This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes! Pears, Nuts and Rye, Oh My! is a cake that I most definitely wouldn’t classify as an “anytime” cake, given it has four ingredients I have to shop for specially for this recipe but oh my, it WAS delicious! Said “not … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Double-Pear Picnic Pie is a double-crusted LARGE pie – two things I rarely make (I avoid double crusts if possible because they are fussy and I most often minify large desserts like this) but a Thanksgiving dinner for 9 people where I was asked … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. White Wine-Poached Pears could not be a more simple recipe – and made me wonder why I don’t make this more often! And reminded me of a funny story involving poached pears which is maybe the reason why I don’t … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Pear-Comté Tart from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie. I already had some dough in the fridge leftover from another project so this was a perfect project in between other cooking and baking last weekend. Having pears on hand that needed using/ eating but no comté, I was happy … Read more
This week the Petits Chefs baked from one of the many, many books that arrived on my desk last fall that I am slowly working my way though. Duchess at Home caught my eye because it’s French food for home cooks (you know, right up my alley 😉 ) From the publisher: In Duchess at … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe was a perfect addition to my Thanksgiving dessert selection this past weekend. I was multitasking for most of the meal, testing recipes for my upcoming cookbook (my guests knew that it wouldn’t be a traditional Thanksgiving spread, rather a selection of French dishes!), but knowing this was coming up, … Read more