This is hands down our favorite summer dessert. The first time I made it, we inhaled the whole thing, then looked around and said, "Where'd it go?" So I made a second one that same day. It's super easy, so why not? Serve it warm with vanilla ice cream for [...]
Have I mentioned that these recipes are in no particular order? Because if they were, this recipe would probably be #1. At some point in the past decade, I found myself at a well-known Italian chain restaurant (but not the one you're thinking of), looking at my plate and thinking, "Meh. I could have done [...]
If you've read my novel, Starting from Scratch, you may recall that Olivia's mother, Vivian, wrote a popular cooking newsletter, "Cooking with Vivian." And if you and I are friends, you may know that long before I wrote that novel, I had a little cooking newsletter myself: "Cooking with the Insecure Chef." It was quite different from [...]
