Dessert Recipes
Dessert Recipes
To me, Carrot Cake is a vegetable! There aren't too many childhood food memories I have of which weren't Italian... My mother 'Claire's Carrot Cake' is one of the best!
Cooking and baking with fresh, local fruit is simply amazing! I was inspired to bake three fruit clafoutis using a recipe I learned from acclaimed Pastry Chef, Dieter Schorner. I was a young poissonnier at Le Cirque restaurant in NYC many years ago-Chef Schorner was the Pastry Chef.
While visiting Greece, Junnie & I took a cooking class and learned to prepare phyllo dough, Greek salad & this delicious cake featuring local oranges. (while wearing 'chef' bandanas on our heads & listening to Greek music-very fun.