This is so easy to make and is such a crowd pleaser, how could I have completely forgotten to include this in my food blog? I know it’s completely seasonally inappropriate, but I don’t care. I love it anyway, and the fruits (because they’ve been completely soaked in alcohol) last for a while and go [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Desserts’
January 25, 2009
Grand Marnier-Soaked Fruits to Go on Top of Vanilla Bean Ice Cream: A Nice Way to Get Crunk
January 15, 2009
Oh, I Totally Forgot to Tell You That Beard Papa’s Was A Total Bust So Don’t Eat There, Kay?
I was raving about Beard Papa’s, the Japanese cream puff bakery chain last month, but then I finally got the chance to eat there over my Christmas break and let me tell you: what a disappointment. My cream puff was served cold, almost frozen like those mini cream puffs that you get at Costco. It [...]
January 6, 2009
My Bavarian-Themed Gingerbread House — Well, It’s Actually Hungarian, But That’s Too Obscure
October 23, 2008
OMIGOD: Beard Papa’s Opens Up in My Hometown and I’m Not There to See It
Japanese cream puff pastry chain extrordinaire Beard Papa’s has opened up in Cerritos (right next to my Gramma’s house!) and I’m bummed because I don’t live there anymore and I can’t enjoy eating their luscious Japan-ified profiteroles. Here’s a seven-minute video of it’s conception…a bit much, I know, but if you’ve tried their cream puffs, [...]
October 16, 2008
Hello, Cupcake! Opens in Dupont Circle
D.C. sure likes their cupcakes. I’ve never seen so many cupcake shops in my life, really. In L.A., we were always talking about how the cupcake trend is dead and done, but it’s still very much alive here. I think that can be partially attributed to the fact that there are so many single women [...]
September 30, 2008
Cupcakes from Baked and Wired
Me and my friend Kalee did the unemployed girl thing yesterday — we went to a cute little place (in this case, Baked and Wired), split a delicious cupcake and ordered two ice waters. We were originally set to eat at Georgetown Cupcakes or Le Pain Quotidien, but it was, respectively, closed, and way out [...]
