My mom has loved cooking ever since I can remember. For the most part, we were like most families in the 70s/80s - aka pre-internet - where my mom would have a rotation of meals that she would go through. She did have a nice collection [...]

Remember the B52's song "Love Shack" and the part where they stop the music and the one gal yells "Tiiiiiiiiin Roof! Rusted!" That is what inspired this recipe today. Tin roof ice cream cones..but "rusted" with the swirl of caramel sauce. AND right in time to celebrate National Ice Cream day.

When receiving this month's Vintage Redo/Swap Recipe for Jelly Cake, I was a bit stumped about how I wanted to reinterpret this recipe.It's been hot in Colorado and my interest in cooking has fled for the season.I'm happy to grill, compile, to blend and occasionally sauté, though any other culinary descriptors are out of my repertoire for the moment.This realization gave way to a madcap idea to try: Strawberry Tart on the Grill.

Happy Friday, guys! What's in store for the weekend? We'll be checking out a Tomato Festival happening in our neighborhood, which looks extremely entertaining and delicious. I'm anticipating plenty of salsa sampling (the dip, hopefully not the dance), Bloody Mary sipping, and live music, because it's Nashville after all.

The chai tea latte is turned up a few notches with this Extra Dirty Iced Chai Tea Latte. Chai tea latte concentrate is poured over coffee ice cubes, then mixed with milk, a splash of Kahlua, and a shot of espresso. Well that's a mouthful, isn't it? A delicious mouthful though!

This classic recipe for chouquettes, made from pate a choux, is topped with sugar and bakes up into airy, tender puffs.

One of my favourite bakes is a recipe for apple cake I created many years ago. This is a version of the same recipe but made up into individual cakes, which could be served warm as a dinner party dessert or cold as a delicious picnic treat.

This recipe comes from The Essential New York Times Cookbook, and appeared in the Times in 1966. Forty years later, readers are still making the pancake with no less bliss. What keeps cooks faithful to one recipe is often some confluence of ease and surprise. Eyre's pancake possesses both.

Just enough sweetness to tow the line between a condiment for roasted and grilled meats and a treat to slather on toasted baguette, this is a great way to preserve summer's bounty. - Jennifer Perillo

Swedish Coffee Cake is a buttery pie crust topped with a Pâte à Choux mixture, a sweet glaze, and toasted coconut. I'm doing the Friday happy-dance! Happy about-to-be-the weekend, everyone! Because this week? Ridiculous! Please take this Swedish Coffee Cake as a token of my love, affection, and (in)sanity.