Christmas has come and gone, as has the 4-day weekend that went along with it. The snow seemed to follow us down South this year, which is an extremely rare occasion in December. I didn’t like that part, but the rest of the trip, for the most part, was a blast. Plus, the majority of the gifts I took home were cookbooks, or cooking paraphernalia of some sort. A girl like me can’t complain about that. One of the highlights of said cookbooks was David Lebovitz’s newest brainchild, Ready for Dessert (thanks, Les!). I haven’t had the chance to read the book from cover to cover (yes, I do read cookbooks… shut it), but I most certainly hunkered down for a few moments after ripping the gift open to peruse long enough to find a seemingly sure-fire recipe to test out over the holiday. It should be no surprise that...








