I love poached pears as much as I love elderflower liqueur. When I decided to combine the two beautiful ingredients for these elderflower poached pear and almond tartlets, it turned out that they’re a match made in dessert heaven. I reserved the elderflower...
Chocolate cherry Büche de Noël is somewhat of a last minute addition to my Christmas recipes. During a recent trip to Avli, my favorite Athenian restaurant, I was generously gifted several jars of beautiful Greek jams, marmalades, salts and spice rubs. Although I...
I love the quiet stillness of the early morning when light streams into my kitchen. I also love the smell of freshly baked pull-apart bread – aka monkey bread – that fills the air with a warm, cinnamon-y sweetness that pulls you out of bed in a...
Sweet, nutty, buttery and delicious. Who wants to wrap up their meal with some decadent pecan pie? Fresh from the oven, and oozing with a golden, gooey filling that hides a treasure of sweet, buttery caramelized pecans, very few desserts can provoke such a...
There’s a certain charm in the simplicity of an Oreo. Since I love to infuse a touch of nostalgia into my baking, I’ve added a spooky little twist by dressing up my homemade Oreo cookies for Halloween. The. classic black and white childhood favorite gets a...
Lighter than air & sinfully delicious, my recipe for the perfect Tiramisu came to me via the late Italian actor Carlo Pedersoli – AKA Bud Spencer, notorious for the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s & 1970’s. It was my husband’s lovely friend from...