From Faith: There’s always room for chocolate, even at the end of a hefty Thanksgiving meal, and this mousse pie is both airy and heavenly enough to bring your pals to their knees. A chocolatey mousse filling is scooped into a dark chocolate wafer cookie crust and it’s all topped with homemade whipped cream and chocolate […]
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Key Lime Bars with Tropical Nut, Gingersnap Crust
We love these because they’re super limey and that plays well against the almond-gingersnap crust, studded with coconut. If you’re tired of pies for Thanksgiving, try these, or make them for any old reason.
Chris’s Make-Ahead Turkey & Gravy
Chris Prosperi gives full credit for his Make Ahead Turkey recipe to the wondrous Ina Garten, who first gave us all the idea in her invaluable cookbook, Make It Ahead. What Chris does here is tell you how to make his fabulous gravy, then use it to warm your turkey ahead of the dinner, no […]
Ina Garten’s Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes
She’s a wizard with food. That’s a fact. Her cookbooks are remarkably reliable. A year ago, when I interviewed Ina Garten on Boston’s Symphony Hall stage, I told the audience of 3,000 people that reaching for her books is like reaching for happiness. In her most recent cookbook, Make It Ahead, she shares a sensational […]
BRUNCH: SENSATIONAL LEMON-BLUEBERRY RICOTTA PANCAKES (MADE IN A BLENDER!)
From Faith: These are so wildly good, so light and fluffy, you will count the minutes until you can have them again, their edges golden and crispy, served with a lemon cream. We HAD to pass on this easy recipe to you from a new cookbook we love, Citrus by Valerie Aikman-Smith and Victoria Pearson. How […]
Incredible Melting Potatoes
Barbara Kafka, a legend in the food world, created the single best roasted potato recipe we have ever eaten. She calls them “melting potatoes,” from her book Vegetable Love. In this dish, the potatoes act like rice in risotto, absorbing the butter, oil, and chicken stock. Faith’s experience is that they drive people wild.
