http://dessertcomesfirst.com An obsession with dessert and other unabashed opinions of a food writer Wed, 23 May 2012 12:14:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8769/ http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8769/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:00:25 +0000 Lori http://dessertcomesfirst.com/?p=8769 New cupcake flavors from one of my favorite cupcake makers. ]]> http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8769/feed/ 9 http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8675/ http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8675/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:43:16 +0000 Lori http://dessertcomesfirst.com/?p=8675 These girls make exceptional Three-Nut Tartlets, Salted Caramel Brownies, and an arresting beauty called Black Beauty. ]]> http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8675/feed/ 10 http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8492/ http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8492/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:21:28 +0000 Lori http://dessertcomesfirst.com/?p=8492 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 [...]]]> http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8492/feed/ 13 http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8172/ http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8172/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:43:28 +0000 Lori http://dessertcomesfirst.com/?p=8172 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 [...]]]> http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8172/feed/ 22 http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8138/ http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8138/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:18 +0000 Lori http://dessertcomesfirst.com/?p=8138 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 [...]]]> http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/8138/feed/ 6 http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7949/ http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7949/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:39 +0000 Lori http://dessertcomesfirst.com/?p=7949 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 [...]]]> http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7949/feed/ 3 http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7926/ http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7926/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:53 +0000 Lori http://dessertcomesfirst.com/?p=7926 Between cake and pie, I will always choose pie. These pies. Previously featured Christmas Gift List purveyors . In the play Boston Marriage by David Mamet, there’s a quote that sums up why I love pie so passionately: “We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”  Pie to me, [...]]]> http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7926/feed/ 9 http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7897/ http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7897/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:27 +0000 Lori http://dessertcomesfirst.com/?p=7897 I think I must have been high when I shot these photos. Previously featured Christmas Gift List purveyors . They say that a person eats with the eyes first but I could make an equally impassioned argument for people who eat with their noses first. Consider Addie Wijangco’s ensaymada. As I’m unwrapping and preparing these [...]]]> http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7897/feed/ 9 http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7793/ http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7793/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:00:47 +0000 Lori http://dessertcomesfirst.com/?p=7793 Her name might not be familiar to you at first, but that’s because there’s been a name change. Previously featured Christmas Gift List purveyors Sugarbee is the former Fudgies by Jenny S., maker of those tempting molten lava cakes in the shape of a huge flower, the result of baking them in those aluminum ensaymada [...]]]> http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7793/feed/ 7 http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7743/ http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7743/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:57 +0000 Lori http://dessertcomesfirst.com/?p=7743 Tina is special to me because we started our food careers at the same magazine and as a food writer, I’ve gone on to write about her illustrious desserts. Tina already had her dessert business Taza Platito when we were both contributing to FOOD magazine (ABS-CBN Publishing) some years ago. She was and still is [...]]]> http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7743/feed/ 12