David lebovitz's chocolate orbit cake with blackberry cassis sauce
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Ah, the miracles of modern technology. I don't care how much complaining and whining Ken Rockwell does about it, modern technology is an amazing thing. (...)
Backyard apple and walnut cake with rose geranium ice cream
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I have been trying with all my might to resist the fast-approaching onset of fall. I'm pretty much in denial about it all: the shortening days, the colder (...)
Raspberry lemon lime sparkling punch and layer cake for birthday
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Growing up, having a summertime birthday was the saddest thing in the world because while you celebrated all of your friends' birthdays during the school year, (...)
Midweek macarons: cinnamon apple with apple buttercream and tart green apples
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This season, I've been a tad bit obsessed with apples. (and pears.) Trust me: I've been resisting the strong urge to have every post on this blog be about (...)
Candy salad and devil's food affogato for halloween
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Didya miss me? ;-) It's very unlike me to be absent from the blog for long and to miss my usual weekly Monday midnight/Tuesday early morning posting time. (...)
Yet another dessert from the vast dessert table I did for Maria and Nick's wedding this past weekend (comprehensive post coming soon, I promise)! At our first (...)
Orange cinnamon belgian waffles with dark chocolate hot fudge
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I have never been one to let anyone tell me or dictate what I can or can't eat for breakfast. "Recalcitrant." That's a really good word to describe me. So, why (...)
Garlic and chive goat cheese whole wheat pancakes with fresh peas
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[last Pancake of the Week: Sweet Corn Cherry Pancakes with Sour Cream]This savory pancake recipe comes from the pancake tasting menu that I made in Los Angeles (...)
A princess cake for Jon and Kathy's Wedding Shower/Bachelor Party.Unfortunately, I was unable to get any really good shots of the cake, but I did manage to (...)
Osmanthus panna cotta with kumquats in vanilla bean syrup
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The first time that I discovered kumquats was around the third grade, I think (come to think of it more, that was probably around the same time I went through (...)
Oh, berries, berries....I know that trifles are traditionally a Christmastime dessert, but since berry trifles are so deliciously good (I mean, the combination (...)
David Lebovitz beat me to it today with his almond and pear tart post! Then, the NYTimes Minimalist with this post on upside-down pear cake. The whole world is (...)
Farmer's Market savory tarts and fresh strawberries
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Today's post is going to be short and sweet. And savory. I hope you don't mind. Because, it sort of looks like this outside right now, and I want to be sitting (...)
It has taken me seven long hours to write this post about these delicious meyer lemons and fresh blackberries.Okay, not really. But, it's taken at least a (...)
Christmas chocolate overload: saffron honey dark chocolates and blackberry cassis dark chocolates
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Ah, the chocolate craze this Christmas started a few weeks back with ginger carrot dark chocolates and peppermint ganache and continued with no break in the (...)
the prognosis ain't good. While everyone else has a 'thang' for macarons, my roommate and I instead have an obsession with meringues. It's probably one of the (...)
One of my best friends (who has often contributed to and appears on this blog) is from Healdsburg, up in California wine country, where her dad is a winemaker. (...)
Dear DfB readers,It has been so long! I've missed wishing you a Happy 2015, and an entire month has already flown by of this new year, faster than we can even (...)
Whenever I have a sudden hankering for a quick chewy bite of chocolate, I turn to brownies, which are one of the fastest and easiest treats out there. Don't be (...)
Cranberry nutmeg pancakes with lemon curd for christmas morning
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When it comes to the holidays, I'm a huge stickler for tradition. I always cook fish on Thanksgiving. I always make a shopping trip to San Francisco in the (...)
Devil's Food cake with vanilla buttercream, passionfruit filling, dark chocolate ganache, and hand-molded chocolate roses and leaves. for Ivan & Celeste's (...)
