like this. But I …
Royal chicken, Thai style is made with lots of black pepper and cashews. Served with stir fried veggies, this is a meal for royalty. Stir Fried Vegetables My husband informed me that it is a new year. I mean-like I didn’t know. He informed me that the sugar has to go. I …
Double Chocolate Macadamia Bark I am still here. Another year and the world did not end. It is great to be here and it is good that the Mayans discovered cocoa otherwise I would not be able to make this rich, satisfying Double Chocolate Mocha Macadmia Bark. It is the last thing I made this …