I love Thai food, even though the only negative aspect of it, is that the desserts menu is usually as poor as the main dishes menu is rich. Having said that, the few desserts they have are worth it, especially all the “sticky rice” based ones, that I love as they remind me of French … [Read more…]
I usually don’t go anywhere near brownies, too heavy, too dense, too much guilt, even for a chocolate lover. But this one is an exception as it is mixed with a cheesecake batter, which makes it (a little bit) lighter, and actually, more tasty than a plain brownie. Ingredients for 25 brownies: For the brownie: … [Read more…]
This is one of the most typical and classic French dessert, and one of my favourite ever! If I am at the restaurant and this is on the dessert menu, I won’t even look at the rest and will go straight to my “ile flottante”. It took me sometimes before finding the exact proportions … [Read more…]
In Lebanon we usually have those biscuits for Easter. In the old times, the women, family and neighbour, used to gather around and bake them in huge quantity all together. That’s how my grandmother did it when she was young. With time the tradition of the gathering faded, but the maamouls remained. And my Teta’s … [Read more…]
I am really craving sugar lately, in any form, cakes, chocolates, basically everything that I shouldn’t eat! And to be honest with you I haven’t been really good recently. So the best way I found to deal with those cravings, is to replace all the refined sugars by fruits as much as possible (fructose being … [Read more…]
Have you ever heard about the famous French author Marcel Proust? One of his book: “Du côté de chez Swan”, is particularly famous for a scene where he describes how the smell of biscuits reminded him of his childhood, and all the memories that started flooding into his head along with that smell. So when … [Read more…]