I made this tart with the idea that I’d write a post about how simple it is to make this beautiful and delicious dessert. It is, though it does take a bit of time. Just look up a recipe for a pâte sablée dough and …
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Blueberry Napoleon with crème fraîche and Raspberry Powder I didn't make this to be a Fourth of July dessert, but I realized afterwards that it bears some kind of metaphoric resemblance to an American flag, except …
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Brownies of course are one of those topics that cleave the population along multiple dimensions. Cakey or fudgy? Love the middle or the edges? Celtics or Lakers? Nuts or no nuts? For me, I like more of a cakey brownie, …
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Sometimes in life you just want a big, warm plate of chocolate-chip cookies, and sometimes you want oatmeal chocolate-chip. At least that’s what Sarina and her Mom tell me :). I started with this recipe from Panthera …
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I took one look at the picture of these atayef in Poopa Dweck’s spectacular cookbook, Aromas of Aleppo, The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews and knew imediately that I had to make them. I served them at a recent Men …
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Valentine's Day Crepes with Chocolate Ganache And Raspberry Compote This is the first of several posts of the dishes I did for the men's cooking group of Kavana, a cooperative Jewish organization that we have been …
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