For most people, drinking hot chocolate is the liquid equivalent of eating a Hershey bar. It is pleasant and evocative of winter nostalgia for taking the chill off after a day spent building snowmen. However, hot chocolate or hot cocoa has lagged behind our chocolate confection consciousness, which has been …
All About Them, Including Cooking Tips and Recipes The term “As American as apple pie” should probably be changed to “As American as cranberries” because cranberries are one of the three fruits native to North America (along with blueberries and Concord grapes.) As the Ocean Spray cranberry people say, “They …
This is a double twist on the normal ambrosia which is usually made only with oranges or Mandarins and never broiled. 2 grapefruit 1 navel orange 2 tablespoons Marsala or sweet sherry 2 tablespoons plus 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup shredded coconut 3 egg whites 1/8 teaspoon salt 1)Peel grapefruit …
This recipe is part of a Southern Christmas Dinner. It is adapted from Frank Stitt’s Southern Table (Artisan). The recipe was adapted from “Eating Southern Style” (originally, “A Taste of the South”) by Terry Thompson Anderson (HP Books). 1-pound loaf French or other quality white bread, cut into 1-inch chunks or smaller 1 quart whole …
Topping 1/2 cup (1 stick) plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled, cut in pieces 1 cup light brown sugar, packed 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup pecans Place the butter, sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt and pecans in a food processor and process until the mixture …
Beer with dessert is a little trickier than wine and dessert. There is no category of dessert beer, and beers rarely have the sweetness of dessert wines. Unless the wine or beer is as sweet as or sweeter than the dessert, you’ll get a jarring affect similar to the one …