My favorite was the wonderfully chewy, crinkle-top ginger cookie. Snickers cheesecake in an Oreo cookie crust was impressive and devastatingly rich. Calif. He works in internet security and also owns a bakery. The illustrator, Alexandra Foley Kent, lives in Jamestown. The photographer, Ann Chandler Brown, lives in California but grew up in Providence and still has relatives here.
Most recipes are homey treats such as cookies or cakes.
On the more formal side are warm chocolate souffles with a sauce of creme Anglaise made with melted York Peppermint Patties. And there's Ric's dense, dark chocolate ganache cake garnished with chocolate-dipped strawberries. This intensely chocolate cake is his signature dessert. Sometimes they had 10 desserts in the house at once, but they're both skinny as rails. She received a big box of candy to use as models for her ebony pencil drawings.