RECIPE: Baked French Toast

You can bake French toast instead of frying it. Photo courtesy Driscoll’s.   This recipe, from Driscoll’s, is called Baked French Toast Soufflé. Although the word does mean “to puff up” in French, and the slices of bread puff up very slightly, it’s not what Americans think of as soufflé. To manage expectations, we removed…
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RECIPE: Stout Doughnut Holes With Bacon Jam

[1] Doughnut holes filled with bacon jam (photo © The Nibble). [2] A yummy dessert or snack: ice cream, donut holes, and an espresso (photo © The Nibble).   Updated August 2026 June 6th is National Donut Day, commemorating the “donut lassies,” female Salvation Army volunteers who provided doughnuts—and also writing supplies, stamps, clothes-mending and…
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FOOD FUN: Lobster Poached Eggs

Lobster poached egg. Photo courtesy Ruschmeyer’s | Montauk.   On the brunch menu at Ruschmeyer’s Hotel in Montauk, New York, is an egg sandwich. It’s not a humble egg sandwich, but a variation of Eggs Benedict. One side of the toasted English muffin contains a sunnyside-up egg over melted Emmental cheese; the other side has…
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