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Category Archives: Sweets and the Like
Iles Flottantes: A Titanic Dessert Disaster
My original line of thinking was that I would make my 1/2 Titanic garnish thick enough to stand up by itself on the plate, but my engineering skills fall into a distant second place to my own imagination and the poor little boats kept falling over and sinking into the murky blue. Continue reading
Super Tuesday Santorum Cake
This rich, chocolatey cake is entirely egg-free. Not due to wartime rationing, thank heavens, but because the author believes deeply in the concept of chickenhood. All eggs– both fertilized and non– have the right to grow into the poultry God intended them to be: clucking, happy, beheaded, fried, and eaten on the campaign trail.
The absence of dairy products means the texture of this dessert utterly oil-dependent.
And, of course, there are nuts.
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Posted in Celebrities, Sweets and the Like
Tagged chocolate, macadamia, nuts, Republican Primary, Rick Santorum, Sanctum Santorum, santorumtorten, Super Tuesday, wacky cake
26 Comments
(Not) My Grandmother’s Panna Cotta
the only desserts my grandmother ever made herself were the uninspired, quivering kind: raspberry Jell-O, Royal brand chocolate pudding, and the most boring of all, panna cotta. Or panna cot’ as she liked to call it. Continue reading
Posted in Sweets and the Like
Tagged almonds, buttermilk, buttermilk almond panna cotta, dessert, panna cotta, Sicilian grandmothers
20 Comments
(Irene Irene) Cara Cara Granita
It’s Oscar time again, in case you hadn’t noticed. Which is pretty much what I wound up doing this year. Not noticing, I mean. I somehow managed to see only one Oscar-nominated movie over the past twelve months and I … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Stage, Film, and Television, Sweets and the Like
Tagged cara cara orange, Fame, Flashdance, granita, Irene Cara, oscars
23 Comments
Happy Birthday, Mr. Buckles
Do you know who this man is? Well, I didn’t either until a couple of weeks ago. His name is Frank Buckles. He celebrated his 110th birthday on February 1st. That makes him a super-centenarian, which I happen to think … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast Time, Sweets and the Like
Tagged beriberi, blueberry buckle, coffee cake, doughboy, Frank Buckles, veterans, World War I
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Ovaltine Ice Cream: Christmas without The Fluff
Cloris Leachman and Mel Brooks are almost entirely to blame for this week’s post. Or to thank, depending upon your point of view. I was curled up in bed one evening, enjoying a scene from the film Young Frankenstein in … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Sweets and the Like
Tagged Christmas, Cloris Leachman, Dean Martin, dessert, Frank Sinatra, ice cream, marshmallows, Ovaltine, Ovaltine Ice Cream
25 Comments
One Fierce Holiday Cookie.
The Holidays are loud, overly-decorated, in-your-face. This time of year screams out for a cookie to to match it. And gingerbread drag queens certainly fit the bill. Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Sweets and the Like
Tagged cookies, drag queens, gingerbread, hannukah, holidays
51 Comments
Apple Brown Betty White
I have this “thing” for Betty White. I always have. I love this woman so much that I could just eat her with a spoon. So that is precisely what I set out to do. Figuratively, of course. She’s a … Continue reading