Oh, hiii there! Did you forget my name while I was gone? I sure hope not. I apologize for the long absense, but I just enjoyed an unplugged  vacation. How was your Christmas? How was your New Year’s? Really, tell me! Our Christmas was great. We spent part of our time in Dallas, and then [Click to Continue Reading...]

It’s Day 2 of Cookie Week here on Dessert For Two, and we’re re-visiting an old favorite.  I shared this recipe a few years ago, but I think it bears repeating. These are the ginger cookies that dreams are made of:  soft and chewy with just enough crystalline crunch from the sugar coating.  These cookies [Click to Continue Reading...]

Some women want diamonds for Christmas.  Some women want pearls.  All I want is local produce.  We’ve really been missing the fresh produce from California.  I heard a rumor at work that the FFA kids in Kansas sell big cartons of local citrus and avocados around the holidays.  I dreamed about it.  I lusted after [Click to Continue Reading...]

First things first:  yes, those are chocolate cupcakes topped with pudding and THEN coated in chocolate cake crumbs. This recipe comes out of Kathleen King’s book Baking for Friends.  You know Kathleen King, she’s the mastermind behind Tate’s Bake Shop in the Hamptons.  I first heard about Tate’s Bake Shop while watching an episode of [Click to Continue Reading...]

If these aren’t the cutest cut-out sugar cookies you’ve ever seen, you either play with puppies and kittens all day and are on cuteness overload, or you’re not from Texas.  Only one of those excuses is forgivable, by the way. I scaled down sweet Bridget’s recipe, and not only is her recipe easy (yes, roll [Click to Continue Reading...]

Just in case you’re planning an intimate Thanksgiving dinner for 2, I thought I would link up to all of my small fall-themed desserts. I almost had a Thanksgiving for two this year.  Two, being me and my favorite wine glass.  In California.  Not Texas.  My parents decided to ditch the family this year to go to [Click to Continue Reading...]

When left to my own devices,  I default to my perfect 1 person dinner plan:  I put a 1/2 cup of dry beans in a bowl of water to soak til suppertime.  I truly adore beans and legumes more than most other foods.  I do a quick peek to see if I have a bottle of [Click to Continue Reading...]

  As the person in your life who loves to miniaturize your favorite desserts, I should have made these mini pies in muffin cups for y’all sooner.  I apologize for that. This is my new favorite way to eat pie because it cooks in half the time of a regular pie.  There’s plenty of room [Click to Continue Reading...]