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Easy Baked Alaska Cups

Baked Alaska Cups: Remaking a Classic 1950s Dessert

May 2, 2020 by liz

If you’re like me, you have nostalgic taste buds and you remember Baked Alaska being a fancy dessert your mom only made for special dinner parties. It went very well with an Old Fashioned cocktail, Beef Wellington and brightly colored polyester pantsuits. She probably learned how to make this dessert from her mom, who impressed …

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Easter Sweets: Butterfinger Panna Cotta with Easter Egg Nests

Easter Sweets: Butterfinger Panna Cotta with Easter Egg Nests

March 1, 2019 by liz

One of my favorite Easter sweets is panna cotta, or Italian “cooked cream.” It’s an eggless custard that is silky-smooth and so easy to make. In fact, David Lebovitz writes that if it takes you more than 5 minutes to put it together, you’re doing something wrong. If you haven’t yet tried to make custard, …

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Caramel Coconut Cookie Ice Cream Pie

Caramel Coconut Cookie Ice Cream Pie Recipe

June 9, 2018 by liz

When summer rolls around, there is one dessert I really crave — ice cream. I love to make ice cream in all it forms: ice milk, frozen yogurt, sorbet, granita, etc. And when I need a dessert to please a group, ice cream pie is one of the easiest ways to turn this iconic summer …

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Strawberry Goat Milk Ice Cream recipe

Strawberry Rosemary Goat Milk Ice Cream

June 1, 2018 by liz

Ever since summer rolled around, I’ve been crazy for ice cream. Armed with my candy-apple red Cuisinart ice cream maker (so much better than a red sports car) nothing can stop me! I’ve been trying everything in that machine: egg nog ice cream, goat milk ice cream, rosemary infused ice cream with strawberries, ice milk …

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Birthday Cake

Birthday Dinner Party for Girls

March 28, 2011 by liz

Birthdays are less painful when you have friends to cook for you. As I planned what I wanted to do for my birthday this year (a big one!) I remembered what one friend recently did for her wedding. To make it more affordable, and more personal, she rented a historic meeting hall for the reception …

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Fantastic Flan

Summer Flavor Twists on Classic Flan Recipe: So I Can Eat More

August 13, 2010 by liz

I love flan – or crème caramel in French. And it’s not as hard to make as you might think. Try this easy recipe to get you started. You may have to try it several times to make sure you’ve got it right… to really get the best one you will need to taste test. …

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