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Hungary For Dessert

...The real sweetness would come, however, from the thicker-than-brulée shell topping of caramel (some off it seeping into the cake during baking), with its clean, deep sweetness and it's "crackling" texture. Some leftover fresh raspberries from Monday's breakfast that I tossed on top put the whole thing, well, over the top.... [Full post]



Grom Is Da' Bomb!

...Creamy it was, perfect cold temperature, and rich and layered with a host of complimentary flavors. A nice, clean yet robust vanilla flavor evened the smoothness of the "egg cream"-based gelato. Shards of pure chocolate were small enough to melt on the tongue on contact, while the cornmeal helped keep the biscuits crispy and crunchy until the very last spoonful.... [Full post]



Yummy and Crumb-y

... So I purchased a S'mores cupcake and a day special Very Berry cupcake, and dropped them off at the restaurant for my co-worker and very good friend, Ali, to enjoy, which she very much did.... [Full Post]


Red Dawn

...So, waking up sober but in need of culinary childhood reversion, I put some cocoa powder and a bit of chocolate syrup into some pancake batter with several drops of red food coloring, and gave that a thorough stirring. I poured small ladlefuls of batter into a buttered and preheated large skillet, and cooked as I would regular pancakes.... [cont.



Cocoa Box

...As I brought a box back to the restaurant of my other employ and shared a powdered sugar-dusted champagne truffle, a milk chocolate-covered almond marzipan, a dark chocolate-covered banana mousse, and a nut-covered truffle ganache (or something like that) with my friends Ali and Gina, who quickly, and with squeals of great glee, devoured them.... [cont.]


Overthrill, Pt. 2

...The cream (oh, boy!) almost pudding-like; sweet, rich, thick—but not heavy—creamy, tasty, a wining compliment to the fried dough, and a moist way to assist in swallowing bit mouthfuls of that cooked dough down one's grateful gullet.... [cont.