TIP OF THE DAY: Strawberry Tart For Valentine’s Day

Red Velvet is a subscription service in New York City that breaks down any resistance to home baking, by delivering kits that contain everything you need to bake the featured dessert. There’s no need to measure anything; just stir to mix. We took inspiration from their photos (#1 and #2) to make a lovely strawberry…
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FOOD FUN: A Year Of Crazy Cannoli (A Different Flavor Every Week!)

[1] Chocolate Amaretto Cannoli (all photos except #5 © Piccione Pastry | St. Louis). [2] Carrot Cake Cannoli. You can port your favorite cake flavor into cannoli cream. [3] Chocolate Cherry Cannoli, its shell dipped in a hard chocolate. [4] Maple Bacon Cannoli, maple cannoli cream topped with a strip of caramelized bacon affixed with…
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FOOD FUN: Piping A Lemon Meringue Tart

In the mood for lemon tart? Try your hand at this this particularly lovely lemon meringue tart, a deconstructed approach conceived by Khanh-Ly Huynh, a Parisian chef. She used a “deliberately very hard shortbread crust, an acidic lemon curd and a slightly minty meringue.” To make it, gather a: Shortbread tart crust recipe Lemon curd…
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