Sleepless in Seattle

I knew I was in trouble when the car wouldn’t start and Tuesday With Dorie Chocolate-Banded Ice Cream Torte was just sitting chilled solid frozen in the cold pack waiting to return from the beach and back to the city.



Hours later and a busy week, no time to create a new torte. Getting ready for the semi-annual trip to visit the in-laws in San Diego. But first stop was a jam packed weekend in Seattle to see a couple of Mariners games….



and for me a visit Pike Place Market, the oldest farmers market, eat Malpec oysters, and wild Alaskan salmon.

Zen Cookie

My son returned from summer camp in Maine. Each year, he gets a welcome home sandcastle cake. This year the cake was Dorie's Mocha-Walnut Marbled Bundt Cake. More about that another time.



The Tuesdays With Dorie recipe was Granola Grabbers.



Chewy like my mom's oatmeal cookies



Perfect with a glass of milk.

I Scream for ...

Blueberries and sour cream in soft serve ice cream. Tuesdays With Dorie has again come up with a winner.


Disappointed with the Cusinart Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker, not more than one large or two small servings was extracted for each session. And I admit to practicing all summer.


I settled on the ice cream scoop version. I want perfection.

Banana-fana-fo-fana

As a child, some of the sweets my mother and I used to bake were banana breads and marble cakes. The marble cake was so good that we would beg her to bake it for family occasions, which she did. It was full of chocolate and so swirly-pretty to look at. The recipe was from the Settlement House cookbook, the bible many housewives used when planning family meals.


This September, my mother is planning a visit to celebrate her birthday. Living in Florida, she will only visit when the weather is warm, above 70°. This week’s Tuesdays With Dorie recipe is Black–and-White Banana Loaf from the Baking From My Home to Yours bible.




For her birthday cake, this combo might just do.



Now, to decide on presentation.



Option A: loaf or maybe a Bundt...but needs something,


Option B: coffee ice cream a' la mode,





Option C: Hot Gritty NYC aka Baked Alaska.



Thoughts?

Galette, No Worries

I knew my frozen Good For Everything Pie dough would soon return to the kitchen table. Tuesdays With Dorie has assigned Summer Fruit Galette.



I've selected nectarines and blueberries.



Roll out a circle.



Fill.


Chill.


Bake. Rest. Eat.

Give Piece a Chance

It’s dessert, no really. I know I look like celery, I’m sunburned.







Please believe me. I want to be your friend. Rhubarb needs help. O.K a couple of glasses of Rose, (ay) yes its summer and I want you to like me.












I may have a heavy hearty biscuit on my head but hey, got to protect myself from the sun. Like my pictures? Wasn’t easy. ‘Actually I taste pretty good. Not a 10 but maybe an 81/2.


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Chocolate Therapy

It’s the ultimate comfort food. Yes, chocolate is now classified as a food. That means chocolate pudding. Mothers comfort their children with servings of this rich, thick and velvety dessert. it’s perfect for summertime, with no oven to turn on to heat up the kitchen.

Boxes of this dessert stared down at me from the top shelves in the supermarket. Pictures of instant pudding desserts appear in mountain-top peaks. It does make you want to scoop in and lick your fingers clean.



And say no to custard cups. Indulgence is about enjoying this in a stemmed glass. Sorry Dorie. I think those creative genius’ got the photo right. But you’ve got taste.