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fall desserts

10/04/12 • PERFECT PLUM TORTE

10/04/12 • PERFECT PLUM TORTE Adapted from the Sept., 1997 Gourmet Several months ago, back when the AC was set to “high” each day and the sun was still out when I’d tuck into dinner, I stumbled across this recipe for a plum and hazelnut torte. It’s a dessert with a decidedly fall flavor, in large part because it calls for Empress plums—which are only available in the very early autumn—but also because it just looks
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10/13/11 • PEAR GINGERBREAD CAKE

10/13/11 • PEAR GINGERBREAD CAKE From the Feb., 2002 Gourmet (click here to view the recipe) I’m sitting here thinking about cake. Sitting, not writing, because in-and-of-itself, cake does not tend to inspire in me particularly strong feelings. But here’s the thing about cake: even if you’re not a cake person per se, chances are you’ve encountered one or two in your life that stayed with you and that function as a ki
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