The NYC Kitchen

Flourless chocolate cake {there’s my heart, running outside of my body}

I got a thumbs up on the flour-less chocolate cake from two discerning palates: my daughter, who’s on the right, and her BFF (and fellow first grader) whose nickname is GG. My heart feels so full when I see my daughter playing with her friend and enjoying life. Once she was an infant so reliant […]

Chocolate soufflé {and one of my cooking muses}

I was making a soufflé when I discovered what happened in Boston. In fact I was talking to my mom—my whole family lives there. After hearing the tragic news, I felt paralyzed—and even frivolous when it came time to writing about baking a soufflé. I just could not write about dessert when my hometown had […]