Marbled Lime Cheesecake Bars

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One of my favorite things about cheesecake bars is that you can leave the pan in the fridge. Then, whenever you want a little bite of something sweet, there's a perfect bite just waiting for you...

Red Velvet Trifle

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The Fruitarian was beside himself with joy when he saw this trifle. "I do get to eat this, right, Mom?"..

Coconut Cream Pie

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My husband's favorite dessert is not a recipe I can approach casually. The bar is set high. I tested several recipes before settling on this nearly perfect pie...

Old Fashioned Donuts

It turns out, homemade donuts were the perfect way to spend a beautiful fall weekend with the family. Well, some of the family...

Orange Rice Pudding

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If I'm going to bother with rice pudding, I'm going to take it up a notch and infuse some kind of interesting flavor in it. Which is how I landed on orange and pecan...

Plums and Ginger

I think plums get a bad rap. It’s too bad too because plums are unequivocally badass. Asians eat them all the time and they always look younger than they are. I took a page out of Eastern philosophy when I imagined this little creation and frank..

Cranberry Pecan Pie

It's so fun cooking with cranberries. They remind me of Christmas, but they're appropriate to eat any time...

Pumpkin Buttermilk Donuts

Donuts mean Halloween to me. Pumpkin, donuts, Halloween, chocolate milk, they all go together, right?..

Chocolate Cheesecake

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To make this cheesecake, I started with my great-grandfather's recipe. We knew him as Grandpa Chuck, but when he was cooking, he preferred Chowhound Charlie, making the official title of this recipe "Chowhound Charlie's New York Cheesecake."..

Banana Pudding

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The Fruitarian has been begging for another taste of this pudding. Of the hundreds of recipes on this humble blog, this pudding, and the parfait I made with it, are his most memorable...