Monthly archive October, 2008

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Pie

Yep, that meringue is blue. With most cooking groups, the goal is imitation. But with You Want Pies With That?, the challenge is to create a one-of-a-kind pie representing that month’s theme. Since the idea for the group was inspired by Keri Russell’s pie-making character in “Waitress,” the inaugural theme was “I Love That Movie!”...

Caramel-Peanut-Topped Brownie Cake

Dorie Greenspan’s Caramel-Peanut-Topped Brownie Cake should come with a warning. Something like, “WARNING: Eating caramel-peanut topping pulled from cake may result in muffin-top and/or spontaneous appearance of third buttock.” It’s not that this is a decadent cake. If the caramel-peanut topping were a designer dress, the brownie cake would be its anatomically-vague, department store mannequin....

Apple Cider Beignets with Butter-Rum Caramel Sauce

I tasted my first beignet in New Orleans. One minute, I was puffy-faced and bleary-eyed from breaking up with my first boyfriend; the next minute, I was on a road trip. My father’s idea. I thought he’d lost his mind, that I would spend the whole time crying and making the world miserable with my...