This week we have a guest post from Chef Melanie Underwood my favorite instructor at The Institute of Culinary Education. We are also giving one lucky winner an autographed copy of her new book Making Artisan Cheesecake: Expert Techniques for Classic and Creative Recipes available in stores August 15th, but you can pre-order it now! I love desserts,Read more
Two years ago I mentioned meeting a lovely woman named Megan (pronounced MEE-gan) on a bus ride to visit my parents. She introduced me to the wonderful world of icebox cakes. I had heard of them but didn’t really know what they were. Basically, you alternate layers of cookies with whipped cream or mousse and put it in the whole thing in the refrigerator overnight. The cream or mousse seeps into the cookies and softens them and voila! They become soft like cake. Apparently, icebox cakes were big in the 50s and I am noticing they are starting to make a huge comeback. I mean who doesn’t want to be able to make a gorgeous dessert without turning on the oven?
When I was about 12 years old, my aunt made what I recall to be the best cake I ever had. It was a chocolate cake with cherries and about 1/4-inch thick chocolate icing which was so rich, it was like biting into a chocolate bar. In my adulthood, it was explained to me thatRead more
This week, Driscoll’s is sponsoring a contest with the Culinary Content Network called “Raspberries for Dessert.” In case you live under a rock or simply somewhere that doesn’t get Driscoll’s berries, they supply markets with the most plump and sweet berries. But for the sake of the contest, let’s just focus on raspberries.
The year was 1979 and my mother and I were sitting in the kitchen. I was having a snack and drinking diet chocolate soda (Do they even still make chocolate soda?) and my mother was at the sink washing dishes.
I was reading the soda bottle and alarmingly exclaimed, “Mommy, this says it causes cancer in laboratory animals!”
