Desserts

Tickle that sweet tooth.

Keep Calm and Eat Dessert – 2 Quick Emergency Recipes

Posted by on Apr 9, 2010 | 18 comments

Keep Calm and Eat Dessert – 2 Quick Emergency Recipes

Define “emergency”. Is one ever in dire need of dessert?

Sugarholics may argue “yes” and I am, of course, one of them. Here are some situations off the top of my head where throwing together an emergency dessert is necessary.

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Sea Urchin Ice Cream on Foie Gras Rice Pudding, Truffle Caramel Corn

Posted by on Apr 1, 2010 | 12 comments

Sea Urchin Ice Cream on Foie Gras Rice Pudding, Truffle Caramel Corn

Pairing the salty and sweet is no longer enough for serious dessert lovers. Salted caramels? yawn. Using salt alone to heighten flavours is old news for refined palettes. Umami is the newly crowned flavour to dominate the dessert scene.

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Sweet Potato Dessert Dumplings with Fennel Pollen Recipe

Posted by on Mar 7, 2010 | 16 comments

Sweet Potato Dessert Dumplings with Fennel Pollen Recipe

I dedicate this dessert to my mom.

Sweet potato holds a special place in her heart. Whenever she eats it, she retells how my grandfather would sometimes cook sweet potato in with their rice when she was little.

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Mushroom Cardamom Rice Pudding with Dulce de Leche Disaster

Posted by on Jan 27, 2010 | 35 comments

Mushroom Cardamom Rice Pudding with Dulce de Leche Disaster

Vote for me now for Best Canadian Blog or my new blog will be called Memoirs of an Alcoholic: My drunken tweets.

Don’t mean to rant but you’ll soon see why.

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Spiced Wine Poached Persimmon Recipe (and food photography musing)

Posted by on Dec 10, 2009 | 25 comments

Spiced Wine Poached Persimmon Recipe (and food photography musing)

I’ve only been blogging since April and I’ll admit, my photography skills have improved a lot. I also notice how other bloggers have really stepped up their game produce stunning, professional quality food photography.

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Chocolate Hazelnut Soufflé Recipe

Posted by on Nov 1, 2009 | 15 comments

Chocolate Hazelnut Soufflé Recipe

Greetings from Paris, mon cheri! I’m thoroughly immersed in the city of love where the most breathtakingly ornate architecture surrounds me.

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