From the category archives:

Dessert

Mango Sorbet

July 30, 2010
Mango Sorbet

“Boy, it’s hot.  This is hot.  It never got this hot in Brooklyn.  It’s like Africa hot.  Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of hot.  I don’t know if I can stay here if it’s going to be this hot.”  Matthew Broderick as Eugene Morris Jerome in Neil Simon’s ”Biloxi Blues”

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When Life Gives You Limes…

March 26, 2010
Tropical Key Lime Pie

I don’t serve dessert on a regular basis and tend to save the baking of pies and cakes for birthdays, holidays and miscellaneous festive occasions.  When a dinner guest asks what they can bring, my answer is usually “dessert.”  I’ve been known to make a quick cobbler or crumble when the urge strikes.  But a person with a [...]

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Pavlova

February 1, 2010
Strawberry Passion Fruit Pavlova

I was afraid of meringue for the longest time.  Mainly because I’ve heard so many dire warnings not to make meringue when it’s humid.  It’s almost always humid in the islands.  But I wanted to make Pavlova.  And Natasha,  our Australian friend and resident Pavlova expert, makes them all the time, no matter the weather.  Her meringue shell is crispy [...]

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Benano Barbecue

August 28, 2009
Benano barbecue

I remember you.  So said the extremely attractive lady manning the counter at the butcher shop in Torre Alfina.  And Bones is certainly memorable.  For starters, he is six and a half feet tall.  This makes him a good foot or so taller than most of the population of Torre Alfina.  Then there is his Italian.  Bones’ [...]

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Blackberry Peach Cobbler

August 10, 2009
Fresh summer fruit

The trick with amazingly fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables harvested at their peak is simple – try not to mess with them too much.  No fancy preparations or sauces.  Just let your produce speak for itself and don’t screw it up.  It will speak to you. It does to me.

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Rhubarb Blackberry Crumble

July 4, 2009
Thumbnail image for Rhubarb Blackberry Crumble

I was surprised and delighted to find rhubarb stalks at our local supermarket the other day.  Surprised because rhubarb is a northern plant, needing a temperature of below 40° F to break dormancy in the winter and not surviving well when temperatures get about about 75° in the summer.  So we can be assured my rhubarb was not [...]

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