Mark Bittman and No Bake Cheesecake

Some of you already know that Mark Bittman is my favorite food writer. By his own admission, he is not a real chef. He doesn't actually make up his own recipes. He takes other people's recipes and minimizes them...meaning he takes out all of the unnecessary ingredients and steps and makes them accessible...and keeps them fantastically good. Every single one of his recipes that I've tried has been excellent. Ask Brandi. She's made a few too.

Anyway, he writes a column for the New York Times called the minimalist, and it's updated every Wednesday morning (or maybe Tuesday night...I check it at work). His column gives me a reason to come to work on Wednesday, and usually be pretty excited about it. This week's recipe reminded me of Cindy who is always looking for summer recipes that don't require the use of the stove or oven....and of course I don't even have a working oven right now so this recipe is good for me as well.

Check it out.

I must also say here that Mark's parents got me an ice cream maker for my birthday!!! Last night I made lemon/lime (the limes were fresh, but they didn't have enough juice, so I added some lemon juice) mint (fresh mint leaves) sorbet. Oh yeah. It was good...really good...but a little too sweet. Actually, a lot too sweet. I'm going to cut the sugar in half next time. If you have an ice cream maker, ask me, and I'll give you the recipe. Or come to my house and enjoy it for yourself.