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Home » dessert

Tag: dessert

Posted inBlogs

Watch a Beacon Tavern chef make eggplant cake for a sweet-savory dessert

by Julia Thiel January 29, 2018August 18, 2021

Challenged to create a dessert with eggplant, chef Kevin McCormick of Beacon Tavern goes both sweet and savory.

Posted inBlogs

Watch Hanbun chef David Park turn a spicy, fermented condiment into dessert

by Julia Thiel November 22, 2017August 18, 2021

Challenged to create a dish with yuzu kosho, Park creates a “pre-dessert.”

Posted inBlogs

Will Warm Belly Bakery’s cookies overtake the doughnut as Chicago’s pastry of choice?

by Aimee Levitt April 6, 2016August 18, 2021

That depends on if by “cookie,” you actually mean “barely baked cookie dough.”

The restraint shown with the burger allows a full appreciation of the thick, flame-kissed patty.
Posted inFood & Drink

Summer House Santa Monica masters California artifice

by Mike Sula January 10, 2014August 18, 2021

Summer House Santa Monica masters California artifice.

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Mondays in June — Free Treats at More Cupcakes

by Lauri Apple June 11, 2010August 19, 2021

More Cupcakes is giving away free cupcakes every Monday in June.

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How can you have any pudding if you don’t… actually, screw your pudding, kid

by Whet Moser August 21, 2009August 19, 2021

Call it pandering, but I’ll never try to take cookies from your children:

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