The Dessert Comes First Christmas Gift List Round-Up: The Sponsors & Guests (last of 2 Parts)

Nov 15, 11 The Dessert Comes First Christmas Gift List Round-Up: The Sponsors & Guests (last of 2 Parts)

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It appears that Dessert Comes First is inspiring an ever-younger generation of food lovers.The Dessert Comes First Christmas Gift List Round-Up: Part 1This little boy is Robin and he was zipping around my event like a cannonball let loose. With a spiky backpack on, he zoomed from table to table tasting, trying, thinking. I was...

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The Dessert Comes First Christmas Gift List Round-Up: The Purveyors (1st of 2 Parts)

Nov 14, 11 The Dessert Comes First Christmas Gift List Round-Up: The Purveyors (1st of 2 Parts)

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These are my stars, the AMAZING purveyors of the Dessert Comes First Christmas Gift List.Big smiles all around on Saturday, November 12, 2011. After three months of planning, 18 of my selected food purveyors gathered at the Top Shelf of Fully Booked to welcome and feed 200 food lovers at the Dessert Comes First Christmas Gift...

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Christmas Gift List Purveyor #17: Sau del Rosario & Jam Melchor of Villa Café

Nov 09, 11 Christmas Gift List Purveyor #17: Sau del Rosario & Jam Melchor of Villa Café

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“My god Sau, I’ve just about given up on you,” I say.Previously featured Christmas Gift List purveyors . Trying to nail down Chef Sau del Rosario is like shooting for the moon. He misses all the deadlines I give to my purveyors and I even have to resort to getting messages to him through his assistant. But I back off and...

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Christmas Gift List Purveyor #15: The Vanilla Company

Nov 04, 11 Christmas Gift List Purveyor #15: The Vanilla Company

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I’m ten times a better baker because of their vanilla beans and extracts.Previously featured Christmas Gift List purveyors . Perry and Ria Jocson have done a great service to Manila’s bakers. Because of them, no longer do we have to rely on insipid vanilla beans and artificial extracts. Now we use the real thing and our baked...

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Christmas Gift List Purveyor #14: Addie Wijangco

Nov 03, 11 Christmas Gift List Purveyor #14: Addie Wijangco

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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...

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