We’ve reached the end of The Steakhouse Series, and what a ride it’s been. We’ve dissected the institution that is the North American steakhouse, poked fun at its failings, celebrated its triumphs, and finally, eradicated our need for it. If you can pull off an iceberg wedge salad with poached figs, a loaded baked potato with creamy, creamy goat cheese sauce, and a beast of a porterhouse, why do even you need a steakhouse? You don’t. And with this Winter Citrus Tart joining the roster, you’re pretty much a full-service dinner party machine. Feel free to bask in your self-
Oh, hey! How’s it going? Are you still firing up the BBQ and wearing your bikini on repeat? Are you tearing into a watermelon and soaking up the sun the way Sheryl Crow intended? You are?! Well, good! Because contrary to what the candy aisle in my grocery store thinks, it’s still summer for, like, another whole month. Hey! Grocery store! We don’t want to see your Halloween candy. Let August be August, a hot, humid summer month. I don’t want to be reminded of pumpkins and cable knit sweaters. There will be plenty of time for that in October. But for now, there is this *seasonally appropriate* Tropical Cream Cake. It tastes like summer, it looks like summer, it is summer.