I just love Mark Bittman, NY Times food writer and author of Food Matters and How to Cook Everything.  The other night I was looking through my fridge (which was getting rather empty as it was time to go to the farmers’ market) for something to whip up for dessert, and all I could find [...]

 
 
 
Okay so I’ve been on a dessert spree lately.  Getting ready for the holidays, I guess.  Though I’m saving the pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.   Last week I went to the farmers’ market just as they were shutting down, and this guy sold me 3 pints of blackberries for 4 bucks.  Three pints!  What was I [...]

 
One thing my mother used to make very well was old-fashioned Swedish rice pudding.  It was a favorite treat that I looked forward to around the holidays.  Of course, it was loaded with milk and cream and sugar, so I gave up on that idea years ago.  Until my mother came to visit last week [...]

 
When I said I gave up sugar, I didn’t mean I gave up sweets.  Now I just make healthier desserts, especially with fresh seasonal fruits.  Fresh fruit contains fiber and other nutrients which naturally slow the absorption of sugar while remaining sweet to taste.  As we are nearing the end of the stone fruit (peaches, [...]