Lemon Layer Cake: alternating layers of white cake and lemon curd shrouded in a cloud of a feather-weight, whipped frosting.
recipes
Catalan Beef Stew
Catalan Beef Stew: meat stewed in wine, orange peel, and Spanish olives. A beautiful recipe. Reheats well. Unusually delicious.
Vegetable Bacon Soup
Vegetable Bacon Soup is a fantastic, everyday kind of recipe. It’s heartwarming and hearty. It reheats beautifully and freezes perfectly.
Chocolate Chip Cookies: The Best I’ve Ever Made
I stumbled across this Jacques Torres recipe at Martha Stewart. Though it specifies bittersweet or semisweet, milk chocolate would be just as delicious. A combination of bread and pastry flour (maybe a touch of whole wheat), plus the secret of refrigerating the dough (thank you, NY Times), makes these cookies chewy, beautiful, and texturally interesting.
Beef, Barley, and Mushroom Stew
You could easily add more vegetables to this Beef, Barley, and Mushroom Stew if you wanted … peas and potatoes come to mind easily.
Kalua Pork with Cabbage in a Slow Cooker
Kalua Pork with Cabbage in a Slow Cooker is a great recipe for some serious, Hawaiian comfort food. Contains liquid smoke and soy sauce. Reheats perfectly.
Ridiculously Easy, Insanely Meaty Pasta
Ridiculously Easy, Insanely Meaty Pasta: comfort food with the power to turn your “I just got home from work” into “and I might just not go back tomorrow.”
Smith Island-ish Cake
A Smith Island Cake consists of many, thin cake layers. It looks like a crepe cake, but the layers are made with from-scratch cake batter. This chocolate fudge version is ultra traditional.
Pear and Olive Oil Cake
Poached Pear and Olive Oil Cake with hints of ginger and spice, paired with a luscious, cream cheese frosting: yeah!