My Madison Bistro

A favorite recipe from the archives! During the summer when it’s unbearably hot, most people probably wouldn’t even consider turning on their oven. I am not most people. I had some peaches and raspberries that were just beyond the peak of ripeness; if I didn’t eat them or cook with them, bacteria would be happy […]

For years, my recipe for party cookies was my go-to recipe for chocolate chip cookies. People always asked for the recipe, some even told me to open a bakeshop! Unfortunately, over time I’ve become immune to the charms of those cookies, and I simply had to look for something new. When I saw that Deb […]

Sometimes I think I look for recipes that use puff pastry just so I can make something fun with the second sheet of pastry. I can’t even remember what I used the first sheet for anymore, but for the second, I had planned all along to make an apple tart. Nothing fancy, mind you, but […]

I knew when I first spied this recipe I would someday make it. That someday happened to be a year later, but when you think back to all of the desserts I’ve made over the past year . . . well, there was quite a waiting list. Was this recipe worth the wait? Well, yes […]