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    Chocolate chip cookies

    Chocolate chip cookies

    When I first arrived in the United States, it took me a while to understand America’s love for cookies. One day, after a long walk in Central Park, a friend offered me a warm cookie with a glass of cold milk, and it was magic! The combination of caramelized brown...
    Strawberry buttermilk ice cream

    Strawberry buttermilk ice cream

    This super-easy dessert marries delicious summer berries with one of our all-time favorite Southern ingredients, buttermilk, which gives the ice cream an appetizing, cheesecake-like tang. We love to serve it in bowls with shortbread cookies crumbled over the top....
    Plain or Fancy Ligurian Lemon Cake

    Plain or Fancy Ligurian Lemon Cake

    Moist, lemony, and dotted with raspberries, this simple round cake gets much of its depth of flavor from the unexpected addition of extra-virgin olive oil. While mild Ligurian olive oil is my choice, any fine-quality olive oil that’s not too assertive will give you...
    Chocolate Cashew Tart

    Chocolate Cashew Tart

    We produced several hundred of these tarts for the 2007 SoBe Tribute Dinner honoring my bosses at Le Bernardin, Eric Ripert and Maguy Le Coze. The dessert has since found a home on our menu in some form or other; my favorite variations include peanuts and hazelnuts....
    Sweet Corn Ice Cream With Blackberry Compote

    Sweet Corn Ice Cream With Blackberry Compote

    One of the most highly anti cipated crops on eastern Long Island is the Silver Queen corn. It’s incredibly juicy and sweet and not at all starchy. It makes a crazy delicious ice cream that pairs perfectly with sweet, tart blackberries. The combination is the essence...