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Chocolate baked custard. Photo courtesy HealthyRecipesBlogs.com. Here’s the recipe. Today is National Chocolate Custard Day, which got us to thinking: What’s the difference between custard and pudding? American pudding is a sweetened milk mixture thickened with cornstarch, then cooked. It has no eggs in it. In the U.K. and Europe, it is also known…
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Fresh strawberries dressed up for Cinco de Mayo. Photo courtesy Harvard Treat Boutique. This Cinco de Mayo treat from Harvard Sweet Boutique inspired today’s tip. For snacks or desserts, dip fresh strawberries in melted chocolate and decorate in festive colors: aqua, pink, purple or lavender and yellow, for example. Start with this easy recipe…
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We’re cooking up some food fun for tomorrow, April Fool’s Day. This year, it’s trompe-l’oeil food. Trompe-l’oeil (pronounced trump LOY), French for “deceive the eye”, is an art technique that creates the optical illusion that a piece of two-dimensional art exists in three dimensions. You may have seen some amazing sidewalk art that fools you…
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Cookies & Cream bread pudding from B Sweet. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE. Live near a Super Target? Lucky you, if your Super Target store is one of the many to carry B Sweet bread pudding. The headline: Delicious bread pudding from freezer to the microwave in minutes. Launched last month, B…
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Chocolate mousse with Guinness. Photo courtesy Guinness Storehouse. When you’re Justin O’Connor, executive chef at Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, you work Guinness stout into every recipe, from Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes to soup. Guinness, which has chocolaty notes, is a great match with chocolate desserts. Whip one up for St. Patrick’s Day, and serve it…
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