Today’s recipe for English toffee chocolate chunk cookies comes from Bon Apetit magazine, one of my favorite culinary sources. Every month my husband and I anxiously await the arrival of this lovely publication. So in one of the previous issues there was a recipe for this cookie; we both thought it would be a great…
Desserts
Here are some of my favorite dessert on ethnicspoon.com. Enjoy!
Vietnamese Coconut Coffee
In the baking Hanoi summer heat, there is a tasty treat to refresh and give you a nice kick of energy. What is it? Vietnamese coconut coffee! Yes, you read right. Let me tell you all about it. In 2016, during our family’s visit to Hanoi to visit our daughter who lives there, we were…
Traditional Tres Leches Cake
This post for traditional tres leches cake has been sponsored by Nestlé. All opinions are mine alone. #JuntosConNestle A traditional tres leches cake has to be one of my all time favorite desserts. I have loved it ever since I was little. Every time my family and I would go out to dinner, I usually…
Authentic Lithuanian Cookies
I found out about these authentic Lithuanian cookies from two Lithuanian girls, Gierdre and Gerda, who were working at the guest house where I stayed this summer. The two young women were part of an exchange program, at Chautauqua Institution. I met up with them one evening when I ran down to the kitchen to get…
Seven Sensational Mango Recipes
So, seven sensational mango recipes! Why seven? Well, seven is not an overwhelming number, and also happens to be my favorite number. Mangoes are also one of my favorite fruits. They’re sweet, soft, delicious and can be used in oh so many ways. There are also over 400 varieties of mangoes each with their own characteristics….
Jamaican Toto – Caribbean Coconut Cake
I am super excited today because I am sharing with you a delicious recipe: Jamaican Toto-Caribbean Coconut Cake. I can’t take the credit because it comes from Cariel, my Jamaican co-worker. Jamaican Toto is a coconut dessert that is very popular in Jamaica. I love coconut anything, so this cake is just right for me, and…
Fantastic Fourth of July Ideas
I cannot believe that the Fourth of July is here, just around the proverbial corner. As much as I love this holiday, its arrival reminds me that summer is half way over. Indeed, for someone living in the frozen north and not a lover of snow, I greet this holiday with apprehension. Nevertheless, I have…
30+ Best Ever Easy Summer Picnic Foods Recipes
Picnics with friends and families are fun, there is no doubt about that. But, there is an aspect of picnics that in my opinion can be quite scary:food. I am speaking from experience. Face it not everyone is a foodie! Picnic foods don’t need to be scary, especially with this great list of 30+ best…
French Patisserie Fruit Tart
Without a doubt French patisserie fruit tart has to be among my most favorite desserts. For starters, this dessert is topped with copious amounts of fruit which makes me feel I am being healthy, probably as long as I ignore the cream filling. French patisserie fruit tart is an impressive dessert which is really not too…
Swedish Almond Cake Topped with Toasted Almonds
I first tried Swedish almond cake topped with toasted almonds at a friend’s birthday party. Her mom, who flew in from Sweden, made this amazing dessert. When I took a bite I could not believe my taste buds. The first words out of my mouth, after swallowing of course, were: “Can I have the recipe?”…
10 To Die For Desserts
Who doesn’t like desserts? I personally don’t know anyone who doesn’t. So for all the dessert lovers out there, I have 10 to die for desserts, you take your pick! Being so close to Valentine’s Day, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to give you not 1 but 10 to die for desserts. Tarte…
Creamy Walnut Tartlets
Here I am with another recipe for personal food, my FAVE! Creamy walnut tartlets are sweet, crunchy, creamy. They are perfection in a nutshell, excuse the pun! These beauties are a take on a recipe I found in a French cookbook that belonged to my late father. This past summer when I went home for…
Aunt Lou’s Old Fashioned Hermit Cookies Recipe
Hermit Cookies is the first recipe from the Aunt Lou Archives that we attempted. The results were successful! Hermit Cookies have a curious name as well as past. According to my research, they make their first appearance in a cookbook published in 188O by the ladies of Trinity Church called Champlain Valley Book of Recipes….
Creamy Mango Lime Bars
Visions and scents of tropical islands are right at your fingertips when you bake a batch of these delicious creamy mango lime bars. They are kind of like lemon bars, same baking process, just different fruit. I think I have mentioned before that mangoes are one of my favorite fruits. I eat them every day;…
Peach Crostata
During this marvelous season of peaches, what better dessert to make than a peach crostata. A crostata or galette, depending on where you are from is a scrumptious rustic dessert. It consists of pie dough wrapped around fresh fruit and baked to delicious goodness. In my book, and in my head, I consider peach crostata a “healthy” dessert,…
