Dessert
Christmas Smooth and Melty Mint Toffee
Is anybody else totally smitten with these Guittard Smooth and Melty Mint Nonpareil chips? They were one of those total impulse buys at the...
Dessert
Vegan Black-Eyed Pea Coconut Rice Pudding
Does the idea of black-eyed peas in a dessert kind of weird you out? There were no moon cakes or daifuku mochi (or any...
Dessert
Date with Fate Chai Chia Pudding
Ever used chia seeds for something other than a Chia Pet? In the book Born to Run, Christopher McDougall profiles the world’s original ultra...
Dessert
Poached Pears in a Spiced Honey Syrup
I definitely gravitate towards heavier (read: more fattening) desserts like cake, cookies, ice cream, brownies, etc., etc., but fruit desserts are the more common...
Dessert
Kiwi-Strawberry Pavlova
Don’t worry my Kiwi friends, I’m not taking sides on the whether Australia or New Zeland invented pavlova. Consider me Switzerland. I also fully...
Dessert
Toasted Hazelnut Fudge Cake with Mocha Glaze, Naturally Gluten-Free
As I sat down to do this write up and compared my notes to the original recipe, I realized that I unintentionally made several...
Dessert
Sweet Jellied Coconut Squares- Coconut Sweetmeat
With all the Asian and Pacific coconut desserts out there (mochi, bibingka, haupia, etc., etc.), it’s always surprising when a recipe using a similar...
Breakfast
Pancakes à la Gundel- Thin Pancakes with Walnut Filling and Chocolate Rum Sauce
Thin Hungarian pancakes, stuffed with a sweet walnut filling and drizzled with a chocolate rum sauce make an elegant dessert or a decadent breakfast...
Dessert
Boszorkanyhab- Witches’ Froth- Baked Apple Mousse
Even if this recipe hadn’t looked very good, I might have made it anyways just because of its name. Luckily for me it was...
Dessert
Yongun Chonggwa- Candied Lotus Roots
Aren’t these pretty? The timing of these was just about perfect because they taste exactly like jelly beans. I kid you not. I think...