Recipe: Italian Cream Puffs with Custard Filling (St. Joseph's Day Pastries)
new pink, after all. With powdered sugar on top. A crisp pate a choux shell surrounding a lusciously creamy vanilla rum custard... The weight of years of Italian history coursing through your fingertips and out of your piping bag as puff after puff read more...

Rocky Road Rice Krispies Treat: a taste of the midwest
was a gooey butter cake, but it's more of a lunch coffee cake thing than an after dinner treat. Then I thought of frozen custard, but my friend Hadley was going to be there, and he happens to be terribly lactose intolerant. In the end, I went with a read more...

Tofu with Crab Sauce
a bowl of rice or a great protein packed snack on its own. Silken tofu when simmered, takes on the texture of a luscious egg custard, and the thick crab sauce adds a wonderful briny flavor without overpowering the delicate tofu. read more...