Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
I know…I know…Does the world really need yet sugar cookie? The world may not, but apparently I do. That’s because I ran out of cream of tartar. My grandmother’s sugar cookie [...]
Endive Tarte Tatin
The little endives I got from the vegetable automat nearby were too pretty to chop up in a salad or wrap up in ham—so I tried my hand at making an Endive Tarte Tatin I say ‘t [...]
Medlar Jelly
My medlar jelly journey began with a lone, wild medlar tree growing by a cliffside field near my home in Cancale. I clocked it (inveterate forager that I’ve become), tasted o [...]
Quince Newtons
Once, when I was in my 20’s, I tried to make my own fig bars. They were a whole lotta work for precious little pay-off because they didn’t look or taste anywhere near as good [...]
Devil’s Food Cupcakes
I loathe beets. But I absolutely love what they do for these cupcakes. Luckily, it’s easy to buy cooked beets at farmers’ markets and supermarkets in France, so my contact wi [...]
Savory Pumpkin Bread with Chestnuts
My friend Claire challenged me to come up with recipes that call for kari gosse, a spicy curry powder blend devised by a Breton apothecary in Lorient, a city in southern Britt [...]
Halloween Pumpkin Squares
I have been making this recipe for something like 30 years now – the original version comes from one of the first cookbooks I ever owned. It has been such a favorite that I ev [...]
Lemon Lover’s Frosting
This frosting has at least three times the amount of lemon juice most recipes of the other recipes I’ve seen call for. It has a tart hit like a lemon curd or lemon meringue p [...]
Perfection V/GF Cookies
These are everything a chocolate chip cookie should be: crisp on the outside, tender on the inside, with a decent dose of vanilla and the rich, caramel flavor of brown sugar. [...]