[Photograph: Robyn Lee] A few weeks back, I had a big dinner party at my house. The main attraction was a braised pork shoulder that had been brined and slow-roasted with a salt and sugar sugar crust, and dessert...
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Here's another recipe that I've adapted from my new favorite brunch cookbook, Gale Gand's Brunch! I like what Gale wrote in the headnote for this recipe in her book: "Peanut butter and jelly is one of my favorite classic combinations"...
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It's Super Bowl Sunday, so I tried to come up with a Sunday Brunch recipe that would hold you until the big game starts just after 6 p.m. ET. Ina Garten's croissant bread pudding, adapted from her very first cookbook,...
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If you've been following Erin Zimmer's search for the best hot chocolate in New York (here's a taste) you must be in the mood to make your own serious hot chocolate at home. I know I am, so I was...
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Instead of throwing away day-old brioche, penny-wise French bakers often make crunchy, creamy, custard-soaked and almond-encrusted toast. But at Amy's Bread in New York City, the Almond Brioche Toast is so popular that bakers must use fresh loaves in order...
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Despite my better intentions at the beginning of a meal, it’s fairly rare that I actually have the cargo capacity for both a cheese plate
and a dessert. I end up in an unhappy position of indecision. With this concern in mind, I began toying with dishes that could double as a dessert and composed cheese plate.
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For a recent private party held at the new restaurant where I'm pastry chef, I was asked to make some sort of special little package of goodness for each guest to take home after the party. Because it was to...
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Pistachio and Almond Cake with Orange Salad, excerpted from this week's Cook the Book selection, A16 Food + Wine, is one of those incredibly simple recipes that always yields dependable, delicious results. When do loaf cakes ever not turn out?...
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Ever since I got my Cuisinart ICE-20 at the beginning of the summer, I've been churning out flavor after delectable flavor of cool, smooth, luxurious ice cream. And while there's certainly nothing wrong with indulging every now and again (and...
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- makes about 15 large cookies - Adapted from Maida Heatter's Cookies by Maida Heatter. Ingredients 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons 1/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour...
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