Today’s post is less recipe and more story so if you’re not into my ramblings come back next week for more recipe, less story. It all started with this idea for a raspberry tart. Simple. Classic. Except nobody wants to see someone (me) make something so staple. There was no twist, nothing added to make […]
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Blackberry Bee’s Knees
Well, I think spring decided to show its face around here. I say “think” because I will not be duped again (people give you seriously weird looks when you wear white crocs in the snow though I just realized whilst typing that it might have had more to do with the choice of shoe than […]
Asparagus Pesto Gnocchi
We’re inching towards spring. I find if I keep telling myself this, I’m less likely to cry into my pillow nightly, waiting for the day I wake up to find small birds singing, rather than sleet falling outside my window. I’m like a depressed Cinderella. Where are my birds? Basil Pesto is one of those […]
Late Winter Hot Chocolate
Yes, those are Cadbury eggs. So you don’t need to wear a deerstalker hat and live at 221b Baker Street to deduce that Easter has come and gone. You may wonder why I’d be drinking hot chocolate post-vernal equinox and here’s why: it’s still snowing. What else am I supposed to do? I’m serious, if you […]
Rhubarb Cheesecake Tart
This tart got easter dessert status this year so you know it’s good. Easter is my second (maybe third) favorite holiday. There is something ritualistic and primal about it, being celebrated in some way in almost every culture the world over. That’s gotta mean something, right? Another reason that I love this vernal holiday is […]
