Tag Archives: dessert

Sweet Dreams

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During a visit to Edible Couture on Court Street, owner Tisha Hudson’s passion was on vibrant display. …

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Immaculate Confection

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Saint Patrick’s Day gets most of the attention in March, but the festival day of Saint Joseph falls just two days later—a celebration of the “foster father” of Jesus, a humble carpenter descended from King David. …

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Heaven Can Wait

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What happens to a dream deferred? In the case of The Devil’s Diet, which identifies as a dessert bar but goes well beyond that, it returns…

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Sweet Spots

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You know that compulsion to scrape all the leftover cookie dough off the sides of the mixing bowl and gobble it up? Dan Dubuque does. …

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Making Merry

Black Raspberry soft serve at Bill's Carousel

Nothing says summer quite like a cone full of soft serve from an old-fashioned drive-up ice cream joint. …

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Passion: Fruit

Fruit Salad from Cositas Deliciosas

Add condensed milk to pretty much any food and you’ve won me over. But let’s set that aside for a moment. Because people really go to Cositas Deliciosas for the fruit. …

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Cold Comfort

What Is Real? Ice Cream

In Edgerton Park last Friday, before a performance of Elm Shakespeare Company’s The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, theatergoers were settling down with their lawn chairs and pizzas. Next to the reflective surface of the…

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Cold Fusion

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In the 1970s, America was in the dark ages of ice cream. Gourmet brands like Ben & Jerry’s and Häagen-Dazs had yet to churn their way onto the national stage and brightly colored ice pops with floods of food coloring …

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Sweet and Low

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In a town where Italian pastries are king, there’s a place on Grand Avenue where a very different dynasty of sweets can be found: the Mexican bakery Panaderia La Tapatia. …

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Snow in July

Strawberry shaved snow at SnoJoy Cafe

When you walk through the door of SnoJoy Cafe, a bit of advice greets you on the Tiffany-blue walls: “Life is short… eat dessert first.” Among SnoJoy’s many ways of helping you do that is a signature dessert, something New …

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