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Weekend Project: Make a Pavlova!

Pavlovas can be tricky to make when it's hot and humid outside, but they are such a good dessert to serve with fresh summer fruit that it's worth the effort! They're light and airy, sweet without bein...

The Best Waffle You'll Ever Eat: Gaufres de Liege
Guest Post from Chichi of My Chalkboard Fridge

Can you love a waffle so much that it becomes essentially impossible to do justice to its magnificence? The first time I tried Gaufres de Liege I was in Amsterdam, where the waffles must have migrate...

Recipe: Roasted Peaches with Dessert Wine

We love how simple dessert can be in the summertime. Sometimes it's as easy as a plate of fruit. Fruit is naturally sweet and light on the appetite after a full evening meal. But sometimes we want to ...

Recipe: Herbed Ice Cream (In This Case, Rosemary, Served With Mulberries)

It is a gift to be situated near fresh food, even for just a brief moment. While we were in Italy last month, we stayed at a house that had a massive patch of rosemary. I'd been wanting to make ice ...

Recipe: Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Trader Joe's Chocolate Covered Mini Peanut Butter Crackers

OK everyone, here is an ice cream mix-in you do not want to miss. While at Trader Joe's last weekend, stocking up for a lunch with family, I spied these milk chocolate covered peanut butter crackers o...

Recipe: Strawberry-Yogurt Popsicles

We recently gave you a roundup of some fun, summer popsicle molds. So, over the weekend, we decided to practice what we preached... ...

How To Turn Watermelon Into a Full-Blown Dessert

Early watermelons are starting to appear at the markets, and I was excited to get my hands on one of my favorite fruits this past week. I wanted to serve it as a light, refreshing dessert at a mid-wee...

Recipe: Che Dau Xanh (Vietnamese Dessert Soup With Mung Beans)

Earlier this week, a reader inquired about more uses for mung beans. Like several of you, my thoughts turned to Asian-style sweet mung bean soup. ...

Recipe: Tofu and Strawberry Tart
Guest Post from Gasparzinha of No Soup For You

Using tofu in a dessert may seem a little awkward; at least, that's what I thought about the idea. But there's nothing but to give it a try! The verdict: fantastic! Nobody can guess there's tofu in it...

Recipe: Frozen Nectarine-Yogurt Pie

In the summer, we want fast, easy, and, if it's hot out, cold desserts. This is one of the simplest out there—even quicker if you use a prepared pie crust. Just fresh, ripe fruit, yogurt, some whipp...

Banana White Chocolate Toffee Cookies
Guest Post from Amy of Playing House

As a newbie in the kitchen, I have a hard time whipping up anything from scratch. If I can start with an established recipe, though, it’s easy and fun to improvise something new and tasty! I’m a d...

Cannoli Sandwich Cookies
Guest Post from Katie of goodLife {eats}

Sometimes I have crazy ideas. Crazy food ideas. Taking one thing and turning it into another. That is what happened yesterday. It was all I could think about until I was able to hit the grocery store ...

Weekend Project: Make Granita!

No ice cream maker? No problem. Make granita instead! All you need is a little freezer space and a mound of the freshest fruit you can find. Here's how!...

Recipe: Bruised Apricot Breakfast Pie

Two weeks ago, we were in Italy for our summer holiday and, as you know, I spent the first week wondering the streets of Florence, just following my nose. On the last day I picked up a very generous...

Too Much Cake: Nigella Lawson's Nutella Cake With Chocolate Hazelnut Ganache
Guest Post from Elissa of The Painted Peach

These days it seems I look for every and any excuse to make cake. I have been on a bit of a baking rampage, and my tiny studio kitchen is nearly groaning under the weight of so many cakes. It's gotten...

Recipe Roundup: Summertime Semifreddi

In the great pantheon of Italian frozen desserts, there's gelato, there's sorbetto and granita, and then there's semifreddo. Translating to "half cold" or "half frozen," semifreddo is a velvety, mouss...

Recipe: A Whole Lotta Chocolate Cookies
Guest Post from Tasha of That's So Yummy

Ever just want a delicious cookie recipe filled with a whole lotta chocolate? Then this your lucky day because I have one here for you that is not only a chocolate cookie itself but it is stuffed wit...

Quick Dessert Recipe: Poached Whole Plums with Brown Sugar Syrup

After writing about this cherry recipe from The Atlantic yesterday, we decided to try the leave-the-pits-in method with another fruit: plums. It was so easy and fast, and we love the way the whole, pu...

Frozen Summer Treat Recipe: Pineapple Sorbet
Guest Post from Peachy of The Peach Kitchen

I love pineapples and they are everywhere during Summer. What better way to enjoy them than having them cold and refreshing? This sorbet is both satisfying to your sweet tooth and healthy because it ...

Carrot Cakey Cookies
Guest Post from Sara Morris of Sprouted Kitchen

This is a recipe for ye of a well-stocked pantry. However, if you go buy all of these things, I promise you will use them up on this specific recipe. I think carrot cake is the favorite dessert option...

Recipe Recommendation: Victoria Sponge Cake

When we think of summer desserts, visions of Victoria sponge cake tempt us into the kitchen. The Victoria sponge isn't strictly a warm weather cake, but our favorite addition of fresh strawberries mak...

Picnic Recipe: Chocolate Bouchons from Thomas Keller

Are you looking for a good picnic dessert? How about little chocolate cakes just right for packing and eating al fresco? These are from Thomas Keller, who seems to like a good picnic. First we had a f...

Recipe: Sour Cream-Raisin Bars

After getting a craving for these bars a few weeks ago, we couldn't rest until we'd found a recipe and made ourselves a big batch! If sour cream and raisins sound like a strange combination to you, ju...

Recipe: Creamy Lime and Coconut Truffle Bites

We helped cook for a big graduation party a couple of weeks ago, and ever since then we've been waiting for the right time to give you this recipe. It's hard to describe how good these little morsels ...

Summer Sweet: Strawberries, Sour Cream & Brown Sugar

Have you ever eaten a bowl of strawberries with sour cream and dark brown sugar on the side, for dipping? No? Well, you should try it, and soon. ...

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