Cupcake Luxury
Mar 22, 12 
New cupcake flavors from one of my favorite cupcake makers.
read moreJoan & Jane: Love Those Names, Love Their Treats
Mar 07, 12 
These girls make exceptional Three-Nut Tartlets, Salted Caramel Brownies, and an arresting beauty called Black Beauty.
read moreSpooning on Valentine’s Day
Feb 09, 12 
Title caught your eye, didn’t it? This post is rated “XS” for Extra Sexy, the annual DCF Love Month sexy post.I’m distraught when I find out that chocolatier Benoit Nicolay has moved to Singapore. I’ve fallen hard for his Chocolate Spoons, one of his big-seller creations. The business has been taken over by his former...
read moreFavorite Queso de Bola Food for the Holidays
Dec 12, 11 
Of course these foods aren’t limited to Christmas, but they seem even more delicious when eaten at this time of year.I ask several people what their favorite foods with queso de bola (QdB) are. The initial reactions are almost always similar: a sharp intake of breath with a simultaneous closing of the eyes and a slight raising...
read moreCookies & Lace
Dec 06, 11 
These are the thinnest cookies I may ever eat.These cookies are so thin that they’re probably not even a millimeter thick. It’s an astounding fact made even more so when I realize that there are two cookies that make up one whole. Yes, it’s a sandwich cookie. Karen Murphy makes these web-like wonders and she simply calls...
read moreChristmas Gift List Purveyor #18: John Sta. Cruz of Cake Planet
Nov 10, 11 
At Dessert Comes First, it’s about making sweet wishes come true.Previously featured Christmas Gift List purveyors . My feature on John Sta. Cruz’s Cake Planet is one of this year’s most popular and commented-on posts. Even now, I have people telling me that “… I’m from the south and I didn’t know until I read...
read moreBackyard BBQ Cook Off
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