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. (more…)

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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. (more…)

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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 (more…)

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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. (more…)

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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. (more…)

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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.  (more…)

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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 (more…)

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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 were the treat of choice. As Brian Anderson puts it, “premium ice cream was not […]

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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.  (more…)

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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 Haven hasn’t seen before: shaved snow. It’s neither snow cone nor frozen yogurt nor ice […]

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