Cooking class in Tuscany

Strawberry Yogurt Cake

A cake you do not bake? Greek yogurt pureed with fresh strawberries and honey, set with gelatin dissolved in warm cream, and folded with whipped heavy cream. It chills in a springform pan for five hours or overnight and comes out pink and mousse-like. No …

Baked Pear and Spiced Lentil Salad

Lentil salads are often boring. This one is not. Lentils cooked in a tea brewed from a flowering tea bulb, cinnamon stick, split vanilla bean, and bruised cardamom pods. Served warm with baked pear halves drizzled with olive oil and honey. Dressed with Meyer lemon …