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Today’s recipe is an old family favorite and one I don’t make often enough. It’s called Millionaire Pie, and I first tried it years ago at a cafeteria here in Texas. I like to play around with the recipe and prepare it various ways, but today I made the traditional version with crushed …
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This weekend I had dinner at a Cuban restaurant in Atlanta. The dessert offerings were key lime pie and mango pie, but it was one of those dinners where everyone eats so much that by the dessert hour, no one really cares about it no matter how enticing it sounds on the menu. But …
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After all that talk about Top Chef: Just Desserts, I missed it! We recorded the show, but after settling in to watch the Top Chef finale, I drifted off to sleep before the new Top Chef was even announced (though I did wake up briefly to find out who it was). So I’m a day [...]
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One of my mom’s favorite pies which definitely falls into the “better than the sum of its parts” category is Luby’s “Butternut Brownie Pie” which has nothing to do with brownies at all. It’s a pie made with baked egg whites, graham crackers and lots of nuts and it’s delicious. I like it …
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Some days there’s nothing better than a bowl of chips, salsa and an ice cold margarita. Or that’s what they say. I never order margaritas. I always order beer or wine with my chips because margaritas are more of a dessert and they fill you up and ruin the meal. This pie is perfect because [...]
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Today I have another recipe from my super top secret file. This one’s called “Brownie-Bottom White Chocolate Raspberry Chiffon Pie” and it’s been endorsed by the Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchen. Well, sort of. I submitted this into BHG’s monthly contest (Theme: Chocolate Syrup). It didn’t win and it didn’t get published, but it [...]
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When I was little, my parents took me to dinner at the home of my dad’s business partner, Rusty. Rusty’s kids and I spent the evening playing in a back bedroom. We were flipping the light off and on pretending to make silent movies when the grownups called us for dessert. Rusty and my dad, [...]
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Todd and I are really into the show Top Chef, so as I made this pie today, I pretended I was making it for the judges. In my mind, I have a script of what I think Tom, Padma and maybe Ted Allen would say. But suddenly, I interrupt the script and say “Stop! Don’t [...]
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