Crustless Coconut Cream Tart

This one started as a remake of a classic coconut cream pie, but when I put it out on Facebook for opinions, it went a little nuts but darn if the results weren’t tasty.  It is coconut forward. I know you may not have all the ingredients, but I listed the substitute ingredients so you…

Hot Cross Buns, Hot Cross Buns

Now get that song out of your head.  I had these growing up during Holy Week.  I have been told that some people used to pick out the dried fruit and just eat the roll part.  Or just lick off the frosting and leave the rolls for their parents.  Then I thought, why don’t I…

What I do when I screw up in the kitchen

In the kitchen I screw up sometimes.  From miscalculation to leaving ingredients out to starting something I can’t finish.  Now comes the problem of how to fix something that has gone awry.  Here of a couple of solutions to problems I have come across in my time in the kitchen.  Or at least you can…

Motor City Road (bumpy) Cake

When you think of the great inventions of Detroit, you think automobiles and the pot hole.  I think bumpy cake.  We do not have this treat in Washington DC, so I only get it when I’m in the home town.  I used to love those things around Easter. Invented by Fred Sanders (of Sanders hot…

Tilapia Milanese New Orleans Style

I make fish on most Fridays as my Catholic upbringing taught me.  I was in New Orleans about 15 years ago and had this dish.  Ok, I had it with sole but sole isn’t available fresh this time of year.  So tilapia is available and works perfectly for this dish.  The cheat I used on…