Gourmandistan » Desserts & Sweets

Back in the 1980s, when Michelle and Steve first got together, Michelle made Steve a really good birthday cake. Michelle doesn’t remember much about it, other than that the filling and icing we...

https://gourmandistan.com/2019/09/16/apricot-buttercream-and-filling-elevate-and-recreate-a-1980s-cake/

Once again Gourmandistan was lucky enough to experience Dewees Island, a place we have grown to love over many years. Our route to this small South Carolina island always includes an overnight st...

https://gourmandistan.com/2019/06/02/slice-resisting-strawberry-pretzel-icebox-pie-straddles-both-sides-of-beach-vacation/

Steve may not have heard all the meal plans in advance of Michelle’s recent girls’ weekend. He may have been, at Michelle’s behest, deep in a cabinet or office drawer, straightening yet ano...

https://gourmandistan.com/2019/04/28/trifling-raspberry-almond-gems-just-a-small-part-of-wonderful-reunion/

Many delightful things lie in wait within Gourmandistan’s various freezers, fridges, pantries and cabinets. Most of them shuttle in and out, and are replaced frequently. But some things seem to...

https://gourmandistan.com/2018/12/05/cardamom-apricot-oatmeal-cookies-delightfully-dispose-of-white-chocolate/

  Fall seemed unwilling to visit our Kentucky hollow for many months, but finally gave us a few vibrantly colored leaves to photograph. We took advantage of some sunny, mild days to plant daffod...

https://gourmandistan.com/2018/11/09/putting-dates-walnuts-and-caramel-with-pumpkin-welcomes-fall-into-our-home/

Gourmandistan has enjoyed many recipes from Joshua McFadden’s Six Seasons: A New Way With Vegetables, but none more than the amazingly simple “Brined and Roasted Almonds.” McFadden says he ...

https://gourmandistan.com/2018/10/06/brined-roasted-almonds-delightfully-salt-up-oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies/

We Gourmandistanis are quite the fans of Concord grapes. However, feeling it rude to shove our noses into the neatly closed boxes on offer at a farmers’ market, we failed to discover how un-ar...

https://gourmandistan.com/2018/08/15/possibly-not-concord-grape-jam-tart-puts-pop-tarts-to-shame/