I love this recipe for pumpkin cheesecake. It’s pretty, it’s rich, and it’s always a crowd pleaser. However, I never, ever fix it for Thanksgiving dinner. Why? It’s too rich, that’s why. With all the other goodies I serve at the Thanksgiving Feast (turkey, dressing, my famous make-ahead gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole with [...]
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Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake Rules!
Posted in cheesecake, pumpkin, tagged pumpkin cheesecake, Thanksgiving desserts on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year’s Day – Try for Some Good Luck
Posted in Lava cakes, cake, dessert, tagged good luck foods, Lava cakes, New Year's Day dinner on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Pork? Sauerkraut? Black-eyed peas and greens? Cornbread? Pickled herring? What is your New Year’s Day guarantee of good luck?
For me growing up, it was a nice pork roast, cooked over and under a bed of sauerkraut. Lots of buttery mashed potatoes, and probably carrots, but the pork and sauerkraut were the biggies.
Lately, we have been [...]
Easy, Delicious Dessert
Posted in Italian ingredients, Nutella, chocolate desserts, dessert, tagged easy dessert, Nutella, pudding on August 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The current (September, 2007) issus of Food & Wine magazine features Italian cuisine. I have dog-eared more pages than I will be able to fix in the next year, but I will give it a try.
I had guests for lunch today and, although we only had carry-in sandwiches for lunch, I wanted to fix something [...]
New Bread Pudding Recipe
Posted in Baileys, bread pudding, dessert on April 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to Rachel who sent me a recipe for bread pudding that I am trying for the first time today. It is one from a BBC America TV show that she happened to catch one day. It seemed interesting to her so I am giving it a try.
The first thing I had to do was [...]
