Photograph by Clarissa Westmeyer with styling by Heidi Robb I recently posted an Instagram picture of stunning peonies spotted whilst shopping at the Saturday, Shaker Square location of North Union Farmer’s Market. Earlier that morning I had read this blog post, and wrote the accompanying caption, “My head just exploded after reading a recipe for [...]
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Category Archives: Desserts
The Baked Hot Chocolate
January 29, 2012 – 8:49 pm
In what feels like a lifetime ago, I worked as the pastry chef of the Cleveland restaurant, Moxie. My chef’s jacket was embroidered with the name, Heidi Friedlander. The name has since changed, but my signature dessert of Baked Hot Chocolate, developed for the opening menu, has not. Food writer, Aleksandra Crapanzano, was inspired to [...]
Letting Things Fall
August 31, 2011 – 10:15 am
As we ease into fall, the nights are cooler, yet the days are sunny enough to keep a dewey shimmer on the skin. The cooking in my kitchen is reflective of what is available with the seasons. I can’t get enough of the fantastic offerings from our farmer’s markets as my burgeoning refrigerator can attest. [...]
Hot Buttered Ginger Peaches
August 9, 2011 – 11:04 am
Summer is fleeting and peaches are ripe for the picking and eating. Out of hand, over the sink with sweet juices running down my chin and arm, sliced and steeped in a quenching peachy lemonade, or pureed and churned into cold ice cream. These are a few of the ways I’ve been indulging in the [...]
Hot off the Grill: Grilled Plantains with Salty Cheese and Guava Paste from Steven Raichlen’s latest, Planet Barbecue
April 15, 2010 – 7:18 am
April showers brought May flowers, and also the long-awaited release of Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: 275 Recipes, 53 Countries, 6 Continents of Great Flavors. Steven, his assistant Nancy, myself and a couple of other conscientious crew busted out the recipe-testing portion of the book while tucked away in the lush tropical enclave of Coconut Grove, [...]
Coconut Cake with Chocolate Chunks and Coconut Drizzle
March 21, 2010 – 9:42 am
Coconut. Chocolate. Drizzle. Those three words of sweet promise grabbed you by the tastebuds and pulled you in – right? They did for me as I’ve had my eye on this recipe culled from Bon Appetit’s January ’10 issue since the end of December and I’m not interested in protracting the temptation one moment longer.
I’ve Got Sunshine on a Cloudy Day
February 5, 2010 – 2:08 pm
It’s almost The Ultimate Lemon Mousse. I’m sure you’ve noticed how the deep inhalation of a fantastic scent can elevate your spirits on evening the gloomiest of days. Citrus aromas possess that marvelous sparkling quality which never fail to wake up and deliver a warming yellow glow of sunshine to the olfactory sense.
Very Special Baked Apples From James Beard
November 19, 2009 – 2:50 pm
A simple treasure culled from my mom’s recipe box, as written:
