Pies, Tarts and Cheesecakes

Bacon and Caramelized Onion Tart and the Best of 2011

Hello and goodbye. That time of year when we look at the past 12 months and search for accomplishments and meaning and face toward the new year with both anticipation and maybe some trepidation. Did we accomplish all we wanted to; did we grow, provide, serve enough? Will we make changes to how we manage [...]

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Warm Honeyed Brie with Raspberries and Almonds

I’ve participated with Steven Gilberg and @WineTwits before when I’ve hosted combination wine tastings and tweetups that serve to get the word out about different wines; either by region or type. When I was asked to serve as a host for a ‘food’ event, how could I say no? I invited friends; made sure they [...]

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Lemon Cheesecake – Another Best, Really.

After another week of making what I consider the ‘best of’ something this month I have to wonder what has come over me. I did not set out to do a ‘Best of’ series but it’s happened nonetheless. Maybe it’s the bit of melancholy I feel in the fall that has me thinking of foods [...]

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Creamy Peanut Butter Pie – A Pie for Mikey

The food blogging community is huge; thousands upon thousands of bloggers and in the years I’ve been involved I’ve built relationships with people in my own town, in cities all over our nation and in countries where I never expected to know anyone personally. This week I was reminded of how connected we really are, [...]

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Cherry Pizza Crostata Dolce (Cherry Ricotta Pie) with Port Cherry Sauce

The other day was deemed #PieDay on Twitter. I had recently made a Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Pie and must say that was quite a pie day too! But for me? Any day is pie day! When I was growing up, I had both of my grandmothers close by. It’s funny even now to [...]

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Chocolate Hazelnut Pie with Frangelico – We’re Baking with Abby Dodge!

Do you know Abby Dodge? NO? You should. She was the inspiration behind my all time favorite cake, a Chocolate Espresso Cake but I didn’t know Abby then. I got better acquainted with Abby as a recipe developer when I noticed her name again as the force behind this amazing Peppermint Meringue cake and I [...]

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Coconut Key Lime Tart with Honey Yogurt Topping

My friend Abby Dodge posted a recipe recently for Key Lime Tart and I remember thinking…if only we were lucky enough to get Key limes in Denver. It sure seemed prophetic when I walked into Sunflower Market the other day and saw a bunch of those adorable little limes in the produce section (though I [...]

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Lemon Meringue Pie with Ginger Lemon Cookie Crust

When I received an amazing gift of Meyer lemons from my friend Kim at Rustic Garden Bistro a couple of months ago, they were waylaid. Somewhere that we will never be privy to. All I know is that two shipments from California made at the same time saw one get to Indiana a week earlier [...]

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French Silk Pie with Graham Cracker Crust, Espresso and Kahlua

If pies were wishes then I would wish this French Silk Pie for everyone! Hands down my most favortist (damn you spell check that so is a word; MY word!) pie ever. While I’ve seen several versions of this pie over the years, they’ve always been made with a regular pie crust or a regular [...]

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