This no bake banana split pie has a cookie crumb crust, a layer of vanilla cream and a chocolate layer laden with maraschino cherries and bananas. There’s no ice cream in this, but it is frozen and tastes divine! Top it off with your favorite chocolate syrup, some homemade whipped cream or perhaps a cup …
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 …
This cardamom coffee flavored ground chicken is cooked with onion and garlic and stuffed into a matzo pie shell. Topped with a carrot salad this matzo mina is new way to do dinner! It’s Jewish recipe time in case you haven’t figured it out! Passover is upon us and I’ve taken it upon myself to …
This year my Thanksgiving table is looking empty. Really empty. Alex , we all know, is in China, probably eating roast duck or chicken and Zoe will be in New York, I presume eating turkey. She is coming to visit in December but couldn’t make it for turkey day. And Manservant? Well, Manservant I think …
I won’t let another year go by without feeding you this luscious tart. It sings with the flavor of a rose honey custard, which is offset by a glittering blanket of the finest pink salt. Oh, let my heart be still. This is a tart of exquisite taste. She only deserves to be served with …
Sometimes it is hard to start a Monday. Other weeks I can wake up raring to go. But sometimes it is just hard. Choosing the right direction in life isn’t always about the compass. It’s about passion and love and common sense. And learning how to stand on your own two feet. It’s the common …
Not My Mama’s Cherry Pie “If life is a bowl of cherries, then what am I doing in the pits?” Today is George Washington’s Birthday. A long, long time ago when I walked miles to school we celebrated George’s birthday on his real birthday. I don’t think President’s Day was invented yet. And when I …
Fudge Pie has received a lot of press lately. It is featured as the winning dessert in the novel, “The Help”, (a good read, btw) where everyone wants Minny’s secret recipe. In my life it has always been part of my husband’s requests as he grew up with the fudge pie his mother …