This kiwi fruit tart was practically free!  Talk about generous!  Each Tuesday the company where I work fills up our staff kitchen with fruit for us to snack on all week long.   I know what you must be thinking right now and yes, I do have a day job thankyouverymuch.   But  yeah,  this […]

Perhaps you have heard the seasonal music playing in stores around town and wondered how this momentous day seems to arrive earlier and earlier each  year?  Familiar smells of the season catch your notice as they waft through neighborhood kitchens. You then begin to realize, yup, its that time. Yes, its National Bundt Day today which means […]

Saffron Poached Pears These are my grandmother’s pears.   The recipe comes  from the quirky handwritten recipe books she left behind.   A dessert so beautiful and so easy to make.  It could never be said that her recipe style tilted to the exotic so its surprising  that she even knew what saffron was. They […]

Don’t you love a sure thing? I’m not referring to “Sure Thing” as in the 1980’s definition of the term implying someone who can be counted on to deliver sex on a date.  Don’t get me wrong…if I recall correctly those kind of sure things could be nice too and they certainly have their place […]

Only a few short weeks ago we were in Rome and we had the most fantastic Espresso Granita can panna I had ever had. I’m sure the surroundings had nothing to do with my opinion of it either. Just in case you were wondering. This Espresso Granita recipe is certainly evocative of all that is Roman.

There are times when I am suddenly quite susceptible to the power of suggestion. I get a bit caught off guard by it to tell you the truth. Perhaps I am just being lazy and lack the energy necessary to summon up creativity and initiative. You know, those essential elements required to come up with […]

A Special Post for our Second Blogoversary! This Frozen Bananas Dipped in Chocolate post marks Sis Boom Blog’s second “Blogoversary”! I’m still blaming and cursing Ms. Fig for this whole thing and now I see she hasn’t even posted since April! Sigh. If I quit I can I blame her for that too? Every time […]

I’m sure you are tempted to start in on me with some”that’s not sorbet, it’s sherbet” stuff. I wouldn’t blame you. Most definitions will turn on the introduction of a dairy to move the dish from sorbet territory into sherbet-land. My boyfriend David Lebovitz will still tell you he sees “the terms used interchangeably, even […]

Is Candied Orange Peel a birthright? It is a birthright of all who have had the pleasure of growing up knowing their grandmother that when go to her house, you get to eat a bunch of stuff you are not allowed to eat at home. My own grandmother’s house was no exception. Oh, she would […]

My Persian ‘in-laws slash extended family’ number into the double dozens at an average get together. It took me a couple years to figure out which of the ‘cousins’ were actually cousins and which were, you know, ‘cousins’. It hardly mattered as once you are loved by one of them you are Family. Period. I […]