Entries tagged with 'desserts'
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"A perfect glass-of-milk kind of snacking cake." [Photographs: Lucy Baker] Many would argue that gluten-free is the new cholesterol-free, fat-free, or carb-free. That is to say, it's the latest diet trend. Maybe gluten-free products are currently having their glitter moment, but there is no denying the facts: as many as three million Americans have celiac disease, and the number of gluten-intolerant people is even greater—about one in 133. That means they cannot comfortably digest gluten, the main protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. Can you imagine a life without pasta? Or warm crusty bread? Cereal? Fortunately you don't have to. Right now, markets are stocked with gluten-free versions of many favorite foods, including waffles, pizza, and even beer. Out...
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[Flickr: Robyn Gallagher] Have you ever had a dessert involving eggplant? The Kitchn posted about Gourmet's unique tarte Tatin recipe that calls for sliced eggplant instead of fruit. Other eggplant-flavored desserts include Italian eggplant and ricotta pie and eggplant bread pudding. We can't vouch for any of these desserts not having eaten a sweet preparation of eggplant before, but if you have any input let us know!...
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[Image: Susan Hochbaum] "In Paris, everything looks like desserts," says designer Susan Hochbaum in her film/slideshow Pastry/Paris, in which she compares French pastries to compatible scenes and elements around Paris, whether its in form, color, or both. Now when you walk around this city of endless patisseries (hopefully buying treats along the way), you might see an éclair in a Metro sign, a cannelé in a doorknob, or a slice of cake in a topiary garden. [via The Improvised Life] Related Paris Bite: Matcha and Adzuki Duomo from Patisserie Sadaharu Aoki Where to Find Macarons Best Boulangeries in Paris...
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[Photo: Yummy Local] Pumpkin pie: fall standard. Apple pie: ditto. So why not apple pumpkin pie? Alice Summers from the food blog YummyLocal revives a recipe from an Emeril Lagasse Thanksgiving pie contest nearly ten years ago. Cinnamon-stewed apples form the pie's first layer, which gets smothered in a sweet pumpkin filling. It gets you thinking about pie's fall potential. Pumpkin-pecan? Pecan-cranberry? So many possibilities... Related Cook's Illustrated's Pumpkin Pie Crochet Your Own Pie Beret Deep Fried Pumpkin Pie Makes My Stomach Rumble with Glee...
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[Flickr: the_girl] Rather than picking just one book for this week's Cook the Book, we went with five. What do they all have in common? Pumpkin, butter, miscellaneous other ingredients, and an oven. Basically our goal this week is to make you eat more pumpkin desserts. We rummaged through our cookbook library to find some favorite recipes: Pumpkin Walnut Cranberry Quickbread from The Sweeter Side of Amy's Bread, Pumpkin Whoopie Pies from Baked, Ginger Custard Pumpkin Pie from The Sweet Melissa Baking Book, Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes from Paula Deen's The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook, and Spiced Pumpkin Muffins with Pepitas from Cowgirl Cuisine. Win a Cookbook We are giving away one copy of each of the...
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Of all the celebrity chefs, how many of them are from the dessert world? I am wracking my brain to come up with at least one celebrity pastry chef, and I've got nothing. Mario handles the Italian front, Rachel takes care of meals for harried moms, Ina brings a reserved classiness to the table, Tom acts as mentor and judge for aspiring young chef—but what about sweets? Everyone loves dessert, so why do pastry chefs get the shaft? In the spirit of bringing pastry chefs into the realm of food royalty, I would like to hereby nominate Karen DeMasco for the title of celebrity pastry chef. DeMasco's desserts have been a big hit here at Serious Eats for a while,...
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[Flickr: yusheng] Shaved ice + red beans + sweetened condensed milk + flan = hong dou bing, or red bean shaved ice, a typical Taiwanese dessert. Oh, glistening suspension of red beans in thick condensed milk topped with wobbly pudding mass—how I love you. For those who live in Taipei, Yusheng says he got this shaved ice at Gāoxióng Pópóbīng. Related How to Make Patbingsu (Korean Shaved Ice) Sugar Rush: Mango Special Shaved Ice at the Flushing Mall Snapshots from Asia: Will the Real Shaved Ice Please Stand Up? Top Ten Taiwanese Snacks...
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"Both versions were much better than any prepared pudding I've eaten." One night when I was about seven years old, I broke out in an inexplicable rash. As I sat soaking my itchy skin in the tub, my mother made me go over—in painstaking detail—everything I had eaten that day, from the bowl of Cherrios for breakfast to the bologna and cheese sandwich for lunch. The only thing even remotely out of the ordinary I had that day was chocolate pudding, which my mother had prepared as a special treat. Please, I remember thinking, don't let me be allergic to chocolate pudding. We never did figure out what caused that mild rash but I'm happy to report that it wasn't...
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Chicago is a great food city, one of my top three in the world, but it's a lousy ice cream and frozen custard 'burg. Until fairly recently you had to go to neighboring Wisconsin for standout frozen custard. But everything I tried at
Scooter's, a six-year-old, seasonally open mom-and-pop frozen custard shop, was killer.
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For many of us, Labor Day weekend means travel. Whether you are headed to a country lake, a seaside resort town, or a friend's pool house, you're not packing a pantry's worth of ingredients and equipment. But just because you won't have your trusty rolling pin or Tahitian vanilla beans handy doesn't mean you have to rely on uninspired store-bought desserts. Grilled pound cake is a luscious, unfussy option that couldn't be easier to prepare—especially when you use a boxed mix. Betty Crocker's Pound Cake Mix ($2.89) calls for nothing more than 3/4 cup of water or milk and two eggs. Simply beat everything together with an electric mixer (or by hand) and bake in a 9x5-inch loaf pan...
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