Holiday Cookies With Flare! Chocolate Pepper Confections.
December 19, 2010 by Marissa Lippert
Filed under Recipes
The first snowflakes of the season earlier this month were perfectly timed to pair with the above chocolate pepper cookies I baked for a friend’s holiday party. These aren’t just any old Christmas cookie. They hail from my friend’s mother’s kitchen with a lot of love and a little spice. Marcia Russell has been making [...]
Eating Decadently but Healthfully: In the Kitchen with Karen DeMasco of Locanda Verde
August 9, 2010 by Marissa Lippert
Filed under Featured, Nutrition
A few months back I had the pleasure of interviewing Karen DeMasco, the James Beard award-winning pastry chef at Locanda Verde. It’s not a huge surprise that Karen happens to be one of my favorite pastry chefs (her lemon tart is to die for) and Locanda Verde is one of my favorite restaurants in NYC. The two [...]















