The neighborhood Baskin-Robbins had closed. In my house this qualifies as a full-blown crisis. It was natural then that one of the first ice creams I would make in my new Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker would be mint chocolate chip.…
With the arrival of my new Cuisinart Supreme Commercial Quality Ice Cream Maker yesterday, I just had to make some ice cream. Or in this case some Orange-Pineapple-Banana Cream Sherbet 12 oz can Frozen Orange-Pineapple-Banana Juice Concentrate (thawed) 3 tablespoons…
So, What to do with the leftover crepes from tonight's dinner? Well, lemme see. We have some strawberries, bananas, and Cool Whip. The makings of a nice dessert crepe, I'd say. Put some of the strawberries in the blender and…
This is without a doubt the best dessert I have ever prepared. This is the perfect dessert to serve guests for several reasons: Souffles are impressive (maybe not to a proffessional pastry chef, but to us mere mortals and our…
Yesterday was the day of the class at my favorite kitchen tools store in Glendale AZ that I have been anticipating for two months: Chef Pat Smith's Cinnamon Rolls. Pat is the owner of Patty's Cakes, a small local caterer…
In case you were wondering how that quiche turned out using the pie crust I made earlier, here was dinner: Quiche Lorraine and Salad Nicoise:
Earlier this year, I took a class offered by my favorite gourmet kitchen tools store here in Glendale, AZ on making pie crusts. The teacher was Chef Pat Smith, owner of Patty's Cakes, a local catering firm specializing in pastries.…
For my final entry in the Carnival of the Grill we got extremely wild and crazy here at the Fumbling Foodie household. I lit the grill and slapped a soaked hickory plank on it. While the plank got up to…
I attended a pastry class at Plate It Up! on Saturday taught by Chef Pat Smith and she taught us a very neat trick for rolling out the dough to exactly the right thickness and getting the thickness uniform. For…
My lovely wife is trying to lose a little weight, and I wanted to make a dessert for her that was not packed with sugar. This receipe is from Gwen Ashley Walters' Cool Mountain Cookbook. The more recipes I make…