Archive for the ‘Dessert’ Category

The Number 50 Disher

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Our adventures in Boston this summer as a family involved three critical things: My Uncle's family (and the discovery of Katamari on PS2); Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT (though I prefer Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, CT, because they don't have sea turtles at Mystic.) Wrentham Outlets...where we kinda raided the kitchen supply stores, ...

SBU Catering

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Cookies. So far, between the Orientation for my Department and the one meant for PhD students, I've sampled what SBU catering can do. They're not quite NYU's Aramark people, but they know how to bake a righteous cookie.

Catching Up

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

If sitting and studying for endless hours were a sport, I'd be a potential Olympic favorite. Right before finals week, I had two exams, two weeks apart. Lucky me, that means studying nearly every moment possible for the last 3.5-4 weeks.If I really had to, I would sit on a ...

Sugar, Sugar, Sugar

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

Lately, I have been horrible with my eating. In fact, I will even go as far as saying I've been a nutrition badass, in the worst way possible.As if the random and between homework snackage isn't enough, dessert tonight involved another sugar rush.These are little bundles of sponge cake, covered ...

Mini-Chocolate Line

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Since I still fantasize about being Chef Torrés' sous chef, I practice and study chocolate in my spare time. As a final project for something I involved myself in at school, I decided to express myself through chocolate (um, yeah I watch Food Network competitions a lot...)Aside from being super ...

Chocolate Cóco Ice Cream

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

After much personal anticipation, I decided to toast coconut flakes under the broiler tonight. Then I did that spooning technique to make egg-shaped ellipsoids of chocolate ice cream to be topped off with rainbow sprinkles and the toasted coconut.But that wasn't enough. That wasn't it. No, there was more.To finish ...

Magnificent Marzipan

Friday, January 12th, 2007

After many queries, most notably between myself and Erick, I finally had the opportunity to try marzipan.Marzipan, as I had learned beforehand on Wikipedia, is confection made from almond paste and sugar. It has the consistency of Play-Doh and most people will take advantage of this property by molding marzipan ...

Frangelico Chocolate Bark

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

There was leftover truffle base. And a baking mat. And unopened bags of Ghiradelli, because Hang is awesome and bought over plenty when we were baking a few weeks ago.The key to making Frangelico bark is to be patient and have room in the fridge to cool each layer. This ...