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Forget the half-price designer boots and bargain-basement cashmere sweaters. As winter begins to wane, I head to the baking aisle of my local gourmet grocer to splurge on premium pastry ingredients -- artisan chocolate, local honeys, single-varietal vanilla extract -- to make decadent end-of-season desserts.
But this year, I'm scouring the entire market for inspiration. Innovative pastry chefs are looking beyond the baking aisle, incorporating ingredients typically found in main-dish meals into desserts, including savory herbs and spices, beer and wine, even the occasional guest star from the meat counter.
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The Decadent Desserts benefit for Roots and Wings Community School at the Old Blinking Light Restaurant, Saturday (Feb. 21), served to be more than en...
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Official Nanaimo Bar Recipe
W. Griffin is my hero for requesting a recipe for Nanaimo bars, a Canadian bar cookie. That request has introduced a new world of decadent desserts.
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Holidays mean coming together with friends and family to celebrate very heartfelt social and spiritual rituals. The word "hol...
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Events
Death by Chocolate Party Noon to 3 p.m. today , Countryside Gardens, 220 E. Mercury Blvd., Hampton. Sample decadent desserts. Free, but reservations needed. 722-9909, www.countrysidegardens.biz
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Business Editors and Food Writers
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2002
Cosi Inc. (NASDAQ: COSI) will expand the menu by introducing a line of d...
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Last week, Girl Scouts ranging from tiny blue-clad Daisies to taller girls in badge-covered vests gathered at the Charleston Marriott Town Center for the annual dessert contest. Teams of girls from the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council worked with pastry chefs from the restaurant to create decadent desserts featuring Girl Scout cookies.
The Samoas team created Samoas Sweet Rolls, crepes wrapped around a filling of cream cheese, powdered sugar, chocolate sauce and vanilla. It seemed a winner.
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Khords for Kids, a benefit event for Kids Escaping Drugs and the Renaissance Campus presented by Dash's Markets, begins at 8 p.m. May 7 in Asbury Hall at Babeville, 341 Delaware Ave.
The event features musician John Ford Coley (formerly of England Dan and John Ford Coley) and includes performances by Lance Diamond & the 24K Diamond Band and Party Squad. Also included in the event will be decadent desserts and fine chocolates along with an auction.
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A palette is a small board used by artists to hold and mix paint.
But at Fiddlehead Center for the Arts in Gray, "Palette" is the title of the organization's latest fundraiser.
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SIXTH ANNUAL DECADENT DESSERTS, 25 different desserts from 25 of Taos' finest restaurants, plus dancing, Saturday (Feb. 21), 7-11 p.m., Old Blinking Light Restaurant, Mile Marker 1, State Road 150. A benefit for Roots and Wings Community School; free supervision for children 8 and older at Taos Youth & Family Center with free desserts just for them. Tickets $18 for one, $30 for two; in advance at Joseph's Table, or at the door. Call (575) 586-2285.
ACEQUIAS DE LOWER MANUEL ANDRES TRUJILLO Y JUAN MANUEL LUCERO will have their annual meeting Saturday (Feb. 21), 1 p.m. Juan I. Gonz lez Agricultural Center conference room, 202 Chamisa Road. For more information, call (575) 758-0299.