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Posts tagged “Dessert Products”

Good Product: Maple Sugar

We picked up a bag of maple sugar on a recent trip (we should say "pilgrimage") to the King Arthur Baker's Store in Norwich, Vermont. It was a passing whim. We'd never used maple sugar before. We did...

Living the DIY Wedding: The Cake

We've finally reached dessert in a series of posts about making my wedding a couple of weeks ago. I've already written about the main dishes and the accessorizing of the fish. Even though I knew it wo...

The IKEA Pantry: Elderberry Flower Syrup

We were recently at a party where a British expat suddenly launched into a longing rhapsody over elderflower syrup. "Why," she asked, "do Americans not have this? In England elderflower syrup and soda...

Hot or Not: Pickle Popsicles

A little while back the New York Times reported on these new Pickle Pops from Texas. Sour pickle juice seems to have hit a sweet spot, because these are getting really popular. We've never tried them,...

Easy Spring Dessert: White Stilton with Lemon

We don't serve dessert cheeses very often. They are simply not as common, perhaps, in casual homes and kitchens across America, and we just just don't think to pick them up. We drift first towards cak...

Regional Specialty: Kentucky Derby Pie

More pie! We've been hanging out in Louisville for a couple of days, and everyone here is gearing up for the Kentucky Derby next weekend. If you are planning a Kentucky Derby party (or are followi...

How To Make a Beignet

While in New Orleans, if you haven't had a beignet (pronounced ben-YAY), you aren't having the full experience of the city. A few days ago I was there for the International Association of Culinary Pr...

Hot or Not: Herbs With Chocolate?

It started with a Pierre Marcolini chocolate. Two weeks ago, we tried his dark chocolate ganache infused with thyme and orange peels. And though the idea seemed strange, it really worked – the choco...

Fog City News: San Francisco Market Review

One of our favorite places in San Francisco to shop for artisan chocolate is Fog City News. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary newsstand, but step inside, and it's a treasure trove of fine...

How to Hold a Chocolate Tasting

Chocolate is a Valentine's cliché - right up there with red roses and diamond rings. (Look for a piece tomorrow on how chocolate and Valentine's got so intertwined in the first place.) But it c...

Happy World Nutella Day 2008!

Yes, there is a World Nutella Day, to celebrate everyone's favorite hazelnut spread. In Italy, Nutella can't be labeled a chocolate spread because it doesn't meet minimum cocoa requirements. Those I...

Chocolate Artisan Profile: The Do-Gooders

Cacao growing is a brutal and harsh endeavor. It can only happen near the equator in some of the most challenging climates on earth, and most of the small farmers who grow it live in poverty, subjec...

Chocolate Artisan Profile: The Ex-Hobbyist

Steve DeVries' company tagline reads: One hundred years behind the times, and that is where he firmly believes chocolate-making should be. DeVries is a former glassblower who found his way into choc...

Chocolate Artisan Profile: The Whiz Kid

Colin Gasko of Rogue Chocolatier makes artisan chocolate from beans to bar in a factory the size of your bedroom. We just saw Gasko in a feature on the new Gourmet website, and we couldn't have been...

Holiday Food Hack #3: Trader Joe's Peppermint Joe-Joe's

Photo by Flickr user moomily Peppermint Joe-Joe's - better than an Oreo, with crunchy peppermint inside the filling. Really, what could be better? Hack your holiday buffet and by putting out a couple...

Brown Paper Chocolates

A good shot of chocolate can really make a dessert pop; this I know having just gone through a intensive year of creating, eating and agonizing over sweets while writing my book. Brown Paper Chocolat...