After scratch-cooking thousands of meals and baking hundreds of cakes, cookies and desserts, you can fool yourself into thinking you know everything there is to know about culinary basics. But you would be wrong. And by “you,” I mean “me.” This year I had a gustatory ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
Apricot Galette with Buttery Ground Almond Crust Recipe
“Ah, if I can't eat some of the rampion, which is in the garden behind our house, I shall die,” moans Rapunzel's mother. An expectant woman and her food cravings are the catalysts for the story of Rapunzel. In the fairy tale, the soon-to-be mother fixates on luscious leafy ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
Creamy Ricotta Pie Recipe
During Lent, the traditional period of fasting before Easter, several Copywriters' Kitchen family members gave up sugar. So naturally when the spring holiday liberated us from sugar privation, we wanted to indulge with as many rich sweets as possible. This Creamy Ricotta ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
Piled-High Dutch Apple Pie Recipe
Years ago as a starving actress in New York, I lived in Hell's Kitchen, three blocks away from the Little Pie Company on West 43rd Street. Whenever possible, I detoured by the shop. Sweet buttery scents announced the bakery’s proximity before you actually arrived in front of ... [Read More] [3 Comments. Please leave another.]
Cheddar Tomato Pie Recipe
Cool mornings and evenings bookend the days and it's getting dark earlier. Autumn is just around the corner. But even as we throw on long-sleeved shirts and watch the yellow school buses roll by, signs of summer remain: Westchester Greenhouse, my local farm stand overflows ... [Read More] [7 Comments. Please leave another.]
