My lights-out ice cream recipe uses 8 egg yolks, creating an 8 egg white problem for someone who loathes food waste and angel-food cake equally. And don’t talk to me about meringue anything-just air and sugar. So last night’s fruit ...

Moving beyond blueberries over granola for breakfast.

OK, I usually shy away from recipes without some sort of nutritional cover for sweets, but this is a favorite from my youth that I can’t shake.

This treasure from an earlier version of Joy of Cooking has sustained me through countless summer days at horse shows and baseball games. Light, only slightly sweet, and tasty, it hits the spot. In Mrs. Rombauer’s version,  grapefruit juice formed ...

  When you’re wallowing in citrus, this cake answers the call. I particularly like it because the cake is healthier than most upside down  cakes.  My version cut the sugar in half and it wasn’t missed.

Cool base for fruit or fruit sauce.

When you have a freezer full of dried tomatoes, you glom onto every recipe. Well, maybe not “every” recipe, but not sure I’ve ever found an indifferent one.

My hit new plum recipe of this season:  plums and almonds.