I love a good carrot cake, spicy and chock-full of carrots, covered with a cream cheese frosting that’s just the right amount of sweetness. Baking gluten-free, without any expensive flours, can be tough. But almonds…almonds we tend to have around. And they can be made into a simple substitute for gluten-free flour with just a […]

Even though fresh apricots don’t make their appearance until later in the season, the dried versions provide bright fruity flavor just at the moment when you need thing to taste like spring. Add some chocolate, cashews and dates, and these little truffles are sure to put a spring in your step! Perfect for those on healthy […]

Is there anything more welcoming than a cloud-like cake filled with whipped cream and berries to bring spring to the table (even if it’s a little early)? A pavlova is simply a large meringue, made with egg whites and sugar and baked. It gets its name from the famous ballerina Anna Pavlova, because it’s as […]

It’s my [Natalie’s] birthday month, so I’m pretty into sprinkles right now. Sprinkles in and on everything. Every treat becomes a birthday treat in January. These birthday cake Rice Krispie treats are pretty spectacularly colorful and incredibly fun. I had visions of frosting the entire sheet like a cake, but I luckily realized that our […]

These white chocolate truffles spiked with lime should be on your holiday table. Citrus can be overlooked during the holidays, even though clove-studded oranges and sweet grapefruit cookies should be seasonal staples. Plus, I think citrus is one of those notes that can pleases palate even once they’re maybe a little tired of chocolate and peanut butter […]

Stuffed dates may not be on your radar yet this holiday season, but they should be. Easy to make ahead and transport, these tasty morsels are sure to be a hit. In my take, I make cream cheese frosting into three different variations, filling up the fruits with each variation so there’s a stuffed date for […]

When I think of Germany, I think of the bakeries: filled to the brim with rows of pastries and bread loaves all shining, fresh, and delicious. I love food, but at the top of the list is anything baked. Butter, flour, sugar – simple ingredients mixed together, placed in the oven, and, a short time […]

It was the height of summer and I was standing on the main square in Ypres, Belgium with an American film crew working on a World War I documentary. A fresh graduate from the University of Amsterdam, I was putting my MA degree to good use carrying camera equipment across vast fields and setting up […]

A creamy sweet treat is hard to beat on a humid late-summer night. The cocktail-like flavors of this light-as-air dessert are even more attractive. Add in the fact that this is an easy dessert to make at the last minute, and it’s easily a go-to recipe for your backyard parties. A fool is a European dessert, […]

These creamy, dreamy frozen chocolate banana bites are sure to make the rest of your summer more delicious. Easy enough to make for the kids on a whim, and delicious enough for the grown-ups to eat straight from the freezer when the kids aren’t looking, these are sure to be a hit. They’re a riff on the […]