Making my way again through the book that may very well be the best work of literature produced in our country in the last fifty years, Gilead, the very book an attempt to answer Jeremiah’s question with blessed less certainty and blessed more sincerity than the sung spiritual. Yes, there is a balm, and there […]
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King Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Filling
The Mardi Gras season is here! For this week’s chocolate dish, I have elected to bake a king cake with chocolate filling, a traditional Mardi Gras dessert. For most of the rest of the country, the seasonal party-energy build up is around the Christmas and New Year holiday, but for New Orleans, Yuletide is but […]
King Cake
Amid weekend travel and a looming thesis deadline, last night I did not bake bread but I heartily enjoyed a fantastic king cake made by Kim and her Wheaten Terrier Max, the latter a handsome potential suitor for Izzy. Perhaps we could have a short Mardi Gras parade here in Rochester, Barkus, and crown King […]