dessert

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At Christmas, we make my great-grandaunt’s tres leches cake for dessert, which comes from a hand-written recipe so old the measurements and method aren’t clearly spelled out.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

To complement all that bread and cheese, the book also gives recipes for some zesty salads and, if you have room, a rich dessert.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Awad had an unrelenting but self-deprecating sense of humor, and he loved his wife’s knafeh, the sweet, stretchy cheese Palestinian dessert.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Nothing says “I love you” like a homemade dessert, which is why it’s an absolute necessity this Mother’s Day weekend.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Then for dessert the women brought us generously cut slices of pearly white cake.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall