A Girl and Her Chocolate Molten desserts are delicious to their (gooey) core Posted on February 7, 2019 From the time my daughter Paisley was a toddler, she has loved chocolate. She prefers dark chocolate over milk and the more bitter, salty, and higher the cocoa content, the better. “Well it is an antioxidant,” she reminds…
The Best Pumpkin Pie This is worth skipping a second helping of stuffing Posted on November 12, 2018 Back in the bake sale bakery days, we would start to ramp up our pie production beginning in November. We would bake all night on the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving and open only until 10am on Thursday…
Basil-Black Cherry Ice Cream Posted August 6, 2018 Seems like not a day goes by that yet another frozen yogurt shop pops up on the corner. Curse you, Pinkberry! Why didn’t you just let that trend stay dead and buried? Some of us still prefer our fats in the form of a juicy steak, creamy salted…
Southern Comfort A California girl’s twist on a sacred sweet Posted on May 9, 2018 Back when I was researching and testing recipes for Acme Southern Kitchen, I sent away for as many Junior League and church cookbooks as I could find from all parts of the South. These books are compilations of the personal…