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Berry croissants: a yummy idea. Photo courtesy Castello Cheese. For Sunday brunch or afternoon tea*, here’s a fun alternative to a chocolate croissant that provides another reason to enjoy seasonal berries. RECIPE: BERRY CROISSANTS Ingredients Croissants Berries: blackberries, raspberries, strawberries or a mix Mascarpone, fresh chèvre (goat cheese—look especially for the honey chèvre at…
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We love these delicious, fancy yet very easy Asparagus & Prosciutto Wraps. Photo courtesy Castello USA. Need something fancy—and easy? Here’s a lovely first course to make with spring asparagus. We serve the wraps individually plated with some watercress salad, to which we add some snipped chives or thin-sliced green onion. The recipe is…
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If you’d like to make a treat for a graduate, how about brownie mortarboards*? These, from Sugar Bowl Bakery in Hayward, California, show you how to do it. 1. MAKE mini round brownies in a baba pan or cut circles with a cookie cutter from a regular pan of brownies. 2. FIND a rectangular cookie…
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[1] “Green” lasagna, made with pesto and spring asparagus. Use green (spinach) noodles for St. Patrick’s Day. Photo courtesy Eataly | Chicago. Have you ever had green lasagna? We order lasagna every time we see it on a menu, trying to find one that’s better than Mom’s (which has only been bested once). We…
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Make a special Martini for Mom with this recipe from Grey Goose. It’s all in the garnish: microgreens and a caperberry instead of the usual olive or twist. Here, the conventional olive or lemon twist is replaced with with microgreens and a large, stemmed caper berry: arty and pretty. Use your favorite Martini recipe or…
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