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There’s something amazing about the yin yang nature of Vietnamese coffee – hot coffee and cold condensed milk, dark and light, bitter and sweet. The Chocolate and Vietnamese Coffee Tart with Condensed Milk Ice…
Posted by: Brenda Lowe on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: coffee, dessert, ice cream, tart | No Comments »
I once entered an essay competition where I was to talk about my favourite ingredient (as if that was possible to choose), and then attach a recipe featuring it. I easily decided that I would write about honey, a staple…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: dessert, honey, panna cotta, tuile, yogurt | 1 Comment »
Grabbing lunch and heading off to find a field or beach to dine en plein air is a timeless tradition, but in the middle of a city? less so, perhaps. And yet, a couple of weeks ago my friends and I sat down in a square in…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: al fresco, dessert, event, outside, picnic, potluck, spontaneous | 1 Comment »
For some people, the oven can appear to be an intimidating beast. Often, it’s easier to remain an armchair cook, salivating over recipes that may never see the light of day in your kitchen. But if making goof ups is…
Posted by: Sharlene on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: amaretto, cake, chocolate, dessert, mistakes, recovery, trifle | No Comments »
The other day was my wife’s birthday. As she only eats gluten free food and I did not have a lot of time to prepare dinner, baking a gluten free cake was out of the question. Instead I created something simple but…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: birthday, dessert, gluten free | 3 Comments »
I’m always up for an adventure, especially when that adventure includes eating probably one of the best chocolate cakes I have ever had. I was very curious about what cake with beer in it would taste like, but you…
Posted by: Janeen Leynes on Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: beer, cake, chocolate, dessert, guinness, stout | 15 Comments »
When I first tasted biscochitos my taste buds did a stadium wave, my eyes rolled back to get a better look at the pleasure center of my brain, and I was transformed into Cookie Monster for two straight weeks. I’m not…
Posted by: Colin Kohler on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cookies, dessert, holidays, recipe | 4 Comments »
Looking for a really amazing cream puff? Beard Papas, recently opened up here in Vancouver and I’ll admit there have been a few late night trips to their Denman Street location since then. If you order a box to…
Posted by: Janeen Leynes on Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beard papas, chocolate, cream puff, dessert, matcha, vanilla | 5 Comments »
Near the conclusion of the wonderful wedding I was best man at in Mexico recently, the parents of the bride gave Andrea and I a lovely gift. Inside we discovered an adorable mini Persian rug, a purse-sized woman’s…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: almonds, dessert, Persian, tradition, wedding | 2 Comments »
When I think of dark chocolate, matcha tea is something I never considered as a pairing. I first experienced these truffles at Hapa Izakaya restaurant, as a dessert. The combination was so perfect, I couldn’t get enough…
Posted by: Janeen Leynes on Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chocolate, dessert, matcha, recipe, tea, truffle | 4 Comments »
At the very mention of a certain Tagalog word, I forget the deep fried bananas, sweet sticky rice, cassava, and mouthwatering mangoes; that word is Ube. Ube is a close cousin to Taro and for all of the other Laowai out…
Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: dessert, filipino, hopia, pastry, snack, ube | 15 Comments »
I’ve make these cranberry shortbread stars every Christmas for the past ten years, and they have quite the following. They’re buttery and crumbly, with just a hint of tartness from the addition of dried…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Monday, December 29th, 2008
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Christmas, cookie, cranberry, dessert, food science, holiday | No Comments »
It’s Thanksgiving time again in Canada, and this year I decided to make my own pumpkin pie—from scratch. No canned pumpkin this year! Making a purée from roasted pumpkin is a bit of work, but I hoped it would be…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, October 12th, 2008
Categories: Guidance | Tags: dessert, pie, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, recipe, thanksgiving | 7 Comments »
We’ve been eating Zazubean’s chocolate lately here at the office since it’s available at our local coffee shop. Bit pricey for the daily choco-fix, but better than mass-produced chocolate bars that are…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chocolate, dessert, single-origin, Theo, Zazubean | No Comments »
I felt like baking yesterday—and I never bake. Anyway, after a quick phone call to Andrea Bellamy for some guidance on how she made her amazing gooey chocolate lava cakes recently, she pointed me in the direction of…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, May 5th, 2008
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cake, Callebaut, chocolate, dessert, molten | No Comments »