Dessert-o-licious

With Fall upon us, the time to pick Jersey peaches is quickly winding down. So last weekend, I set out to make sure I got my peach picking in before it was too late. After buying way too many peaches at the orchard, I was left with the dilemma of what on earth to do [...]

Rosh Hasahanah, the Jewish New Year, is coming up this Wednesday evening and traditionally Jews eat Pomegranates on the holiday. This year I wanted to think of new ways to include the fruit is my families meal. It just so happens that I was recently contacted by POM to sample some of their pomegranate juice [...]

With this heat wave upon us, what better way to cool down then by making some gourmet ice-pops at home? I got inspiration for these pops from making a macerated strawberry salad in pastry school. The salad was made from strawberries, a herb of our choice, sugar, and an acid. If it was so refreshing [...]

Lesson 6 was all about fruit. We got to taste all sorts of different varieties: stone fruits, tropical fruits, melons, citrus, dried, candied, and more. Did you know that candying fruit should be a 30 day process to remove all of the water and replace it with sugar? Each day boil the fruit in a [...]

I’ve decided to do a mango taste test. It seems like lately every time I go to the grocery store a new variation of mango has arrived, but I’ve never ventured away from the conventional mango. So now it is finally time to take on 2 more. My taste test consists of (shown above from [...]

Happy Friday everyone! Enjoy these chocolate covered strawberries! To make the tuxedo strawberry, dip a strawberry in either melted white chocolate or whipped cream. Then dip each side into melted semi-sweet chocolate.  Use a toothpick to help you create the “buttons” and bowtie.

Just made these great cookies from Giada on Food Network. The full recipe can be found here. The cookies are made from butter, sugar, an egg, vanilla and almond extract, cinnamon, dried cherries and toasted almonds. I followed the recipe exactly, but decided to skip the icing since the cookies seemed sweet enough to me [...]

This past weekend I got a chance to try a recipe I’ve been eye-ing for a while. It’s called Breakfast pizza, but honestly, it could be called Dessert Pizza as well. It was delicious! I modified one of Giada De Laurentiis recipes that I saw on Food Network a while back. The pizza is made [...]

I was recently send some Pom Wonderful from Kristen, the Pom Blogger! I couldn’t have been more excited since I’ve always loved Pom and thought about trying it out in a couple of recipes. Then she sweetened the deal even more when sending me some Pom Iced Coffees! I’ve never tried them before, but she [...]

About a year ago I took a cooking class and at the end of the class we were given a recipe for a plum tart that I’ve been dying to try ever since. Last weekend, I finally got the chance!