Sweets
Banana Ginger Whipped Cream
I invented this whipped cream topping for my father’s birthday party because although he’s a very experimental eater, there are really only 2 foods that he rarely goes a day without: candied ginger and fresh bananas. From the time I was little, it seemed that my father always had a banana hiding somewhere on his person; it was uncanny! If you were in his car and a little hungry, you’d pop open the glove box and low and behold, there would be a bright, yellow, ripe banana. If you went to hang up his coat at the end of the day or...
read moreMolasses Pudding with Banana, Ginger Cream
Not sure how else to say it: this pudding tastes like a magical, late-August campfire. Plus, it’s like a dang time machine. I swear: I was pulling it out of the oven, and snap,* just like that, I was 20 years deep into my favorite childhood memory, licking the edges of my mom’s rotary beater, feeling my heart slosh and buzz around under my overalls. I’ve yet to test this theory again to see if I can move forward instead of backwards in time; I’d love to know exactly how many years I have left with my young-person’s-metabolism...
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