Maida Heatter’s career certainly makes a bum out of Fitzgerald’s more clever than profound words: “There are no second acts in American lives." Miss Heatter’s lifelong pastime has turned into a wildly successful career as the books and cookies, pies and cakes come tumbling out of her Florida kitchen.
Dried black mushrooms from Japan and spicy, pungent French chanterelles make this a meatloaf for royals. As well it might, since the imported dried mushrooms cost a king’s ransom.
“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.” — “Hamlet,” W. Shakespeare. It’s also for pork and lamb, and according to medieval herbalists, a surefire complexion aid when infused in white wine.
Luscious, ripe strawberries may herald summer but, somehow, they can’t match the raspberries that follow for sybaritic luxury. This dessert is a heavenly confection that will transport dinner guests to a state of utterly dazed wonderment.
