WHOOPIE PIE HEARTS WITH RASPBERRY BUTTERCREAM
WHOOPIE PIE HEARTS WITH RASPBERRY BUTTERCREAM Wow. It’s been exactly 10 months since the last The Gourmet Gourmand post. I could offer up apologies and say things like “I promise to be better in the future,” but as of right now I’m not entirely sure I will be better in the future. So instead, I […]
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THE FLUFFIEST COCONUT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
THE FLUFFIEST COCONUT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING My friend Ryan O’Connell is a superstar in every sense. Not only does he have his own show on Netflix, he was featured this weekend in a New York Times article about artists as activists. (Coincidentally, the article was written by Mark Harris, a Lunch Therapy alumni, […]
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TANGERINE SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE
TANGERINE SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE I have a theory that Starbucks has heightened our tolerance for bad, sad pastries. There’ve been moments in my life, at an airport, at a rest stop, where I break down and order a slice of a Starbucks lemon pound cake to go with my coffee. It tastes fine. It’s […]
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RAINBOW SORBET SANDWICHES
RAINBOW SORBET SANDWICHES Anyone ever had a sorbet sandwich before? I sure haven’t. But what I have had is sorbet in a waffle cone, and sorbet dipped in dark chocolate (Dove Raspberry Sorbet Dark Chocolate bars, I’m looking at you), and I absolutely loooove these flavors together. So with this inspiration in mind, I decided […]
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NEW YEAR’S PAVLOVA
NEW YEAR’S PAVLOVA On New Year’s Eve, I cooked for some friends and realized that dessert needed to be on the lighter end of things, because who wants to go out to New Year’s parties feeling all weighed down with chocolate and butter, etc. etc.? That’s how I came up with Pavlova, something that I’d […]
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MULTICOLORED PLUM CAKE WITH PISTACHIOS
MULTICOLORED PLUM CAKE WITH PISTACHIOS There’s only one plum cake worth making in this world and that’s The New York Times‘s most popular recipe of all time: Marion Burros’ Plum Torte. It’s one of those magical recipes where you think there’s so little going into it, it can’t possibly be that great — you basically […]
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ITALIAN WEDDING COOKIES
ITALIAN WEDDING COOKIES I promise I promise I haven’t given up on this blog! For anyone that has been wondering “what the heck” since I’ve gone from my weekly posting schedule to once…. a…. [insert very irregular posting schedule here] arrangement, I promise it’s been for a good reason. Dave and I bought our first […]
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BLACK FOREST PAVLOVA
BLACK FOREST PAVLOVA Let me present the Black Forest Pavlova, the dessert I certainly didn’t know I needed this quarantine. But oh man was it good! (And even though eating our weight in sugar isn’t a healthy coping tool, sometimes it’s the best we can do…) Pavlova is a meringue based cake that originated in […]
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BANANA CUPCAKES WITH PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING
BANANA CUPCAKES WITH PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING Finding out someone＊s favorite color doesn＊t do much for me. ※Oh teal? How interesting,§ I say as I fall asleep standing up, collapsing into a heap and waiting for someone to kick me awake. But finding out someone＊s favorite flavors is a different story. For my friend Michael＊s birthday […]
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APRICOT AND SWEET CHERRY CRISP
APRICOT AND SWEET CHERRY CRISP Stone fruit seems to announce summer, doesn＊t it? I found myself at the store the other day confronted with piles of fresh apricots and fresh sweet cherries and delightedly began loading my produce bags full, without any clear direction. But never fear, it just took one short car ride＊s worth […]
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