Few things are more evocative of childhood summer nights than an ice cream truck. Fidgeting anxiously on the sidewalk as the truck wends its way down the block, grimy fists clutching coins and dollar bills, seriously deliberating the choice at hand: maybe these memories are why everyone has such visceral feelings toward ice [...]
I’m in a hot-chocolate phase: the city is besieged by frigid winds and snow flurries, and all I want to do is snuggle up in my new Missoni blanket with magazines and a big latte bowl, full of steaming, liquid chocolate and hulking cubes of home-made (ok, ok, made by Whole Foods–even I have my [...]
I love panettone so much; at my Italian grocery store, it’s available year-round, but it’s so quintessentially Christmas that it doesn’t seem right to buy one before December. It’s like a fruitcake that is buttery, fluffy, and actually tastes good. The good news is that if you exercise your options, it won’t get old come [...]
I don’t like pumpkin pie. I eat it because, on Thanksgiving, it seems like the right thing to do–tradition and all. However, I recently came across a recipe that makes me want to give up pumpkin pie for good, and pass on this gem to everyone who bakes a dessert for Thanksgiving. [...]
