
After serving the Italian style meal at your
summer solstice dinner, wait at least a half an hour before offering guests dessert. Set up a decadent dessert buffet with fresh berries and store bought sorbet. Supplement the menu with one show stopping, homemade dessert.

When I picture a
bridal shower, a dainty miniature dessert comes to mind. A bite sized dessert is perfect for a shower where an all female crowd will not want to consume anything too heavy or rich.
These luscious looking, little lemon meringue pies are tiny and delectable.

Instead of making traditional pumpkin pie, this year I surprised my family on
Thanksgiving with a pumpkin meringue pie! There are three elements to this pie, so I made each one on a different day. The cream cheese pastry crust is simply flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.

No familiar holiday celebration is finished without a to die for dessert. After you've washed the dishes from your
Easter dinner, show-stop your guests with an extravagant lemon meringue pie. The sunny yellow curd filling and pillows of soft white meringue topping could be defined as spring on a plate.
Meringue
A simple mixture made of stiffly beaten egg whites and white sugar. It has many forms and consistencies ranging from soft to hard. Meringue is used as a base for lightening mousses and buttercreams or aerating batters.