Telling food stories, one kitchen at a time
Close your eyes and imagine eating a slice of Pink Lemonade Icebox Cake. Lightly lemon cookies, soft between layers of luscious whipped cream, crispy edges, the taste of butter that lingers on your tongue. Make the recipe this morning, enjoy it this afternoon.
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Rocky Road Fudge Bars will make people fall in love with you… consider this your warning. This chocolatey, nutty, creamy layered bar is a standard at every family barbecue and summer holiday party and will be for years to come. I get constant comments that it’s sweet, but not too sweet, and could I have another one, please?!
I feel like I’ve been making a ton of not-so-nutritious foods lately and this is supposed to be a mostly nutritious blog. I’ve definitely pushing the limits of that word “mostly.” But ya know what? Someone challenged me recently to share my very first food photo on the Insta… and it wasn’t pretty. I first made these Rocky Road Fudge Bars on June 20, 2014 — more than three years ago! — and today I’m updating the post with some new photos.
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Sugar Cake and Caramel Frozen Custard is made with a homemade Spanish sugar cake called bica gallega and homemade dulce de leche. The vanilla custard, bica gallega, and dulce de leche make for an all day affair in the kitchen. Grab a friend and split the duties. The results will be worth it!
I met Jeff several months ago at a dinner party. Naturally, the topic of food came up and it turned out that I wasn’t the only blogger in the room! I love when this happens, especially when the other blogger’s topic of choice is ice cream. We decided to team up for this blog post because I love ice cream and writing and Jeff is a mad scientist ice cream aficionado, as you’ll read below!
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RumChata Blondies with Fireball Cream Cheese Frosting are the perfect summer party dessert. This recipe will not fail to impress. Trust me, I’ve made it five times in five weeks and my friends keep asking for more!
It took me four tries. FOUR. And thank heavens I kept trying because RumChata Blondies with Fireball Cream Cheese Frosting are SLAMMIN’. On the first three tries, I was set on a cream cheese swirl because I thought cream cheese frosting would be too sweet. I will admit, I was wrong. These are fantabulous x19203 and everyone has agreed.
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Southern-Style Strawberry Buttermilk Biscuits will melt in your mouth and crumble in your hands. Just-sweet-enough roasted strawberries add a juicy burst of flavor that will keep you searching for more. This recipe is simple, easy, and quick.
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I promise you friends, this has been worth the wait. Ever since I made Cranberry-Pear Cream Pie with Gingersnap Crust, I have been dreaming sweet gingersnap dreams with cranberries dancing through fields of Christmas cheer. And so, Gingersnap Icebox Cake with Cranberry Mascarpone Whipped Cream was born.
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Want to know what the best kitchen thrill is? Do this: Pick out a complicated recipe. A baked good – because those are always harder. Decide you want to change it. Choose a flavor combination that maybe no one has ever used before and you’re unsure if anyone will ever use again. Cranberry-Pear Cream Pie. Will it work? Will it taste okay? First thrill: The pre-taste taste. Dip your spatula in Cranberry-Pear sugary liquid and taaaaste. Ohhhh taaaaste it… cause yes, that works.
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My plan was is to post only once a week. Quality over quantity, time is precious, and all that. But →→→ FRESH FIG & LEMON CREAM TART.
Friends, I made this tart in July. I made the lemon cream and the tart shell and put those two together. Then I bought figs at my farmer’s market and then… I ate them all. Just… ate them all, one at a time. So I took a long walk to Whole Foods the next day in search of more beautiful figs.
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