Sour Cherry Rice Pudding
A few years back, our friends Vicki and Rich made a yummy discovery: a store in New York City called Rice to Riches sold rice pudding. Really excellent rice pudding. Rich then noticed he could order...
View ArticleButterscotch Pudding
I cannot stop thinking about this Butterscotch Pudding. Friends Barbara, David and Annie were coming for dinner and I wanted a simple killer dessert you might see at a cool restaurant and say, “oh...
View ArticleExtreme Kahlua Chocolate Mousse
It doesn’t get much better’n this. Besides being remarkably easy to make (thanks to the crockpot), once chilled, this food from the Gods becomes super dense, like the center of an incredible chocolate...
View ArticleHow to Make Pots de Crème The Lazy Way
This is positively YUMM-O. I say yumm-o because Rachael Ray made this on Oprah. I used to watch Oprah religiously (now, she may have jumped the shark… we’ll discuss that another time). Rachael was...
View ArticleLight Pumpkin Custard
Is it really, truly, finally Autumn? Gimme Pumpkin! Here is what’s so great about Light Pumpkin Custard… you can eat piles of it with little concern. The calorie intake is fairly low, your Vitamin A...
View ArticlePumpkin Pie Rice Pudding
Making fresh pumpkin puree the other day yielded 9 cups of potential. Larry and I like pumpkin pie, but we also like rice pudding, so I googled around for recipes and ended up combining a few to...
View ArticleAustralian Impossible Pie
The internet is a magic carpet ride for me when I go recipe surfing. And I’m drawn to Australian food blogs, like Gourmet Jack. His slogan: Foodie Nirvana, Australian Style. There he presented...
View ArticleEasy Meyer Lemon Curd
This is a sneaky trick. In my recipe binder there is a stunning magazine lemon custard recipe, which is baked in a water bath. I hadn’t made it yet, but had every intention. That is, until my friend...
View ArticleTangerine Pudding with Citrus Yogurt
You know I write from Southern California, right? Here, practically every yard has a heavily laden citrus tree. Ours are lemon and lime. Which was the problem; when I was making Tangerine Pudding one...
View ArticleHave You Heard The Table Set?
Maybe you live up the road from us in LA? My guess is, no. You’re in New York, or Iowa, or Auckland, or Delhi. This “recipe for fun” is for you. This stunning Rainbow Jell-o Mold was just one ooooh –...
View ArticleVery Berry Summer Pudding ~ I Tweaked It Just A Tad
The photo of a Very Berry Summer Pudding recipe in Southern Living magazine caught my eye. Squishy stacks of juicy fresh berries – how is this pudding? I grew up with Jell-o as my definition of...
View ArticlePumpkin Blueberry Trifle for Thanksgiving ~ True Blue Treat
The world is shrinking. How to know? Here in California, I can buy fresh blueberries at Thanksgiving. They’re grown in Chile, the upside down seasons to ours. You can also buy frozen blueberries any...
View ArticleClassic Kahlua Chocolate Mousse ~ Can You Dig It?
Kahlua Chocolate Mousse – do you CRAVE deep, dark, thick mmmmmmousse with the flavor of Kahlua? This mousse is “classic” because it put Kahlua on the map when it came to cooking with it. Decades ago,...
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