Goat Cheese Blondies with Chocolate Chunks

Sugar Rush! Rhubarb & Strawberry Vanilla Scented Shortcakes with Gingered Creme Fraiche.

These Chocolate-Cherry Brownies are very bad boys!

Norwegian Orange Cake. It’s not too sweet and not at all fussy. My kind of cake.

These classic French Madeleines are sweet like honey and tart like lemon.

Why would I take a perfectly lovely Madeleine recipe & transform it into Bouncing Baby Bundt Cakes with Lemon & Coconut?

Mocha Sichuan Peppercorn Pots de Creme. Yep, you read that right!

Perfect Pound Cake: Tips and Techniques

Pies are on the upswing & cakes are in decline, and cupcakes are just for the plain old losers. But cookies are eternal!

The Financier is a classic French pastry that is easy to make. Mine has pistachios and is served with tea poached prunes.

Reminiscent of an old-fashioned ginger snap. These cookies have the bright bite of cinnamon & a crisp chewy texture.

Roasted pears with balsamic glaze and Manchego cheese offer a bit of rustic sophistication.

This Chocolate Pumpkin Tart is complexly rich & slightly spicy w/ a truffle-like texture.

This Pear and Almond Tart is a classic, straight from the streets of Paris.

Roasted Pears with Candied Celery, yes you read that right!

Though these cookies have peanuts and butter in them, they are not peanut butter cookies. They are too peanutty for that!

Chocolate Cherry Ganache cookies. These cookies are very bad boys!

Lambrusco-poached figs with home made vanilla ice cream is great way to say farewell to Summer.

I adapted David Lebovitz’ “all-purpose” upside down cake and gave it a tropical flair with mango & mac nuts.

Chocolate dipped strawberries get an added punch from chili infused chocolate.

Is there a difference between, cake, gateau & torte? We’ll use this plum confection with cardamom cream to try &figure that out.

Can you discuss blogging ethics over Pear Sorbet and Spumante? Pull up a spoon and find out.

Perfect summer berries are the key to this simple, but luscious pie

These insanely chocolate cookies have a long blogger pedigree, now you can try them too.