Tag Archives: bars

I’ve apparently been wanting to make lemon meringue pie bars for at least eight years, as per my decade-plus log of everything I want to cook. Three different times I’ve tried to draft a recipe but I always got stuck on how much was involved, both in three separate cooking …

Last month, Ruth Reichl, food writer extraordinaire and the last editor-in-chief of the now shuttered Gourmet magazine, rounded up her 10 favorite recipes from her magazine years for Epicurious. It’s possible I’ve never clicked on a link faster. I adored the magazine; in my early years here, it really helped …

This has been my go-to cheesecake for as long as I have cooked. Gourmet Magazine published it in 1999, but the recipe hailed from Santa Fe’s Three Cities of Spain coffeehouse* a place I didn’t know a thing about until this week, when curiosity got the better of my intentions …

Watch the video for this recipe: I am glad to share with you another great homemade Twix recipe. This one is easy to prepare as well as the other Chocolate Caramel Bars recipe I’ve shared few time ago,  but it is an eggless version made with sweetened condensed milk.   …

Watch the video for this recipe: As school and kindergarden have started I am trying to make as many healthy energy bars that the kids can have in the morning or on-the go. These oat bars are one of the best I’ve made, packed with flavor and healthy ingredients, no cholesterol, …

One of the primary pieces of advice my grandmother imparted on me — besides the fact that she thought I should be a writer, an absurd idea I promptly ignored — was that one should always leave the house looking the best they can. I realize this might sound a …

Watch the video for this recipe: Whenever you are craving for a refreshing dessert I suggest you try these lemon bars. They are made with a  very flavorful and tangy lemon filling on top of a rich, buttery shortbread crust. If you like lemon desserts you will definitely love these …

As I shuffle towards the finish line of this family-expansion project we began so long ago that it’s become a running joke* there are days when I honestly do not understand why human beings need to gestate beyond 37 weeks. I mean, pretty much the minute the doctor estimated this …

Several awesome things are happening this weekend: babysitting, the promise of assaulting my friends’ eyeballs with my latest hopeless attempt at “fashion” [a jumpsuit that fits perfectly enough now in month eight to only a give off a slight snake-that’s-swallowed-a-goat vibe — Google it. I’ll wait here, cracking up], a …