Pecan praliné brownies + “Drive” – one of the best movies I’ve seen in my entire life

Little fig and blackberry pies + “Sid & Nancy”

Tomato, red onion and gorgonzola salad – simple and delicious

Frangipane ripple chocolate pound cake

Spiced brown sugar cookies

Almond and dulce de leche muffins

Peanut butter sandwich cookies with milk chocolate filling

Vanilla-spiked plum galette

Dried cranberry shortbread + Tilda

Coconut cupcakes with chocolate frosting

Chewy macaroons + “J. Edgar”

Cherry-cornmeal upside down cake

Spaghetti with pistachio pesto and roasted cherry tomatoes + The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Caramelized pecan-orange biscotti

Dulce de leche pound cake – simply divine

Banana and coconut cake with lime icing + a girlish book

Blueberry and passion fruit muffins

Almost mother-in-law cake – a cake that was baked because of its name (but turned out delicious)

Cherry rippled vanilla frozen yogurt

Nectarine and blackberry crumble

Cherry almond bars

For the holidays: Gingerbread chocolate madeleines