Jalapeño Vanilla Peaches with Buttermilk Cheese may sound like a strange combination but this dish actually taught me an important lesson about seasonal cooking: less is more. Chefs often talk about “letting the ingredients shine” and I didn’t really know what that meant until I tasted the Jalapeño Vanilla Peaches at Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Chris’s Ten Minute Pineapple Cake
My neighbor, Chris, has been making this cake for a long as I can remember and it’s everything I want in a cake: delicious, quick, and foolproof. Pineapple cake was the star of my high school graduation party, a huge hit at my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary (it was 5 years ago and people are