Archive for the ‘Dessert’ Category
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, ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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