Alisa Miller of Houma earned the recognition of second place in the Young Chefs category in The Courier and Daily Comet's Bayou Gourmet Cookoff with her Banana Cheesecake Pie. The 14-year-old credited ...

These decadent desserts taste as fresh and fun as a summer vacation. Any season is cheesecake season, but some cheesecake recipes seem just right for summer. Made with ingredients like fresh berries, ...

Melt chocolate with 150ml cream over double boiler. Blend cream cheese, mascarpone, banana and sugar till smooth. Combine chocolate and cream cheese. Fold through whipped cream, lime juice and zest, ...

1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Line a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper. 2. Make the Crust: In a medium bowl, stir together the Nilla wafers, sugar, salt and butter until the mixture resembles wet ...

Using a food processor fitted with the steel blade, process the cookies until they are finely chopped. Add the melted butter and process until well combined. Press the mixture into the bottom of a 9" ...

Quick and delicious desserts need only take half an hour - an effort guests, quite rightly, expect. We had eaten a fresh and light chicken ragu, seasoned with spring onions and lemon thyme and served ...

We're very aware that bananas are just fine and tasty to eat as they come—peel and reap the potassium-packed health rewards, right? But it's also true that they taste great with vanilla, chocolate, ...

They say "necessity is the mother of invention," and after coming up with this absurdly simple Cheesecake/Quesadilla mashup, I have to say I agree. It started innocently enough with a hankering for a ...

Most weekday meals, at least in our house, end with a piece of fruit or a slice of cake. But sometimes there has to be pudding. A cheesecake, a trifle, a crumble or a meringue. Indulgent, wholly ...