What’d You Do Last Weekend?

I'm sure you still have mint in your garden, so why not try to make your own mint chocolate chip ice cream? Cacao nibs stand-in for chocolate chips in this grown-up version.
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Coconut Cream Pie

Posted by jenny on 05/03/2010
Coconut Cream Pie

When I was a kid I spent many lunches walking through the Piccadilly Cafeteria line admiring their pies. Southern cafeterias were always well-stocked with good pies, even when the rest of the meal options were just on par. I remember marveling at the sugar beads forming on the tops of chocolate and lemon meringue pies, and loving the smell of nutmeg in their baked custard cups. But their coconut cream pie was something to behold. While the jello parfaits got Cool Whip, the Coconut Cream Pies got the real thing, or at least the real thing from a can.


Traditional Savory English Pudding

Posted by jenny on 04/27/2010
Traditional Savory English Pudding

I push the button and look around. I'm alone. It's silent except for the passing cars and the occasional station identification from the music they pipe into these places. I hear five clicks and it's my turn to punch the keypad again.


Pie Porn

Posted by jenny on 02/23/2010
Beautiful Pie Crust

After making my first really successful crust at Kate McDermott’s Art of the Pie class, I knew I’d need some practice quickly to reinforce what I’d learned. I sent a message to friends: bring me a pie pan and a few bucks and I’ll make you a pie. I got no shortage of takers.


Sweet Potato Pie

Posted by jenny on 02/18/2010
Sweet Potato Pie

The last time I made a sweet potato pie it didn't turn out all that well, so I was a little nervous about repeating the same mistakes twice. Sweet potatoes are funny. I read somewhere recently that nearly everything we call sweet potatoes are really variations of yams, and true sweet potatoes are in fact, really large and often unseen in our grocery stores. So the last time I made sweet potato pie, I bought what were labeled 'sweet potatoes,' a really pale tuber. Even though I knew the color of a sweet potato pie was supposed to be closer to a pumpkin, I tried to get the right ingredients.


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