Here’s a light, refreshing fruit dessert using sweet, ripe strawberries that is easily made ahead – perfect for summertime. This sorbet can also be used to top a fresh fruit salad when the weather is hot! We discovered this recipe in an old Cooking Light magazine, and it’s become a family favorite over the years....Read More

“With the abundance of fruit at the summer markets, I like to make kuchen. It is always much appreciated by my customers. I started making it with apricots and then went on using the other various fruits coming up during the summer. For my last kuchen, I mixed cherries and apricots but you could use...Read More

This has always been one of my favorite ‘go-to’ family recipes by Flo Braker for summer berry cobblers, especially during olallieberry season. You can use blackberries or boysenberries, or a mixture of berries if you wish. Just be sure to taste the berries and adjust the sugar accordingly. This cobbler has a fruit ‘bottom’ topped...Read More

INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup unsweetened quality cocoa powder* 3 cups half-and-half 1 cup heavy cream 8 large egg yolks 1 1/4 cups sugar 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract METHOD: In a medium saucepan, whisk together cocoa powder and 1 cup of the half-and-half until combined. Turn the heat to medium. Whisk in the remaining half-and-half and...Read More

INGREDIENTS: 1 tablespoon freshly grated blood orange zest 1 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 2 cups freshly squeezed blood orange juice* 4 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice 2 teaspoons vodka or triple sec 2/3 cup heavy cream METHOD: Place grated zest in a mixing bowl and add sugar. Rub the zest and sugar together with...Read More

When a Southerner wants banana pudding, this is the recipe they’re expecting – the one that was printed on the Nabisco Nilla Wafers box for years. It’s even better if you can find your grandma’s yellow Pyrex bowl from the set of nested bowls popular in the 1950s or 60s. That was the standard banana...Read More