Although this Coffee Cake with Espresso Glaze & Cardamom Crumble doesn't really have all that much to do with seasonal cooking or local purveyors, it's just too good of a cake not to share. The cake part is perfectly flavored and textured with a moist crumb and slight tang thanks to the sour cream in the batter. After the cake bakes and cools, it's finished with a coffee glaze that seeps inside, acting as a glue for the cardamom-scented crumble topping. It's one of those wonderfully deceptive recipes that at first looks like nothing fancier than your run-of-the-mill coffee cake, but one bite and the rich coffee flavors and aromatic cardamom are instantly apparent. More

A few weeks ago, Guerrilla Ice Cream (my mobile ice cream project) was approached by fashion designers Shipley & Halmos about doing a New York City-themed flavor for Fashion's Night Out, a city-wide fashion event taking place today. As a native New Yorker, I jumped at the chance to capture the flavor of the greatest city in the world in ice cream form. I decided on a deep, complex, and just-a-tad spicy Brown Ale and Buckwheat Honey Ice Cream, topped with roasted chestnuts (hat tip to the chestnut vendors of old New York) and apple chips (it is the Big Apple, after all). More

What could be better than chocolate, tequila and ice cream on a hot August afternoon? So why not put them all together in one amazing ice cream concoction? Funny you should ask, because that's exactly what we did. More

The 'secret ingredient' makes this spice cake distinctive and softly aromatic, but may be difficult for guests to place when they try it. More

This Chocolate Mousse with Cardamom is a dessert that anyone would be thrilled to eat at a restaurant that has "special occasion" written all over it, yet you can make it at home in about an hour, and most of that hour is the time that is spent cooling in the fridge. The best part about making chocolate mousse at home is that you end up with a big bowl of chocolate mousse. More

Macaroons are more common in the U.S. than French macarons. The macaroons that we know start out with a traditional recipe of whipped egg whites and sugar, adding shredded coconut for a pleasingly chewy texture. Monica Bhide, author of Modern Spice is a big fan of both maracons and macaroons, and has included this recipe for Saffron-Cardamom Macaroons in her new cookbook. These Indian-spiced macaroons might give Hermé a run for his money. More

Kristen Swensson of Cheap, Healthy, Good swings by these parts each week to share healthy and delicious recipes with us. Today, scones. Generally speaking, scones are not a light food. They tend to be made with lots of butter, lots... More