Cantucci are Tuscan dipping cookies. They’re also known as biscotti in other regions of Italy as well as here in the U.S. I learned how to make these almond studded beauties from Chef Claudio Piantini last October during our travels in Tuscany, when my husband and I took a private cooking class with the Chef [...]
As I write this column, it is early March, and we are digging out from yet another snowstorm—the third one of the week. It’s hard to believe that spring is just around the corner. So, it is with a leap of faith and some wishful thinking that I present you with this recipe for meringue [...]
I recently brought this cookie platter to a dinner party. From left to right, the cookies are vanilla chocolate chip biscotti, chocolate macadamia nut biscotti, pumpkin pecan cookies with powdered sugar, checkerboards and chocolate drizzled pumpkin pecan cookies. The cookie platter was a big hit, but hands down, the favorite cookie was the chocolate macadamia [...]
When I made these trompe l’oeil hamburger and fries cupcakes and cookies last year for Father’s Day, they were such a hit with my family that I knew my June 2014 Father’s Day column would be a piece of cake (pun intended!). These delightful and tasty treats are so much fun to assemble and decorate [...]
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy with all the devastation, displacement, power outages and gas shortages, we all long for a return to normalcy. It is comforting to see people resume their routines—jogging, walking their dogs, returning to work and school. We realize how much we take for granted—the welfare of our loved ones, the [...]
It is day number two after our historic Trick or Treat Snowstorm on October 29, and there is still no power here on Fells Road. The only functioning appliance in my house is my trusty 30-year-old gas powered oven and I am baking up a storm (no pun intended). I had mixed up some cookie [...]