Posted on Friday, 20th January 2012 by Grace

I was immediately inspired to make these Pots de Crème when I ran across a few unopened parcels from a “food prop” shopping spree I took a few months ago.  It was like Christmas all over again.  Every time I

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A photo of a French dessert, chocolate pots de crème served garnished with sweetened whipped cream.
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Posted on Friday, 8th April 2011 by Grace

Do you ever wonder what the word “Soufflé” means?  The literal definition is, “To blow up”.  Hmm, that sounds like an accurate description of some of my cooking projects.  James Beard said, “The only thing that will make a soufflé fall

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A photo of a Nutella Soufflé dessert, served in a brown ramekin and placed on a white napkin with a dessert spoon.
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Posted on Friday, 1st April 2011 by Grace

Back when I was in high school I worked for a small diner, Town Lunch, and our two most popular desserts were Chocolate Cream Pie and Cherry Cream Pie. Believe it or not my favourite was the Cherry Cream Pie

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A photo of three mini Chocolate Cream Pies served on small white dessert dishes placed in a row, one behind the other with the first one garnished with a dollop of Sweetened Whipped Cream and grated chocolate.
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Posted on Friday, 17th December 2010 by Grace

I am a huge fan of easy to make desserts especially desserts that are as flavourful and decadent as this Butterscotch Pots de Crème with Hazelnut Praline. Plus I have ulterior motives for making this Pots de Crème; the recipe requires

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A photo of a Butterscotch Pots de Crème with Hazelnut Praline dessert.
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Posted on Wednesday, 8th December 2010 by Grace

Vanilla-Coconut Panna Cotta with Pomegranate Jelly is the first dessert in a trio of Mini Desserts I plan on serving for my daughter, Liana’s New Year’s Eve party.  I intend to present this trifecta of desserts in a variety of

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A photo of 3 Vanilla-Coconut Panna Cotta with Pomegranate Jelly layered desserts garnished with pomegranate seeds and served in shot glasses.
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Posted on Sunday, 5th December 2010 by Grace

Maple Crème Brûlée Tart was the perfect dessert choice for a potluck my daughter, Liana, was attending.  As a rule, Liana doesn’t indulge in too many desserts, but she does have a huge weakness for Crème Brûlée.  Initially she requested Maple Crème

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A close up photo of a Maple Crème Brûlée Tart.
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Posted on Tuesday, 23rd November 2010 by Grace

Autumn is a great time to make Chocolate-Hazelnut Self-Saucing Pudding. It’s the quintessential fall dessert; it’s warm, comforting, rich in chocolate and fitting for a cold, rainy day. It was miserable here yesterday, nippy and damp.  I caught a chill

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A photo of 3 Chocolate-Hazelnut Self-Saucing Pudding desserts served in white bowls.
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Posted on Tuesday, 16th November 2010 by Grace

I recently picked up the current issue of the Donna Hay Magazine (Issue 51) (my favourite food magazine) where Donna features maple syrup.  I had no idea there were so many different ways to feature this amber elixir!  She gave

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A photo of Maple Creme Brulee in white ovenproof dishes served with poached Forelle pears in its poaching liquid and served in glass ramekins.
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