Recipes
Dark Chocolate Cake with Blueberry Pinot Noir Chutney
People, people, people. This week you are going to be so happy with my creation that you might just want to name a street after me...
White Chocolate Raspberry Lime Pie
June, where in the H-E-double-hockey-sticks did you go? You took so long to grace us with your presence, then, just like that, you disappeared faster than a bottle of whiskey at Charlie Sheen’s breakfast table...
Pesto and veggies
Every once in a while, I like to wake up, look at myself in the mirror, and then cry...
Toasted Walnut Pumpkin Cookies
Hey, all you turkeys out there, Dessert Diva here with one more pumpkin treat...
Blackberry Strawberry Cobbler with Almond Whipped Cream
Well, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Let them eat cobbler. OK, never have I said that, and the expression is, “Let them eat cake.” But I figured Marie Antoinette coined that phrased so long ago, perhaps a change was sure to come, and why shouldn’t it ...
Key Lime Squares
In the powerful words of my musical muse Huey Lewis, “It’s hip to be square.” If Huey says so, then it’s good enough for me. You know, the ongoing tough decision. Bars or squares. This question can haunt a Dessert Diva in her sleep. Luckily, my love for bad ’80s ...
Minneola Orange Toasted Walnut Cake
Oh January, you’re a cold one, but you have been very good to me...
Orange Zest Cranberry Bread
Out of all the berries out there, cranberries seem to fit the bill, no matter what time of year...
The old fad: Braised short ribs and giant-ass gnocchi
I read something the other day that began to the tune of: “The new fad is cheap cuts, slow-cooked and elegantly presented...
Dark Chocolate Crackle Cookies
I could give you a thousand reasons why you will love this week’s treat, but then I would have to take you out behind the woodshed and ... well, I can’t reveal the torture methods inflicted on people who find out my Dessert Diva secrets. But I will tell you that tofu...






