Dessert and candy

Sweet Potato Pie: The new king of your holiday table in 2018

Today we're making Sweet Potato Pie! There are many recipes out there, but we like this one from Nicole Rucker…

6 years ago

Pie Crust Showdown – Bon Appetit vs America’s Test Kitchen vs Milk Street

This is pie crust 3 ways!  I test recipes from Bon Appetit, America's Test Kitchen/Cooks Illustrated, and Milk Street putting…

7 years ago

Foolproof Vodka Pie Crust- (Adapted from America’s Test Kitchen/Cook’s Illustrated)

This is my adaptation of Cooks Illustrated/America's Test Kitchen's "foolproof pie dough" crust originally published in Cook's Illustrated's November 2007 issue. …

7 years ago

Flakiest Pie Crust – Bon Appetit’s Pie Crust

This is Bon Appetit's pie crust, in fact, their "Flakiest Pie Crust", one of the recipes we tested as part of…

7 years ago

No-shrink pie crust – Milk Street

This is my first run at testing Milk Street's Foolproof Single-Crust Pie Dough. In the recipe they published in their…

7 years ago

Sous vide Leftover Doughnut Praline Bread Pudding aka “French Toast Casserole”

The story of this recipe begins with doughnuts. Stale doughnuts turned into delicious bread pudding. Well... maybe not quite. It…

7 years ago

Foraging Dinner at PA’s Awbury Arbouretum: Young birch sorbet

Last year, Jill and I attended a dinner in Germantown just outside Philadelphia at the historic Awbury Arboretum.  We did…

8 years ago

Ohio: Buckeyes (Chocolate peanutbutter balls)

Growing up... Ah buckeyes, my old friend!  Sweet peanut butter and chocolate, everything to love – especially served right out…

9 years ago