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My dad worked a lot when I was young, so I used to love waking up way before the alarm and sitting with him in the kitchen while he had peanut butter toast and tea. Both of those foods still give me great comfort and warmth to this day.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: A Year of Chocolate
Wish it were dark, but it's milk.
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Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
My good friend's tres leches cake - served at countless birthdays, but each new version as delicious as the one before!
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
My dad worked a lot when I was young, so I used to love waking up way before the alarm and sitting with him in the kitchen while he had peanut butter toast and tea. Both of those foods still give me great comfort and warmth to this day.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: A Year of Chocolate
Wish it were dark, but it's milk.
Cook the Book: 'Think Like a Chef'
Grilling (chilling sold separately)
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'The Elements of Cooking'
Although I am forever yoked to recipes, what I see as a major element of cooking is being able to improvise - if something goes wrong, knowing how to fix it.
Cook the Book: 'How to Cook Everything Vegetarian' Book Giveaway
I know it's omnipresent these days, but a great beet and goat cheese salad...
Morimoto's Cookbook Can Be Yours This Weekend
Chen Kenichi, hands down.
Cook the Book: 'Eat This!'
Fathead's in Pittsburgh. Or anything in Pittsburgh. Putting french fries on your salad at home just isn't the same.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
It was a to-die-for yellow cake with pink frosting (yes, pink) at a popular bakery in NYC!
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
Tunnel of fudge cheesecake :)
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
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Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
For me, it's a tie between my mom's homemade peach pie and her homemade cookies from scratch.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
A Strawberry Mousse I had at a hotel garrettsambo@aol.com
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
I love this wonderful strawberry tart made with sour cream.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
The lemon cupcakes at my wedding.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
The first time I had Boxton Cream Pie.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
I had a dessert at a restaurant called "death by chocolate". It was "to die for".
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
It has to be my mom's apple pie with cream. I can't remember the name of it but it's sooo good!
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Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
My first serving of Teramisu (sp?) I was instantlly hooked!
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
It had to be my first serving of peach cobbler a la mode. That was such an amazing combination of flavors!
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
too many great desserts to choose just one, lots of chocolate especially and some bread pudding with rum sauce from a now closed restaurant
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
The best dessert I've ever had was a white chocolate cheesecake.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
The best dessert I ever had hmmmm I would have to say my Moms homemade carrot cake or my aunts German Chocolate cake it's a tough choice.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
Any of the desserts that my mother made from scratch when I was young would be a favorite.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
The best dessert I ever had was a home made peach cobbler made by my Mom recently
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
My favorite is a Coffee Creme Brulee that my husband's mother used to make--it was heaven on earth.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
My moms caramel cake. She makes it for special occasions and it is yummy. semtaylor@yahoo.com
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
It was these cupcakes my grandmother would bake from scratch. They were the best!
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
My dad's apple crisp was the best dessert ever!
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
Apple crepes with calvados at a little cafe in Munich - they were so good, we went back 3 times during the week we were there.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
Scotland Yard restaurant in Alexandria, VA, made the best bread pudding ever. They added whatever fresh fruit they had on hand on a given day and it was perfect every time.
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
My mom made the best chewy brownies!
Cook the Book: 'The Craft of Baking'
I once made a chocolate cake that used ground walnuts instead of flour. I stored the recipe on my computer and when it crashed, I wasn't able to retrieve it. That was, without a doubt, the richest, moistest chocolate cake I ever made.
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My good friend's tres leches cake - served at countless birthdays, but each new version as delicious as the one before!