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Senora Maricela was not all that pleased with life. In her home country, in a former existence, she had published an upscale magazine. Yet here she was, teaching New York State farm kids how to ask where’s the library in Spanish. You know how to…
1905. A pivotal year in dessertdom. That’s right, I said it! Pivotal. Frank Epperson, at the tender age of 11, mixes powdered soda pop and water. He leaves the blend on the porch overnight in a cup with the stirring stick still in it. Now…
Bacon. Cheesecake. More accurately, candied bacon cheesecake. Whoa. This is decadence, my friends! I wanted to do a bacon cheesecake for the sheer audacity of it, to watch feathers being ruffled. I wanted to experience…stinkeye…when I laid it out on the dessert table. Bacon cheesecake…
Let’s consider the lemon. Ahhhhhhh. Bright yellow. Sour. Tart. Sublime. Lemons were first seriously cultivated in Italy in the 15th century. How they came to Italy I’m not really sure, Asia? But this is the important part. Somewhere between then and now the French got…
The Pecan Pie Cheesecake started the quest. I brought one to Thanksgiving dinner and folks were wowed.
We’re going to use the basic low-and-slow pecan pie filling recipe with a layer of flavor-intensified chocolate ganache on top, with loads of chopped-up snickers bars and unsalted peanuts.
The added layer of ganache on top elevates this cheesecake to ultimate chocolate overload.
