One of my favorite flavor combinations is raspberry and chocolate. The sweet/tart quality of the raspberry perfectly cuts through richness of the chocolate making for a wonderfully balanced dessert. This is especially important with parve baking. It is easy to make intensely rich parve desserts but it is a bit more difficult to make desserts [...]
This year I finally made a Passover tart crust that I think is good enough to serve. I have tried various crusts over the years, but they all have tasted too “pesach-y” to me so didn’t want to use them. This year I decided to use some of the ratios and methods I use in [...]
Over the past few months I have been playing around in the kitchen trying to perfect my parve pie crust recipe. I have been using different recipe ratios, with different fats and a variety of methods, and am slowly narrowing in on what I think is my perfect pie crust. In my mind the perfect [...]
As I am sure everyone has noticed there has been a shortage of posting around here lately. Things have been a bit hectic to say the least. Between packing up to move and driving cross country (with a two year old) there hasn’t been much time for anything. I am hoping to get back to [...]
Sometimes it is nice to make a tasty dessert worthy of company with very little effort. I always think that the dessert is as important as the meal, but when there is lots of cooking to be done there simply aren’t endless hours to spend on the dessert. These simple apple tarts are perfect for [...]
It seems like lately any time I plan a dessert with more than a few steps or components I end up having to change plans at the last minute because I run out of time for anything complicated. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised each time I run short on time, since I have a [...]
One of my favorite things about visiting my parentsĀ in California is the food. Not only is my dad a fantastic cook, and it is a treat to eat at home, but the produce is outstanding! Truly a different caliber than I can get in New York on a regular basis. As a kid growing up [...]