Christina | August 29, 2011

  Growing up, I had a friend who was Persian.  It was at his house that I got my first taste of saffron, emerald green pistachios that squeaked on your teeth, juicy Medjool dates that I wrongly assumed were soaked in honey because they bared little resemblance to the leathery raisins I knew, and yogurt [...]

Category: Fancy | 19 Comments »
Tags: baklava, cinnamon, desserts for two, fillo, filo, half recipe baklava, lemon, pecans, phyllo, small baklava recipe, sorghum, sorghum syrup

Christina | August 22, 2011

When I think of figs, I think of Teva-wearing hippies in Berkeley sitting in trees eating dried figs from the bulk bins of the co-op.  And that’s cool.  Real cool.  I love the restaurants in Berkeley and the food co-ops are even better.  Anyone else having a co-dependent relationship with the daily pizza menu at The Cheese Board Collective?  No?  Just [...]

Category: Cakes | 27 Comments »
Tags: cream cheese, cream cheese frosting, dessert for two, desserts for two, fig, fig cake recipe, fig dessert, honey, recipe for a small cake, small cake, small fig dessert

Christina | August 12, 2011

I’ve told y’all once before that I’m very specific about peanut butter pie.  I’m a bit of a purist.  My original recipe is a rich peanut butter pudding tucked into a graham cracker and toasted peanut crust, without cream cheese or chocolate.  You can find my recipe here.  However, it’s high time I posted the [...]

Category: Pies and Cobblers | 29 Comments »
Tags: chocolate, condensed milk, dessert for two, heavy cream, no bake, no bake peanut butter pie recipe, peanut butter, peanut butter pie recipe, small peanut butter pie recipe, small pie